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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 April 1910, Page 1

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.8 N T .Z. "FARMERS' CO.WERATIV DISTRIBUTING CO., Lll)/ ,li WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to " The liorowlionua >ri Chronicle.''^) *' ;• llie cofivoiiifence of the farn: ing community, "The Chronido 1 is reprinting 'from day to day, dm ' a ing the autumn season, the quota lions of prices current as issjuwi b; tlio .Fanners' -Distributing C'cni 11 pany:--Potatoes, best Hutt, special brand '• £7; medium, £4 10s to £5 10s others,"'£3 per ton. Cabbage, choice, 3s (3d to 4s; or •. Is Cil to 2s per saok. " ij peas"-9d-per:, peck. Carrots, Bd.dozen. ! 0 Turnips, white 4d dozen. Swedes, Is (id to 2s per sack. Vegetable marrows, Gil :to Is pei sack. Markct glutted. Pumpkins, 3s to 3s 9d sack. Lettuce, choice, 2s Gil; fair, Gil t< Is per case. Spinach, best, 2s Gd case. French beans, 3s to 3s Gd per J _ sack. } Cucumbers, outside grown, G.' per banana case. Means, broad, Id per lb. Spring onions, Bil to 9d doz bundles. Tomatoes, round, 3s Gd to 4s: Hutt, 2s Gd to 3s 3d; Nelson, Is Gil to Is 9d per hall-case. Hhubarb, Is Gd doz bundles. Apples, cookers, large, 3s to 3s Gil; small, 2s Gd case. Apples, Cox's Orange, 7s Gd; dessert, well coloured, 5s Gd; others, 4s per case. [ Pears, dessert, 7s; cookers, large, ss; small, 3s Gil per case. Peaches, choice dessert, 7s; mcnl--1 ium, 4s to 4s --i J-case. Grapes, best Hutt, Is 2d; Nelson, , 8d per lb, , Gape gooseberries, 4d per lb. Radish, 4d dozen bundles. Butter, best separator, printed wrappers 9(1; separator, bulk, Bkl to Oil; dairy, B.UI to 9d. Cheese, best factory mediums, o}il to ojd per lb; liwif, G.]d lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 3d to 3Jd; 90's to 100's 3d; baconers, 3d; choppers (heavy), 2d. Our weekly pork sales held oach Friday during winter. Fggs, Is (id dozen. Bacon, factory sides, GJd; rolls, 7Jd; hams, 7d per lb. J-loney, GO's 4d per lb. Meeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at skl per lb. Walnuts, s£d. Tallow, tins, 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on April 15, 1910. Onions, Globes, C 3 l()s to £1 per ton. Poultry, cockerels, 5s Gd for good birds; small, 3s Gil; table roosters, Is; table hens, 3s Gd; small, 2s Gd to 3s; ducks, large, Gs; small, 3s Gs per pai"; ». turkey gobblers, 10il per lb; hens, 9d per II) live weight. Maize, 4s bushel. Wheat, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel. Barley, feed, 3s bushel. Barley, (.'ape seed, 3s to 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, 5s Gd per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per toiii. Sharps, £5 15s per ton. Pollard. £5 10s per ton. Bran, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Chaff, prime oaten sheaf, £5 per ton. Hay, prime £3 15s to £4 per ton. Sncrosine, £0 10s per ton. Straw, when ten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s (id per ton. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £J3 per ton. Oats, feed, 2s 4d to 2s 7d per bushel. Oats, seed, Algerians, Sparrowbills, Cartons, Duns, 2s 9d. Oats, crushed, 2s 8d bushel. Cocksfoot, machine dressed, f\Jd to 7d per lb. Cocksfoot, farmers' dr'.med, Gd per lb. Per. ryegrass, 4s Gd to 5s per bushel. Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. Lime, crushod, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railwav station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton.