WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

; Messrs. Laery and Company, Idd., Al- ; leu Street, report .wholesale prices as follow Fowl's wheat, prime, 7s. Id. to . 75. 2d. per bushel; feed barley, good, Gs. j_4d. per bushel; maize, feed, 7s. to 7s. 2d. ■ 'per bushel; crushed maize, 7s. 4d. per : hushel; oat.?, feed, ss. sd. to ss. 7d. per ; bushel; • oats, Dun, ss. lOd. to fe." per 1 bushel; oats, Algerian, feed, ss. 4d. per 1 bushel; chaiF, oat sheaf, .£9 12s. fid. to .810 10s. per ton, sacks in;' flour, in ; sacks, .£l7 per ton; oatmenl, 25's, Ji2G 10s. per ton; fowls, ss. to 7s. per pair; i ducks, 7s. 6d. to 10s. per pair; geese, ■ 10s. to lis. per pair; butter (pound pats), Is. 3d, to Is. 4d. per lb.; butter (prime bulk), Is. 3d. to Is. id. per lb.; eggs, fresh, 2s. Gd. 1 o 2s. 7d per doz; eggs, ! preserved, Is. lid. ; to 2s. per do/,.; tur- . keys (dead weight), 9d. to Is. per lb.; . 'tliossed pork, choice, 70's to 90'e, BM. lo fld. per lb.; 90's to 100's, Bd. to BM. per , lb.j bacon pjgs, choice, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; ;'ngriouitural salt, 15s. per ton; moi lasses, in Scwt. casks, 40s. each, casks : free; beeswax, 2s. per lb.; bacon (all best factory), sides Is, 2d. per lb., rolls Is, 3d, ; por lb., hama Is. Bd. per lb.; super. 1 phosphates, £7 10s. per ton; linseed oil ■ meol, 100'e, jEI3 10a. per ton; linseed oil nuts, 13s. Gd. per cwt.; linseed oil ■ ground cakes, 13s. fid. per cwt.; onions, ; .-216 per ton; potatoes, southern taj)le, : 12s. 6(1. to .13 !ss. per Ion; North J>- ' land, choice, .C 7 to £7 10s. per ton, sacks •; included; seed potatoes, Up-to-Dates, <67 ■ 10s. per ton; Reading Russets, <1:7 10s. , per ton; Gamekeepßrs, £7 10s. per ton; : Dakota Red, £9 2s. Gd. per ton, sacks in. !. ~ Owing to its storage capacity of 200,000 ; carcasses being fully occupied, the ; 'Whakatane Freezing Company lias had jto stop killing. The local settlers have i (suggested that in view of the shortage i of shipping space it'would be advisable i to send all primo beef away boned, as ! is done at present with inferior grades. ; It is argued that this would mean a sav--1 ing in shipping epaco of from 25 to 30 ; per cent., while it is also urged that the ; retention of the bones in New Zealand is ; greatly needed for the manufacture of ; manures and lor meat extract purposes. A farmer in the Kirwee district has ; grown a potato this season which lie is , tinable to classify by name, and which ; returned fifteen tons to the acre, says the j Christchurch "Sun." It is «, red tuber, i something like a Dakota in appearance, jilts history is an interesting one, and ? would point to the supposition that it is nn 'accidentally derived strain. Many ' growers will recollect during the Blue Derwent era; a potato which was usually j classed as "wild." It yielded prolificai- ; l.v. a root often nearly filling a bucket. Usually this "wild potato" was found, i possibly only a single root in the field, growing amongst the Uerwents. . The ; practice then was to give its tubers to the pigs. Some reports are that it was too coarse for table purposes, but pos- ' eiblv the real_ reason that 'it was not regarded as being: valuable was a desire to keep the Derwent strain pure. It is understood that the Kirwee farmer in .. question kept one of theso "wild" roots ; (Did cultivated it. As it result, this seaton ho had between two or threo acres in crop. The extraordinary yield mentioned was finite unaffected ]>v blight. Also it is gathered that the tuber is not coarse as imagined. It is very probable that this "wild" potato, of which nothing is ' heard of these days, bar'the case meni tioned, was really a cross, Possibly it followed the inoculation by bees of"Ilie with some red variety.