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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 July 1910, Page 1

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• N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., Li j. WEEKLY "REPORT. (Special to " The Horowhenua Chronicle.") For the convenience of the farming community, "The Chronicle" is reprinting from day to day, during the autumn season, the quotations of prices current aa issiod by the Farmers' Distributing Company • WELLINGTON, July 1. Business in .potatoes and onions is dull, with no alltorajtion lin prices from Inst week. .Vegetables aire in good demand, onbbage aid cauliflower of choice quaKb; jboing specially enquired for. I' rliit is uiicbangedi, except apples, which sliow ;a slightly lower tone in value.- Eggs continue ito tfiaTl in price, ami (preserved lines aire hard to quit. Porkers wire in panfcioulai'ly keen demand, >and we expect 'tfo raicrti. 5d during ttho coining wee kfor licsfc lines. We have an unlimited demmnd, mild can strongly recommend, consignments. Honey is in good supply, .and quick sales are difficult. Our recenlt sale of purebred' poultry was Inrgcly attended, and prices realised, satisfactory. We sha.ll bo holding anofbheir simil/ar sale in bout (two weeks' time, and shall be glad to 'have early entries. Potatoes, Prime Up-to-dates, £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury Up-to-diates, £7 10s pel ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Pickling onions, 7s cut. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 'Is fid to 5s 6d; ordinary, 2s to 3s per sack. CnjuJiifl'ower, choice, B,s fid to 12s Gd; others, 3s to JSs per sack. Carrots, Hutlfc, 8d dozen.

Turniips, white, 9d dozen. Swedes, 2s (3d per sack. Vegetable marrows, 2s Gd.per sack. Pumpkins, 2s G dt o-4s sack. . Pie melons, 3s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s Gd to 5s Gd'; fair, 2s Gd to 3s per case. Spinach, best, 3s to 3s Gdpercn.se. French beans, 8s Gd per i-case. Spring onions, Gd dozen bundles. Apples, cookers, large, 4s to ss; small, 2s to 3s Gd case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, 7s to 9s Gel; others, 4s to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessert. 10s to 15s Grl : cookers. In rcce, 4s Gd to 5s Grl : 1 ill. 3s Gd tn 4s per ease. Grapes, best Hutt, Is Gd; bos' Nelson, Is 3d per lb. Butter, soparoitor, lOd; dairy. Old per lb. __ Cheese, best fnntory mediums. s|d per lb: loaf. 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to DO's, 4^l: OO'.s to 100's, 4'd : haconiers, 4d tie "41 tl; choppers (heavy) 2i}d. Our weekly nork sales held oach Thursdav during winter. Excellent demand. Eggs, fresh, Is 4d; preserved, Is per dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7}d : linms, 83d per lb. Honey, 4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s}d per lb. Walnuts, 5d (to s£d por lb. Tallow, tins, 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on .Tilly 15. IDIO. Poultry: Cockerels, 5s 6d' to fi. l Gd for good birds; small, 3s Gd; table roosters, 4s to ss; table hens, 3s Gel; small, 2s Gd; ducks, large, 5f to Gs Gd :small. 3s Gd per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, B<* per lb live weight. Maize, 3s Gd per bushel. Wheat. 3s 9d to 4s per bushel. Wheat, seconds, 3s 4d to 3s Gdi por busihel. Barley, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape seed, 3s 6d bushel. Horse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 9d bush. Partridge peas, 4s Gd to 4s 9d per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, 5s 6d per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Pollard, £G 15s per ton. Bran, £4 15s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 15? per ton. Hay, prime, £3 15s to £5 5s pei ton. Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s Gd par ton. Oats. seed. Snarrowbills. Gnrtons. Duns, 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s 3d pci bushel. Oats, feed. 2s Gd t o2s 8d bushel. o.a'ts, _ crushed, 2s Od 1 per bushel. Machine dressed cocksfoot, G£d tc 7d per lb. Farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 5d tc Gd per lb. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 per ton Sucrosino, £6 10s per torn. Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20? per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton. Basic Slag, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.