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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 May 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LID. 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 <piota..tions of prices current as issued by ' tho Farmers' Distributing Company :—• WELLINGTON, April -9. The market for potatoes' and onions is in the same- position as when last reported. Vegetables of all kinds are in good demand at fair prices, with slackening supply. We have enqufries for about, half-ton of garlic at <kl per lb. There has been a .slight improvement in the value realised for apples and pears, and we hope to report a further advance next week. Grapes are keenly enquired for. Eggs are still in short supply, and preserved eggs to-day sold at ls sd, with good enquiry. Poultry is in poor demand. Oats are firm, with'advancing values. Wheat and Maize unaltered. We are at the present time doing a very large trade in horse and cow covers, which we supply at from 20s to 235, made of the best material nnd by tilie best workmanship. The 19 <per cent. basic slag which we have to offer our clients is of the highest grade, and we should be glad to make special quotations for quantities, as we have concluded a purchase on very advantageous terms. Potatoes, medium, £4 10s to £5 10s; others, £3 per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 4d per lb. Ca'blbage, choice, 5s 6d to 7s; ordinary, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 10s; others, 5s Gd to 7s per sack. Gree npeas, lOd per peck. Carrots, Hutt, 8d dozen. Turnips, white, Cd to 8d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s 9d per sack. Vegetable marrows, ls per sack. Pumpkins, 3s to 4s sack. Pie melons, 4s (to 5s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 3s 6d; fair, Od to ls 6d per case. Spinach, best, 2s to 2s 6d per case. French beans, 5s per half-sack. Cucumbers, outside grown, 7s Od per banana case. Spring onions, 4d dozen bundles. Tomatoes, round, 4s 6d to 6s; Hutt, 3s to 4s Gd; others, ls Gd to 2s Gd per half-case. Apples, cookers, large, 3s; small, 2s to 2s 6VI case. Market glutted. Apples, Cox's Orange, 7s 6d to 9s; dessert, well coloured; 4s Gd to 6s; others, 3s Gd to 4s per case. Pears, dessert, 6s to 7s; cookers, large, is 6d; small, 3s 6cl t<> 4s per case. Rhubarb. 2s Gd doz bundles. Grapes, best Hutt, ls 3d; best Nelson, Is per lb. Radish, 4d dozen bundles. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to 9i_ per lb. Cheese, best f.:ctorv mediums. sid to 5Jd per l[>; lonK 6£d W 7d per lb. . > 15r&_e_ pork, 70's to 90's 4d, 90's ito 100's SJd to 4d; baooners, 3d; choppers (heavy), 2d to 23d. Our weekly pork sales hel dcach Thursday during winter. Eggs, 2s to 2s 2d; preserved, ls 4d to ls Gd per dozen. Scarce. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7id; hams, BJd per lb. Honey, 4d to 4 r d per lb. Beeswax, ls 4d to ls 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd per lb. Walnuts, 5Jd. Tallow, tins, 24s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on May 13, 1910. Poultry, cockerels, 5s Gd for good birds; small, 3s to 3s 6d; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s Gd; small, 2s to2s Gd; ducks, large ssto6s;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 por 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 £o 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), 11J Pe Oats D 'fee<l, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per "oats', seed, Sparrowbills, Gartens, Duns, 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s. Oats, crushed, 2s 9d bushel. Cocksfoot, machine dressed, I_« to 7d per lb. , fi/1 Cocksfoot, farmers' dr»„d, Gd ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s, 9d Pe Limef crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 pel Basic Slag, Mgh grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton^