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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 May 1910, Page 1

COMMERCIAL. i I N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LU. 1 WEEKLY~REPORT. (Special to " The Horowhenua Chronicle.") For the convenience of tho farming communitv, "The Chronicle" is reprinting from day to day, during the autumn season, the quotations of prices current as issaed by the Farmers' Distributing Company :— WELLINGTON, May 19. Potatoes have advanced considerably, and tho market is very firm with small offerings. Indications kire 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 rates. 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 aro in strong enquiry. Poultry is plontiful, but generally poor in quality and price. Grain of all kinds is advancing, maize having risen (kl per bushel during the week. Pollard and bran are very hard to procure, with higher values. We have some cheap lines of broken wheat, and shall be glad to have enquiries for samples. Eggs continue scarce for fresh, and preserved linos fair supply. Potatoes, prime Up-to-dates, £'(j 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 6d to 9s 6d; others, 4s 6d to 6s per sack. Green pens, Is per peck. Carrots, Hutt, lOd per dozen. Turnips, white, 6d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s 6d per sack. Vegetablo marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s sack. Pie melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, ss; fair, Is 6d to 2s fid per case. Spinach, best, 2s Gd per case. French beans, 7s fid per half-sack. Spring onions, Gd doz. bundles. Tomatoes, round, 4s Gd: Hutt, 2s fid to 4s ;others, Is Gd to 2s 6d per half-case. Apples, cookers, large 4stoss3d; small, 2s fid to 3s Gd case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, Gs Gd to 7s Gd ;otli'crs Is to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessor.+ . Gs to Rq Gd ; cockers, large, 4s Gd to 5s Gd; smrVi, 3s fid to 4s per ons<>. Grapes, best Hutt, Is 3d'; best Nelson, Is per lb. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d & to OJd per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums. I s*d to 5Jd per lb ; loaf, GJ4 to 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90V, 'Id to 4Jd: 90'r to 100's. 4d ; baconeys, 3\d to 4d ; choppers Hi envy), 2d Jro 2i!d. Our weekly nork snles hekT each Thursday during winter. Eesrs. 2s 5d to 2s fid; preserved", 3 s -Id per dozen. , Bacon, factorv sides 7d, rolls 7J rl ',' hams, per lb. Honey, 4d to 4id per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd per lb. Walnuts, 5Jd. 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 fid; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s Gd ; small, 2s to 2s 6d ; ducks, large 5s to 6s; small, 3s to 3s 6d per pair; tourkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s Gd to 3s 9d bushel. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Wheat, broken, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per bushel. Barley, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Barley, Capo seed, 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 5s por bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os Gd per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps, £6 5s per ton. Pollard, £6 per Hon. Bran, £4 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten siioaf, £5 to £5 10s por ton. Hay, prime £3 15s to £410s per Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s fid per ton. Oats, seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, Duns, 2s lOd; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. Oats, feed, 2s 8d to 2s 9d per bushel. Onts, crushed, 2s llxl per Dtisnol. Cocksfoot, machine-dressed, 5(1 to Gd per lb. Linseed oil cake (genuine), iJo ner ton. Sucrosine, £fi 10s per ton. Cocksfoot, farmers' fid por lb. Per. ryegrass, 4s dcl to os por Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d 1 crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railwav station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per i Slag, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton. 1 Said Jones, who had a cough indeed, A bark like any setter; "This dow's life I'll no longer lead; To-morrow, if no better " But on that day a friend for sure Heard of his melan (collie); He gave him Woods' Great Pepper- , mint Cure, } And cured him of lus folly. > Job Printing i London Rates. WE have fast landed a heavy shipment of Printing Papers, t Letter Papers, Typewriting Paper, Tinted Papers, Account Dorms, . Envelopes, Visiting Cards, Fancy b Cards, Etc., Etc., enabling us to 1 quote prices for Job Printing 1 hitherto unknown m the Dominion. I CALL AT " THE CHORNICLE" e Office for Estimates. s Horowhenua Publishing ® Company.