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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 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, dtir.ing the autumn season, the tions of prices current as issied. by the Farmers' Distributing Company :— Potatoes luave advanced and the price is still rising. Onions are also firming. Vegetables are in steady demand oxoepting cabbage and cauliflower which are somewhat easier. A decided change has taken place with regard to cooking apples, which ate now in excellent demand at much increased values. We can do with very much larger supplies of both pears ami apples. The attention of pout try-keepers is directed to the fact that wo have a number of lines of cheap wheat quoting at from 3s 4-d to 3s 8d per bushel. Preserved eggs aro easier with fairly large supply. Wo have a demand for 100 prime porkers per week at the best prices obtainable in this city. Oats aro advancing, and we are 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 Gd to 8s per sack. Green peas, Is per peck. Carrots, Hutt, lOd per dozen. Turnips, white, Sd dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s Gd per sack. Vegetable marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 2,s Gd to 3s sack. Pie melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, ss; fair, Is Gd to 2.s (id per'ease. Spinach, best, 2s Gd per case. French Beans. 8s Gd half-sflck. Spring onions, Gd doz. bundles. Tomatoes, round, 4s Gd'; Hutt, 3s to 4s Gd; others, Is Gd to 2s Gd 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 ;oth'ers 4s to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessert, Gs to 8s Gd ; cookers, largo, 4s Gd to 5« fid ; .small, 3s •Gd to Is per ease. Grapes, best Hutt, Is 3d ; host Nelson, Is per lb. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to Oid per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, s\d to 51 d per lb; loaf, B'd to 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 00's. Id to ,4,U1; 90's to 100's, 4d ; haconers. 3!d 'to 4d: choppers (heavy). 2d to' 2;Jd. Our weeklv P'.rk sales held each Thursday during winter. Es;2s,'2s 5d to 2s Gd : preserved, Is Id per dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d. rolls 7id ; limns. Bijd per lb. Honev. 4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax. Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fundus, keen demand at .TJcl per lb. Walnuts. 5.i(1. Tallow, tins, 24s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special salo on Mnr 20, 1910. Poultry, cockerels. 5s Gd for good birds: small. 3s to 3s Gd : table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s Gd ; small, 2s to 2s Gd : ducks, largo 5s to Gs ; small, 3s to 3s Gd per pair; tourkey gohblers, 0d per lb; hens, 8d per lb lire weight. Maize! 3s Gd to 3s 0d bushel. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Wheat, broken, 3s Gd per bushel. Barlev, feed. 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape seed. 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans. 4s Gd to 4s Od hush. Partridge pens. 5s per hush el. Prussian Blue Peas, ns Gd per bnchel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 Ifls per ton. Sharps. £5 15s per ton. Pollard. G5 Ms per ton. Pran. £4 10s ner ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf. £4 15s to £5 Hay. prime £3 15s to £4 10s per ton. Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. 5s per ton. _ Straw, oaten, £2 7s Gd per ton. Oats, seed, Sparrowbills, Gartens,

Oats, feed. 2s 8d per bushel. Linseed oil cake (genuine), U.i \ per ton. Sncrosine, £6 10s per ton. Duns, 2s 9d ; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. , , , Oats, crushed, 2s 10(1 bushel. Cocksfoot, farmers' dressed, •"' to Od per lb. , , t ri Cocksfoot, farmers' dr-mod, 6cl P( Per." ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per bn it e iian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per tfl r?',sie Sing, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.