WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 10

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

teLaery and Company, Ltd., Allen Street, report/ wholesale pricesas follow:—Oats, feedi Algerians, Gs. per bushel, sacks in; pats,, Dun," 6s. 6d. to fa. Bd. per bushel, Sacks'in; chaff, oaten sheaf, good bright, £13, second.and medium quality ,£lO to £12 2s. 6(1. per ton, eocks in, samplesupon application; flour, in sacks, <£1G 15s. per'ton; oatmeal, 25's, ,£3B per ton; loose in 2001b. sacks, .837 per ton; rice pollard, ife.'per sack; potatoes, new, 12s. to 17s. cwt; farro food, ,£9 per ton; pollard, £9 Js. 6d. per ton; bran, £1 2s. Cd. per ton; Unions, 255. to 303. cwt; fowls,. .ss. to Is. per pair; ducks,- 9s. to 12s. Gd. per t>air; geose, lls. to 13s. per pair; turkeye, tod.; Is. 3d. per pound, live weight; butter, Jarmers' separator and dairy, in bulk iid;in pound pats, Is. 2Jd. to Is. 3d. per Sound; eggs. Is. 9d. to Is. 10d. per dozen; lressed pork, Ws .to 100's, lOd. per pound; bacon pigs, Bd. to Bkl. per pound; choppers, sd. to &Jd. per pound; suckers, IS;■■■per pound; beeswax, 2s. to 2s. Cd. p'er..pound; bacon (best fnctory), sides Is. Iβ. 5d., hams, Is. , 3d. per pound; ialt'(Lochiel, coaise), .£ll 10s. per ton.'. Dorbide, splendid quality,-• .in . ,1001b. Jrums, 755. to 80s.; bluestone, 75s. : per swt. . '■ - ■■;•■

';iTlie slaughtering of bullocks commenced, it the Wainga-wa meat works*on Monday.' ;,The Scottish type of Ayrshire,.accord-' 'ngj.to a New South Wales soldier, writ-ig-.to the "Sydney Yorning Herald/' is >f larger" frame thanthe same breed in Australia., Their height is about that if'-the-"milking 'Shorthorn; with length in outstanding feature, great depth, and iarriage a, striking characteristic. An iristocratic head, "with horns wide at the' kse, Sut crescent-liko in graceful curva; ture, is always required, and a white triangle on a golden forehead. Tho colrar, as a rule, is a rich golden-yellow, ivith white markings. There must be no iign of beefiness, the udders perfect, with ieats wido apart and 6<juarely placed, ieautifully lined backs, with only a Blight hump-at.the-npex.of the. tail, and thighs ivTde apart. ..The. Brazilian Government has authorised the establishment of a poraological station at Deodoro, Brazil, where collections of .established 'varieties of fruits ivill.be grown, new ,v£iieties and species tested, arid indigenous fruits selected and improved. It is also tho intention to start a school in connection with this station for students desirous of studying tie pomological branoh of agriculture. The cultivation of tho cantaloupo and water melon in the United States of America is on an enormous scale. Tho commercial acreago of cantaloupe, melons in seven of tho States in 1917-18 aggregated 26,819 acres. In the same period, '15,217 acres were devoted to water melons, but this was a decrease of about 39 per cent. Erom the yield of tho previous season.