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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 August 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LnJ. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to "The Horowhonua Chronicle.") For tho convenience of the farming community, " The Chronicle " is reprinting from day to day, daring the autumn season, the tions of prices current as issaiHl ty tho Farmers' Distributing Ccm-

pany: — WELLINGTON, August 4. Potatoes are still in short supply, prices being at present very firm. Seed potatoes are also rather scarce, and we advise early enquiries. All cooking varieties of apples are in excellent demand, Tasman-ian French Crabs being worth up to 8s per bushel. Vegetables are in excellent demand. All lines, excepting table carrots, meet with a .ready sale. Cabbage realised as much as 9s per sack this week. Eggs are still selling freely at Is 6d, and preserved lines arc now worth Is Id. Fungus, walnuts, arid beeswax wanted in any quantities. Grain shows po alteration. 10.=! to £8 per ton. Potatoes, Prime Up-to-datea, £7 10s to £8 per to n . Potatoes,- peed, specially selected. Up-to-date, :G7 10s to £8' per to n . Opions, Australian, £7 per ton. Pickling onions, 8s cwt. Garlic,"3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 5s 6d to 9s; ordinary. 3s to 4s fid per sack. Cauliflowers, choice, 10s to 15s; others, 3s to 7s 6d per sack. Carrots. Hutt, Orl dozenTurnips, white, 6d dozen. Swedes, 2s 6d per sack. Vegetable marrows, 2s 6d per sack. Pumpkins. 2s 6 dt o-ls sack. Pie melons. 3s t o4s pe-r sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s fid to 6s 6d; fair, 2s fid to 3s per case. Spinach, best 3.s fid to 5s case. Spring onions, 8d doz bdls. Apples, cookers, large, 4s 6d to 7s Gd: small, 3s to 4s case. Anples. dessert, well coloured, 7s to 9s fid; others. 4s to 5s 6d per case. Pears, dessert. 10s to 15s fid: cookers. Inrae. 4s fid to 5s 6d; small, 3s 6d to 4s per case. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9?. d per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, fid per lb: lonf. 7d per lb. Dressed pork. 70's to 90's, 4^d; fin's to 100's, 4id : baconors, 4jd; choppers 3d to 3Jd. Egor.q. fresh Is fid, preserved Is per dozen. Bacon, faetnrv sides 7d, rolls 7Jd; hams. 9d por lb. Honey, 4d to 4?, d per lb. Tleeswax, Is,4d to "is 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s§d p<?r lb. Walnuts. 5d to 5Jd per lb. Tallow, tins, 23s cwt. Word, sheepskins and hides, special sale on August 12, 1010. Poultry: Cockerels, 5s fid to fis fid for stood birds; small. 3s 6d: fable roosters. Is to ss: table hens. 3s fid : email. ?.s fid : ducks, large, 5s f n fts- (VI :smali. .'l* fid p»r pair: tnr--1,-ev cobblers. Od per lb; hens, Bcf ppr lb live weight.

M:ii'/,:\ 3s M per bushel. ""'V.ot. 3? Pd 'n .'ls per bushel. Wli-.nt. seconds, 3* Id to 3s fid per bushel. B-irlcv. feed. 3s 3d v n r bushel. Barh'V. r : .pe seed. 3s fid bushel. 'Hoi-op v.™."*. 4r fid to /1« 0d bush Partridge pens. 4s 3d to 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue -pvris, 5s fid per bu°hnl. ParW inoil m P Ar ton. Poltord. fT< 10« to Ofi 15s per tor,. Bran. PI 10s to £4 15s per ton. Cbnff. eaten sheaf, £5 to £5 10s per ton. Oaten straw cbnff. £3 15a ton. T-Tay. p-dmo £3 15s to £5 per ton. Straw, wheateu. PI 10s per ton. Straw, oaten. £2 7s fid per ton. Oats seed. Gartens Duns. 2s 0d; Algerians, 3s 3d pei Wbol.

fpn.l o q |,1 fn 9.« 8(1 bushel Hole f. V "«l>P'l Rd nor lmsltpl dressed pocksfoot, fi\d ic 7d nor Hi. Farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 5d tc G'l wr Hi. rVrn-innf-, nil pake, fis per Linsped nil pake (gpnnine), £13 r)r>r tr>" Snprosine, CO 10s per ton. Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20? nor ton. dplp-nrod frpp at any roilwv station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ten. Rasi" £!"<r. lnVh crade, 19 per -cut, Cf 10s por ton.