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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 June 1910, Page 1

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1 N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVF DISTRIBUTING CO., Lu;. REPORT. (Special to '"The Horowbenua 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 issjrfd Ly the Farmers' Distributing Company : — WELLTNGTON, June 10. As anticipated in our previous report, the potato market as now* weakening, aii/d there js <1 prospect of a sharp fall in values. Australian supplies are nw reaching here, and will assist to bring this about. We advise our clients requiring seed to hold off for a few woeks, pending developments. Onions are unchanged. Of vegetables, cabbage, turnips, lettuce and spinach are all in -excellent demand, while marrows

i- have improved, and pumpkins and carrots show easier rallies. We recommend shipments of pie melons. 5 Hothouse tomatoes arc still in exceptionally keen demand. Dessert apples advanced considerably, as also have all varieties of cookers, except Epps' seedling, which show a slight .advance only. Pears are i ngreat demand, as also grapes. Poultry is now showing an advance, and thet market displays a much better tone. Eggs have weakened slightly, but are still ill good demand. Chaff has weakened in sympathy with the decline .in. oafs, .and very little business is hexing done. | Potatoes, Prime Up-to-dates, £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. 1 Canterbury Up-to-dates, £8 per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. ; Garlic, 3d per lb. | Cabbage, choice, 5s to os 6d; ordinary, Is to 2s per sack. Cauliflowers, choice, (is Gd: others, 3s to 4s Gd. Canots, Hutt, Gd dozen. Turnips, white, Gd dozen. Swedes, Is to Is Gd sack. Market, glutted. Vegetable marrows, Is to 2s per sack. Pumpkins, 2s G dt o4s sack. Pie melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, Gs to 7s Gd ; fair, 2s Gd to 4s case. Spinach, best, 3s to 3s Gd per ease. French beans, 8s Gd per -'-ease. Spring onions, 8d doz. bdls. Tomatoes, hothouse, 14.s Gd per .J----case. Apples, cookers, large, 4s to ss; snvill, 2s to 3s Gd case. Aoples, dessert, well coloured, 7s t'o 9s Gd; others. 4s to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessert, lOs to 15s Gd : cookers, lai'tre, Is Gd to 5s fid; small, 3s Gd to 4s per ease. Grapes, best Hutt, Is Gd; besc Nelson, Is 3d per lb. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy. 0.'.rl per lb. " Cheese, best factory mediums, 5Jd to per lb; I-.nf, fijd to 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 4id; 90's to 100's 4sd; baconers, 4d; choppers (heavy) 2(1 to 2;ld. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during winter. Excellent demand. E.<?gs, frosTi, Is 8d; preserved. Is 2d dozen.

Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7Jd : hams, S'jd per lb. Honey, 4d to 4\d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd lb. Walnuts, fid ifo 5Jd per lb. Tallow, tins. 22s owt. _ Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale 011 .Tulv Ist. 1910.. Poultry: Cockerels, fa Gd to Gs Gd for good birds: small. 3s Gd : table roosters. 4s to fa: table liens. 3s Gd : small, 2s Gd : ducks, large, fa to Gs Gd :small. 3s Gd per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 80 per 1!) live weiirb't. Maize. 3s Gd to 3s 9d per bushel. Wlvn.jif-,. 3s f)d to 4s r>»u- bushel. Wheat. snonnds, 3s Gd per bush. Bnrlev, feed. 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape seed. 3s Gd bushel Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, fa per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os 6d per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps, £G 10s per ton. Brflu. CI 10s rier to". Chaff, oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 lfa per ton. Hay, prime. £3 lfa to £4 10s per ton. Straw, wlieaten. £2 7s Gd per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 fa per ton. Oats, seed, Snarrowbills. Gartons. Duns. 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s 3d pei bushel. Oats, feed, 2s Gd t o2s 8d bushel. Oats, crushed, 2s lid per bushel. Machine dressed cocksfoot, GJ-d to 7d per lb. Farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 5d to Gd per lb. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 ppr ton Sucrosine, £6 10s per torn. Cocksfoot, farmers' fid per lb. Per. ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railwav station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton. Basic Slag, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.