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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1910, Page 1

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A N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATTVE 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 quotations of prices current as is.si.-k1 by the Farmers' Distributing Company :— WELLINGTON, June 2. Potatoes still conitiiiuo scarce, with hardening values. Vegetables find a ready market, especially cauliflowers, which <ar:> selling at iliigh values. The price of eggs is still receding. Cooking die.sser.t lines of butli apples and ptar.s are in keen enquiry. Fungus is in excellent demand at -high prices. Walnuts are now coining to hand nrn;re I'ret*ly, with a downward .tendency in values. Porkers meet ready sale, as also heavier weights. Potatoes, Primo Up-to-date, £() 10s to £7 por ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury Up-'to-dates, £8 per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 4s fid to fis; ordinary, 2s to 3s lid per sack. Cauliflowers, choice, 8s Od to 12s 6d; others, 4s Gd to 6s per sack. Green pens, Is per peck. Carrots, Hntt, 8d dozen. Turnips, white, 6d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s 6d per sack. Vegetable marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 2.s to 3s sack. Pio melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, ss; fair, Is Gd to 2s Gd per case. Spinach, bc\st, 2s 6d per case. French beans, 5s Od per J-sack. Spring onions, Gd doz. bundles. Tomatoes, hothouse, lis Od per J--case. Apples, cookers, large. 3s Od to Is 3d : small, 2s to 3s case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, 6s Gd to 7s Gd ;oth'ors 4s to 5s Gd por case. Pears, dessert, Gs to 8s Gd; cookers, large, 4s Gd to 5s Gd; small, 3s Gd to Is per case. Grapes, besf- Iliitt, Is; host Nelson. lid per lb. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to 9£d per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, s : 'd to 5.Jd per lb; lonf, GJd to 7d per lb. Dressed pork. 70's to 90's, 4d io ■lid ; 90's to 100's, 4d ; haoonerSj 3|d to 4d ; choppers (heavy), 2d to 2,-Jd. Our weeklv pork sales held each Thursday during winter. F.<jg;.s, fresh. Is Od ; preserved, Is 2d Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7jd; liams, 83d per lb. Honey, 4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s id per lb. Walnuts. 5d ito 5Jd per lb. Tallow, tins, 24s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special wile on June 17th. 1910. Poultry, cockerels. 5s Gd for good i»irds: small. 3« to ; 3s bd ; table roos4s; table liens, 3s Gd: small, 2s to 2s Gd ; ducks, large 5s to Gs; small, Is to 3s Gd per pair; tourkey gobblers. 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Mniv.e, 3s Gd to 3s 9d bushel. Wheat, broken, 3s Gd. per bushel. "Win*'!!;, 4s 2d to Is 3d per bushel. Barley, feed. 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape seed. 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans, 4s fid to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 5s per bushel. | Prussian Blue Peas, os fid per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps. Cfi 10s per ton. Bran. £4 15s ner ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, C 5 to £5 15s per ton. Tlay, prime £3 15s to £4 10s per ton. 1 Straw, wheat en. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten. £2 7s fid per ton. Oats, seed. Spnrrowbills, Gartons, ( Duns. 2s lOd; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. feed, 2s 8d to 2s lOd per ( bushel. , . Onts. crushed, 2s lid per bushel. Machi"e dressed cocksfoot, G'd 'to 7d nor lb. Farmers' dressed cocksfoot, ou to Gd. per lb. . Linseed oil cake (genuine), £1.5 per ton Sucrosine, £6 10s per ton. Cocksfoot, farmers' dr>s<ed. fid per lb. Per. ryegrass, 4s fid to 5s per bushel. Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. Lime, crushed, agricultural, "(is ner ton, delivered free at any railwnv station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton. Basic Slag, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.