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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 May 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., Lii). WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to " The Horowhenua Chronicle.") For the convenience of the farming community, "The Chronicle" is reprinting from day to day, daring the autumn season, the rnotations of prices current as isdjad by the Farmers' Distributing Company Potatoes have advanced and the prico is still rising. Onions are also firming. Vegetables are in steady demand excepting cabbago/ and cauliflower which are somewhat easier. A decided change has taken place with regard to cooking apples, which alO now in excellent demand at much increased values. We can do with very much larger supplies of both pears and apples. The attention of poultry-keepers is directed to the fact that wo have a number of lines of cheap wheat quoting at from 3s 4d to 3s 8d per bushel. Preserved eggs aro easier with fairly largo supply. "We have a demand for 100 prime porkers por week at the best prices obtainable in this city. Oats aro advancing, and we aro prepared to quote customers for their forward supplies. Wheat is firm. Pollard and bran show an advancing tendency. Maize at present prices is well worth stocking up for winter supplies. Potatoes, prime Up-to-dates, £5 10s to £5 15s per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, ss; ordinary, 2s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 10s; others, 4s 6d to 8s per sack. Green pens, Is per peck. Carrots, Hutt, lOd per dozen. Turnips, white, 8d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s (kl per sack. Vegetablo marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 2s Gd to 3s sack. Pie melons, 3s por sack. Lettuce, choice, ss; fair, Is fid to 2s Gd per case. Spinach, best, 2s Gd per case. French Roans, 8s Gd half-sack. Spring onions, Gd doz. bundles. Tomatoes, round, 4s fid'; liutt, 3s to 4s Gd; others, Is Gd to 2s 6d per half-case. Apples, cookers, large 4s to 5s 3d; small, 2s Gd to 3s Gd case. . Apples, dessert, well coloured, Gs Gd to 7s Gd ;others 4s to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessert, Gs to Ss Gd ; cookers, largo, -Is Gd to 5s (kl; small, 3s Gd to 4s per ense. Grapes, best Hntt, Is 3d; best Nelson, Is per lb. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to 9kl per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, s}d to skl per lb; loaf, G|d to 7d per lb. Dressed pork. 70's to 90's, 4d to 4sd ; 90's to 100's, 4d : baconers, 3-$ d to 4d ; choppers (heavy), 2d to 2:} d. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during winter. Eggs. 2s 5d to 2s Gd ; preserved, Is 4d por dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7J-d; hams, B'ld per lb. Honey, 4d to 4}d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s§d per lb. Walnuts, ssd. Tallow, tins, 24s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and Tiidos, special sale on May 20, 1010. Poultry, cockerels. 5s Gd for good birds: small. 3s to 3s Gd ; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s fid; small, 2s to 2s Gd; ducks, large ssto6s;small, 3s to 3s Gd por pair ; tour key gobblers, 9d per lb; liens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s Gd to 3s 9d bushel. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Wheat, broken. 3s Gd per hushel. Barley, feed. 3s 3d per bushel. Barley, Cape seed. 3s 6d bushel. Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os 6d per Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps, £5 15s per ton. Pollard. £5 10s per ton. Bran', £4 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten slieaf, £4 15s to £o Hay, prime £3 15s to £4 10s per Straw, wlieaten. £2 10s per ton. 5s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s Gd per ton. Oats seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, Oats', feed, 2s 8d per bushel. Linseed oil cake (genuine), U-3 per ton. Sucrosine, £G 10s per ton. Duns. 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s M per I)U (Ms, crushed, 2s lOd bushel. Cocksfoot, farmers' dressed, od to Gd per lb. . r , Cocksfoot, farmers dr'S,ed, bd e r. ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s por ryegrass, 4s 3d to 49 9d Pe Lime" h crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton', delivered free at any railway station m truck loaxls. Superphosphates (best), £5 per Basic Slag, 1"gli 19 P er cent, £4 10s per ton.