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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 March 1910, Page 4

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO.OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., I/ID. WIOEKLVT?EPORT. (Special to "The Iforowhenua Chronicle.") WELLINGTON, March 21. The weekly report of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company, Ltd., dated, Wellington, March 18, states:— • Apples have been coming into this market- in large quantities, and the prices realised for bath dessert and cookers have been low. Dessert pears are in good demand at high values, as also are peaches, choice lines being keenly competed for. Tomatoes have fa Men off in both quantity and quality, values being unchanged from last week. Vegetables are all in good demand, except marrows, which still rule at nominal rates. Onions are in full SII PP'.V; good keeping lines should be held, as price is sure to rise within «t month or two. Potatoes are in rather short supply, and larger consignments are recommended.

Well graded lines are in keen enquiry. Shipments of walnuts are also wanted. The price of eggs has increased, with good enquiries, no doubt in anticipation of a further rise before Easter. Chaff continues to be in short supply, and supplies are now coming from farther ah'eld than in normal years. We have tiiis year largely extended our fruit trade! but still have tho capacity for a greater increase, and we hope present suppliers who are satisfied with our efforts on their behalf, will show appreciation by advocating neighbours to ship our way, to the benefit of themselves, the company, and the general protection of the jndiistry. Quotations: — Potatoes,'best Hutt, special brand, £7; medium, £-\ 10s to £5 10s; others. £3 per ton. Cabbage-, choice, .'3s (id to Is; ordinary, Is (id to 2s per suck. Green puns,, -Id per peck. Carrots, 8d dozen. Turnips, white 4d dozen. Swedes, Is (id to Is !)d per sack. Vegetable- marrows. Is per sack. Market glutted. Pumpkins. (5d to 3s sack. Lettuce, choice, 2.s (id ; fair, fid to Is per case. Spinach, best, 2s (id case. French beans, 2s to 2s !)d per JSiick. Cucumbers, outside grown. Is per banana case. Means, broad, Id per lb. Spring onions, 8d to !)cl doz bundles. Tomatoes, round, 2s fid to 3s; Hutt. Is (id to 2s fid: Xelson. Is fid to Is i)d per half-case. Khubnrb, fld do/, bundles. Apples, cookers, large, 3s to 3s (id ; small, 2s (id case. Apples, Cox's orange, (is fid ; dessert, well coloured, -Is (id to os fid ; others. Is per case. Pears, dessert, 7s ; cookers, large, Is (id ; small. 3s (id per case. Peaches, choice dessert, os; medium, 3s (id to -Is; othcM-s. 2s (id J"Gnipes, best Hutt, Is 2d; Xelson. 8d per lb. Cape gooseberries, 3d per lb. Ihdisli, Id dozen bundles. Butter, best separator, printed wrappers, f)d ; separator, bulk, B.UI to !)d: dairy, B>d to !)d. Cheese, best factory mediums, r,\:\ to oJ (I per lb ; loiif'. !)Jd lb. Dressed pork, 7()'s to 90'h 3d to 3Jd; flO's to 100's 3d; haooners, 3d; choppers (heavy), 2d. Our weekly pork sales held each Friday during summer. Kggs, Is (id dozen. Rαcon, factory sides, GJd; rolls, 7.\d ; hams, 7<l per lb. Honey, GO's 4d per 11). Beeswax, Is -Id to Is (id per lb. I'lingus, keen demand at s£d per lb. Walnuts, o.kl. Tallow, tins, 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale (in March 2!). Onions, Globes, £3 10s to £1 per ton. Poultry, cockerels, o.s fid for good birds; sm.all, 3s fid; table rooster.?. Is; table hens, 3s fid to -Is; small, 2s Gd to .'ss; ducks, large, Gs; .small, 3s (id to Is per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hyiis, 8d per II) lire weight. Maize, -Is bushel. Wliivit. -Is to -Is 3d per bushel. Barley, feed, 3s bushel. Barley, C'npe seed, 3s t-o 3s (id bushel. Horse beans, -Is bushel. Partridge peas, Is fid to 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os Gd per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, ;Cfi 10s per to:ii. Sharps, £5 los per ton. Pol bird, £o H)s per ton. Bran, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Chaff", prime oaten sheaf. £4 los to £•"> net , ton. Hay* prime £3 los % to £4 per ton. Sucrosine, Cfi 10s per ton. Straw, when ten, £2 fis pe-r ton. Straw, on ten, £2 2s-4d per ton. Linseed oil cake (genuine), CI3 per ton. Oats, feed, 2s 3d to 2s 7d bushel. Oats, seed, Gar torn s, Duns, vs P'. Oats, crushed. 2s 8d bushel. Cocksfoot, machine dressed, (id to 7d per lb. Cocksfoot, fanners' di"-s«."l, Gd pe-r 11). Per. ryegrass, Is fid to, os per bushel. ♦ Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 0d per bushel. ■ Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at.;'any railway station in truck loads. Huperphnsphnto (best), ,C r ) per ton