WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 183, 23 April 1918, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

\ Messrs. Laeryand Company, UA-, Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Fowl's wheat, prime; 63. lOil. to 7s..per bushel; crushed maize, 7s. 'Id. per bushel; ; oats, feed, !>s. Gd. to -ss. 7d. per bushel; oats, Dun, 6s, 3d. to 6s. Gd. .per bushel; chaff, /jat sheaf, ,E9 10s. to ,£lO 10s. per ton,/sacks in; ilouf in sacks, -',£l7 per ton; oatmeal, 25's, J225 10s. per ton'; bran, l£7 7s. 6d. per ton; fowls, 'is. to 6s. 6d..per pair; ducks, Gs. to. 9s. per pair; butter (pound pats), Is. 3d. per lb.; butter'(prime .bulk), Is. M. per lb.; eggs, fresh, 2s. Gd. to 3s. per dozen; preserved eggs, 2s. to 2s. 2d. per doz.; turkeys- (dead jvcighl), l(k|. to Is. per lb.; dressed porkTchoice, 70's to SlO's, fijd. per lb:; 90's to tOfl's, Bd. per lb.; bacon pigs,- choice. 7d. to Bd. per lb.; choppers, -'heavy, 3id. to sd. per lb.; beeswajr, 2s. per lb;; bacon (all best factory)." sides Is. 2d. per lb., rolls, Is. 3d. per lb., hams Is. 3d. per lb., shoulders Is. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium, lOd. io 'IOJd. por lb.; .chceso (loaf), UJd. to ilid. per lb.; . linseed oil meal, 100's, iCI2 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, 13s. Gd. per civt.; whole linseed, 255. per cwt.; onions, \d£S 30s. to ,K) per ton; potatoes, southern table, ol'S '15s. (o i! 9 per ton; North Island, good, -,£7 10s. (0 JOS 10s. per ton, 6acks included. ■

Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative" , Association, Ltd.,'. Stock Department, ie-, port having held a- special horso ealc in .. the Colombo lioad \ards, on .Saturday, on account "of Messrs, H. H. Beetham, 0. H. Beethaiu,. G. 'C. Williams, .laa. Macata, and others. The, horses, which were'of a good/useful type, came for- > ward in very nice .condition, and wefo submitted to a large'attendance of. buy- ' ere, all parts of the "Wairarapa being represented. Competition \yas keeii"- right throughout, and every horso went'out of : the yards sold. Quotations:—On account Messrs. H. H. Jleethani and 0. H. 'Bectham: Half-draughts,-XlO, <£11, XII -Ms., «dEI 3 15s. To Xl 6; harness horses. <£8 155., X 9, X 9 10s. to Xll 10s.; light hack and ha,rnesS, £6,X'B 155., £7, X 7 7s. Sd. to X 9. Oa account Mr. G. C, Williams: Half- • draughts, XlO, XlO'lOs., Xl 2. Xl 3to 'XKI. On account Mr.Jas, Macata':"Thoroughbred.'JUies and'geldings. 4 nnd 5 years, X 6, ,XU, Xl 2to Xl 5. On account other vendors: Three-quarter-draught gelding, ■ all work,'.£l7 iSs.* liacfe, M 10s., X 10; ■ hoy's pony, Xslos!