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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE

DISTRIBUTING CO., LiD

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_ issa«l Ly the Farmers' Distributing Company WELLINGTON, July 1 5. Potatoes are in very short supply, both table kind .seed being.hard to procure, with rising values. Onions are also hardening up in price. Vegetables all continue to i>o in good demand', wihiile fruit i.s ou a par with last week's r|iiotations.- Mgg slnvo firmed, to-day's price being Is Gd, with short supply. Porkers are in keen demand. Pickling onions arc wanted. Funggus is keenly enquired for. Trade in chaff .and oats continues dull, but the past week lias seen considerable improvement in the sales of maize and wheat, while seed pnta-' toes 'are now being booked at the current rate. A sale of purebred poultry will be held ou "Wednesday, 20th July, and particulars of entries should reach us as early as possible. Potatoes, Prime Up-to-dates, £7 to ,C 7 10s per ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury Up-to-dates, £7 10s per ton. Onions. £'5 per ton. Pickling onions, 7s fid cwt. Garlic, 3d per lb.

Cabbage, choice, 5s fid to 7s; ordinary, 3s to Is fid per sack. Cau!iflowers, choice, 10s to 15s : rvthers, 3s to 7s fid per sack. Carrots, Hutt, 8d dozen. Turnips, white, 8d dozen. Swedes, 2s fid to 3s per sack. Vegetable marrows, 2s fid per .sack. Pumpkins, 2s fi dt ols sack. Pie melons. 3s t ols per sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s fid to 5s fid: fair, 2s fid to 3s per case. Spinach, best 3s fid to 5s case. Imyiicli beans. Rs fid per '-case. Spring onions, 8d doz lulls. Apph's. cool-revs. hi rue. 4s to ss: sniall. 2s to 3s fid c-n«f>. .Alipids. desert. well coloured, 7s to Os fid ; others, 4 s to 5s fid pet -■.use. IVnrs, dessert. 10« to 15s firl : cookers. 1-ii'H-e. 4s fid to 5s fid: sm:.ll. 3s f>-1 to l« p!'v c!isf>, Kutter. st'pamitor, ,10d; dairy. 91 (I per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, oijd to fi dper lb: loaf. 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's, 4'id: Ofi's to 100's, 4.U1: baeuiwMS, 4.|d: choppers (heavy) 3d. Kgus, fresh Is fid, preserved Is per doae.ii. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7J-d : hams, B!{d per lb. Honey, 4d to 4{d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is fid per lb. Fungus, keen demand at sid per lb. Walnuts. 5d ito 5Jd per lb.

Tallow, tins, 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on July 29, 1910. Poultry: Cockerels. 5s Gd -to fis fid for birds; small. 3s fid: table roosters. -Is to 5s : tn I>l e lions. 3s fid : small, 2s fid : ducks, larpe, to fis fid :smnll. 3s fid per pair; tur kov eoliblers. 9d per 11): liens, 8:' per 11> livo weight. Maize. 3s fid per busliel. "Wliixit. 3s !)d {n !s n"ir bushel. Wh'Yi.t. scconds. 3s Id to 3s fid per bushel. Barley, feed. 3s 3d p"r bushel. Parley. Cape seed. 3s fid bushel Morse beans, 4s fid to 4s 9d bnslt I'll rf ridtre pens, -!s 3d to 5s ppi bushel. Prussian Plim peas, Hs fid per bushel. Tlarlev meal, special quality, £5 I.os per ton. Pollard. Cfi per ton. Pmn. CI 10s to CI las per ton. ChafT. oaten sheaf. Co to £-') l£s per ton. Oaten straw dm IF. C 3 15s ton. Tiny, prime ,G3 los to £5 per ton.

Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s fid per ton. Oats, swl, Snarrowbills. Gartons. Puns, ; 2s Od; Algerians. 3s 3d pei bushel. o^ts, feed 2s Id to 2s Sri bushel. On Is. crashed 2s fid per bushel. Machine dressed cocksfoot, H?,(l (to 7d por 11). Farmers' dressed eoeksfoot, 5d to fid. per 11). Oocoanut oil" rake, 8s per owt. Linseed oil coke (genuine), £13 per ton Sncrosine, £fi 10s per toil. Lime, crushed, atrricnltnral, 20s ner ton. delivered free at any railwar station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton. P»asie.Slag, "high grade, 19 per rent; £4 10s per ton.