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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LU. 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 tions of prices current as i&ued by the Farmers' Distributing Company WELLINGTON, May 19. Potatoes have advanced considerably, and tihe market .is very firm with small ' offerings. Indications are that the price will be higher. Onions are slightly higher, with plentiful supplies. Vegetables, excepting marrows and swedes, in good demand.; cabbage, however, selling at reduced r«ates. Cauliflower is in better supply, and values for all good lines well maintained. Apples and pears are in good demand for desserts, and medium for cooking. Grapes are in strong enquiry. Poultry is plentiful, but generally poor in quality and price. Grain of all kinds is advancing, maize having risen 6d per bushel during the week. Pollard and bran are very hard to procure, with .higher values. We havo some cheap lines of broken wheat, and shall be glad, to have enquiries for samples. Eggs continue scarce for fresh, and preserved lines fair supply. Potatoes, prime Up-to-daftes, Lk, 10s per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 3s 6d; ordinary, 2s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 8s Gd to 9s 6d; others, 4s Gd to Gs per sack. Green pens, Is per peck. Carrots, Hutt, lOd per dozen. Turnips, white, 6d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s 6d per sack. Vegetable marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 2s Gd to 3s sack. Pie melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, ss; fair, Is Gd to 2s Gd per case. Spinach, best, 2s Gd per caso. French beans, 7s Gd per half-sack. Spring onions, Gd doz. bundles. Tomatoes, Tound, 4s Gd; Hutt, 2s Gd to 4s ;others, Is Gd to 2s 6d per half-case. Apples, cookers, large 4stoss3d; small, 2s 6d to 3s 6d case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, Gs Gd to 7s Gd joth'ers 4s to 5s 6d per case. Pears, dessert, Gs to 8s Gd; cookers, large, 4s Gd to 5s fid; small, 3s Gd to 4s per case. Grapes, best Hutt, Is 3d; best Nelson, Is per lb. Butteir, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to 9Jd per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums. s}d to s|d per lb; loaf, 6§d to 7d per lb. Dressed pork. 70's to 90's, kl to 4£d: 90's to 100's. 4d; bacon ers, 3k! to 4d; choppers (henry), 2d to 2i}d. Our weekly pork snips held each Thursday during winter. TCsrgs, 2s 5d to 2s Gd ; preserved, Is 4d per dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7-Jd; hams, 8:? d per lb. Honey, 4d to 4sd per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd per lb. Walnuts, s§d. Tallow, tins, 24s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and "hides, special sale on June 3, 1910. Poultry, cockerels, 5s Gd for good birds; small, 3s to 3s 6d; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s Gd; small, 2s to 2s 6d; ducks, large 5s to 6s; small, 3s to 3s Gd per pair; tourkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s 6d to 3,s 9d bushel. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Wheat, broken, 3s 4d to 3s Gd per bushel. 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 bushel. , Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps, £G 5s per ton. Pollard, £6 per fton. Bran, £4 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £o to £o 10s per ton. Hay, prime £3 15s to £410s per to Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s Gd per ton. Oats, seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, Duns, 2s lOd; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. n m Oats, feed, 2s 8d to 2s 9d per bU Oats, crushed, 2s lid per bushel. Cocksfoot, machine-dressed, sdtto Gd per lb. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £]•> per ton. Sucrosine, £6 10s per ton. Cocksfoot, farmers dr"He r l, Gd ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per j Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. „ . tl , nn Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per Slag, bighl grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.