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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 April 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. weekly"report. (Special to " The Horowhenua Chronicle.") For the convenience of the farming community, "The Chronicle" is reprinting from day to day, during the autumn season, the quotations of prices current aa issjtxl fry the Farmers' Distributing Company WELLINGTON, April 22. * The market for potatoes is unaltered from last week. We strongly urge all growers not to send forward shipments of blighted potatoes, as there is absolutely no sale for them here. Eggs continue to be very scarce, and we have to-day realised up to 2s 2d per dozen for a special line. We recommend larger shipments of both fresh and preserved eggs. Butter is mucli firmer in price, and consignments are recommended. _ The market continues glutted witlh marrows, and shipments should not be senlt forward. Dessert pears, good sorts, aro finding a very good market. Apples still continue to arrive in large quantities, and prices are unaltered, except for first-class lines of Cox's Orange Pippins. Tomatoes of very medium quality are still coming to hand and realising good values. Potatoes, medium, £4 10s to £5 10s; others, £3 per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 4d per lb. Cabbage, choice 5s 6d, ordinary Is 6d to 3s Gd per sack. Green peas, 8d per peck. Carrots, Hu/tt, 8d dozen. Turnips, white 4d dozen. Swedes, 2s per sack. Vegetable marrows, 6d per sack. Market glutted. Pumpkins, 3s to 3s 9d sack. Lettuce, choice, 3s; fair, 6d to Is Gd per case. Spinach, best, 2s per case. French beans, 3s per half-sack. Cucumbers, outside grown, 6s Gd per banana case. Spring onions, 4dto6d doz bdls. Tomatoes, round, 4s 6d to 6s; Hutt, 3s to -4s 6d per half-case. Apples, cookers, large, 3s; small, 2a to 2s Gd case. Market glutted. Apples, Cox's Orange, 7s 6d to 9s; dessert, well coloured, 4s 6d to 6s; others, 3s 6d to 4s per case. Pears, dessert, 6a to 7s; eookejs, large, 4s Od; small, 3s (xl (to 4s per case. Rhubarb, 2s 6d doz bundles. Grapes, best Hutt, Is 3d; best Nelson, Is per lb. Radish, 4d dozen bundles. Butter, best separator, printed wrappers, lOd; sparator, bulk, 9Jd to 10(1'; dairy pats, 9d. Cheese, best factory mediums, 5Jd to s§d per lb; loaf, GJd to 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 3sd, 90's to 100's 3d; baconers, 3d; choppers (heavy), 2d. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during winter. Eggs, 2s to 2s 2d; preserved, Is 4d to Is Gd per dozen. Scarce. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7Jd; hams, Bjjd per lb. Honey, 60's 4d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to le 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s§d per lb. Walnuts, sid. Tallow, tins, 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on April 29th, 1910. Poultry, cockerels, 5s 6d for good birds; small, 3s to 3s Gd; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s 6d; small, 2s to 2s Gd; ducks, large 5s to 6s; small, 3s to 3s Gd per pair; tourkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 4s bushel. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Barley, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Barley, Cape seed, 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 4s Gd to 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os 6d per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps, £5 15s per ton. Pollard, £5 10s per ton. Bran, £4 5s to £4 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £4 15s to £5 5s per ton. Hay, prime £3 15s to £4 per ton. Sucrosine, £6 10s per ton. Straw, wheaten, £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s 6d per ton. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 per ton. , „ Oats, feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per bushel. Oats, seed, Sparmwbills, Gartons, Dims, 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s. Oats, crushed, 2s 9d bushel. Cocksfoot, machine dressed, fid to 7d per lb. Cocksfoot, farmers' drvjsed, od per lb. ' Psi\ ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5a per Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d 1 crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per Slag, higK grade, 19 per cent, £4 10a per ton.