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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 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, during the autumn season, the <;notations of prices current as isdied Ly the Farmers' Distributing Company :— •WELLINGTON, July \5. Potatoes are in very short swpply, both table wind seed being hard to _ procure, with rising values. Onions are also hardening up in price. Vegetables all continue to be in good demand, while fruit is on a par with last week's quotations. Egg shavo firmed, to-day's price being Is 6d, with shorfe supply. Porkers are in keen doma.nd. Pickling onions are wanted. Fnnggus is keenly enquired for. Tradein chaff and. oflts continues dull, but the past week has seen considerable improvement in the sales of maiize and wheat, whilo seed potatoes arc now being hoolrod nt tho current rate. A sale of poultry will be hold on Wednesday, 29th July, and particulars of entries should reach us as early n* possible.

Potatoes, Prime Up-to-d*tes, £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury Up-to-dates, £7 10s per ton. Onions, £5 per ton. Tickling onions, 7s Gd cwt. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 5s 6d to 7s; ordinary, 3s to 4s Od. per sack. Cauliflowers, choice, 10s to 15«; others, 3s to 7s Rd per sack. Carrots, Hut't, 8d dozen. Turnips, wibito. 8d doaen. Swedes, 2s 6d to 3s per sack. Vegetable marrows, 2s Gd per sack. Pumpkins, 2s 0 dt ols sack. Pio melons, 3s t o4s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s 6d to £s 6:1; fair, 2s Rd to 3s per case. Spinach, host 3s 6d to 5s case. lienns, 8s (id per Spring onions, 8d doa bdls. Apples, cookers, largo, 4s to ss: smnll, 2s to 3s (Id case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, 7s to 0s Gd; others, 4s to 5s fid per ease. fears, dwei-t. 10s to 15a 6d : cookers. Ir-rjie, 4.s 6d to 5s Gd: sniiill, 3« Gd to 4s per ense. Butter, separaitor, 10d: " ■■■,- 9.1(1 per lb. Cheese, best factory medium-, 5.1 dto G riper lb; Waf,'7d per lb. Dressed pork. 70's to 00's. 4-] d; OO's to lOO's, 41(1: baconers, 4Jd; choppers (heavy) 3d. Eggs, fresh Is Gd, preservwl Is per dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 1\ 1; bnms, B.ld per lb. Honey, 4d to 4Jd per lb. Peeswnx, Is 4d to la Rd per lb. V'-:"X\.i, kopn demand at 5Jd lb %f V/o|;n;-- . . ,'irl .fo fi -.<] per II). Tallow, tin;;. 22s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on Julv 20, 1010. Poultry: Cockerels. 5s Gd to Gs fid for good birds; small. 3s Gd: table roosters. Is +0 ss: table hens. 3s fid : small. 2s Gd : ducks, large, 5s tn Gs Gd :small, 3s Gd per pnir: turkey rfobblers, 0d per lb: bens. 81" per lb live weight. ~ 3s Gd per bushel. Wheat. 3s 0d tn 4s per bushel. Wheat, soi-onds. 3s Id to 3s C)d bushel. Barley, feed. 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape seed. 3s Gd bushel. IForse beans, 4s Gd to 4s 0d bush. Partridge pens, 4s 3d to 5s ppr bushel. Prussian Bluo pens, 5s Gd per bushel. Barley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Pollard. Qβ 15s per ton. Bran. £4 10s to CI 15s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, C 5 to £5 10? per ton. On ten straw chaff. £3 15s ton. Hay. prime £3 15s to £5 per ton. Straw, wheaten. £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten. £2 7s Gd per ton. Onts, seed, Sparrowbills, Gnrtons. Duns. 2s 0d; Algerians, 3s 3d pci bushel. Onts, feed 2.s (d to 2s 8d bushel Onts. cru.slred 2s Brl per busiiol. Mnchino dressed cocksfoot, GUI tn 7d per lb. Farmers' dressed cocksfoot. 5d to fid per lh. CVvonnnt oil cake, 8s per c\rt. T/inseed oil cake (genuine), Cl 3 n»r ton. Sncrosine, £fi 10s per ton , . Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20-; per ton. delivered free at any rnilwnv station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton. Basic Sing, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.