PRODUCE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 15

PRODUCE MARKET

The i New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Company, Ltd., report tho following mo-rkot prices :—* Prbdueo.-^Potatoes, £8 to £9 per ton,; onions, £7 per tojUj French beans, Id per' lb; cabbage, choice, 4s to 6s per sack; oarrotb, choice, 3s to 4s por sack: j cauliflower, 6a to 6s per sack; cucumbers, 2o 6d to Ss 6d per half 'Case; mari rows, I 3 6d to 2s per doaen; greun peaa, [Is por peck ; parsnips, 4s to 5a per eaek; rhubarb, 3s to ss per dozon; uwedes, 4s 6d to fas per owjf; turnip I*,1 *, whko, <te to 3s per' sack; Ibtfcnee, choido, Is, to Is 6d per case, apples, cooking 4s j to 6s per case, dessort 6s 6d to 8s ; neonvrines, 5s 6d to 4s , 6d per case ; peaches, dessert 4a to 6s per case, others 2s to 3s ; pears, dessert, 3s to 3s 6(1 per halfcam; greengages, 6t> to 6s per hai£casc; pmms, twsssrt 3a tb 4s "per oasu, I cooking 2fl to 3s; tomatoes, bs 6d to i 10s per case; cheese, besh factory [ mediums 6jd, loiif Id per lb; eggs, fresh, 1* 6d por dozen ; butter, separator did to lOd, milied 9^d, dairy 9^d '• per lb ; dressed , pork, 70's to 9(rs, 4^d to 6d; 90's to 100's, t?d', baconers, <d; fihoppen (heavy), 3d \ uuokbrs, 7^d per Ibj honey, B£d per lb; beeswax, Is 6d ■ per iij ; fungus, 4d per lb ; walnuts, 6£d por lb; tnfio*v, casks 27s 6d, tins Wi te 24s per owt; poulti'f, odokerele, 4e to 6s foi- good birds ; table roosters', 3s 6«1 ; hen«. 3m to 4s ; good table hens, > ss ; I gooa ducks. 6s : Indiim Runners, 4s to | Ss per pair> turkej gobblers, la per )b; hens, lOd por lb livo weight. Grain.— Mauts 5s 3d yet .bushel; wheat, 4s 5d per bushel, seconds 33 6d to 4a per bushel; feed > barley, 3« 8d per bushel; peas (partridge), feed, 4s per bushel; Prussian blue seed peas, 5s bushel: horse beans, 4s 6d peri bushel; pollard, £'/ por ton ; bran, £5 ss ' par ton; barley meal, £7 per ton; pure pea metil, £7, per ton; pea itnd wheat meal, £7 per ton; molasses fodder, £5 per ton or fn per cwfcj chafr, oaten, sheaf, £4 10s per ton ox store ; hay, prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton j eucrosine, £7 per ton ; straw, £3 5? per ton 3X stare; linseetl oil cake, genuuio £12 10s per ton ; oats, feed 2s Bd, dun» as 9d to 2s lOd, discoloured 2s to 2s 3d, crushed -2s 9d to 3s 1 per bushel ; seed Capo barley, 3b lid per bushel ; need oats, Algeriahs 3s Bd, Cartons, Sparrowbills, Durfs, Storm King*, 3s 6d per bushel.

A simplification of the present scale of ciib Fates in- the city i?i considered eminently desirable, antf the City Inspector (Mr. James Boylo) has been inthe City Council to bring down * report dealing with the matter.