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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 September 1910, Page 1

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5 N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., Li^. 1 weekly"report. (Special to "The Horowhenua 1 Chronicle.") For the convenience of the farming community, " The Chronicle " is reprinting from day to day, dar--1 ing the autumn season, the t;iiotar tions of prices current as i&ued ty the Farmers' Distributing Ccm--1 pany WELLINGTON, August 25. Table potatoes still continuo t«> rise in price, and supplies are coming to hand very slowly. There is, however, a fair supply of Canterbury grown seed (up-to-dates) which, are ■j coming to hand in excellent order. liOca lonions are now on the market, find values are weaker in consequence. Of vegetablse ,cauliflowei and cabbage are easier, while roots of ah kinds, cxcept carrots, are about the same as last week. Table carrots are in over-supply. Apples are in excellent demand. Early rhubarb has this week been sold by . us at from (kl to 7d per lb. The 1 egg market has almost touched bedrock, with very large supplies coming to hand. Grain is values. Honey is plentiful in ply, and slow to sell. Beeswax is in goo demand at Is 6d for the host lines. Poultry is in fair enquiry. Good business has been done ir forward orders for superphospate. which we can supply at £<l 15s per to nin ton lots, subject to the orders reachinig us early. Potatoes, Prime Up-to-dates, £7 10s to £9 per ton. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury up-to-dates, £8 per ton. Onions, Australian, £7 per ton. local, £6 10s. Pickling onions, local, 7s 6d cwt. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 5s 6d to 7s 9d; oidinary, 3s to 4s Gd per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 7s 6d; others, 3s to 4s Gd per sack. Carrots, Hutt, Go doz, and 3s pei sack. Turnips, white, 6d dozen. Sewedes, 2« Gd to 3s per sack. "Vegetable marrows, 2s Gd to 3s per sack. Pumpkins, 3s to 4s sack. Pie melons, 3s t o4s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; fair,_ 2s 6d to 3s per case. Spinach, host 3s 6d t-o 5s case. Spring onions, 10d doz bdls. Apples, cookers, large, 4s Gd tr. 8s; small, 3s to 4s case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, 7s to 9s Gd; others, 4s to 5s Gd per case. Pears, dessert, 10s to 15s 6d; cookers, large, 4s Gd to 5s Gd; small, 3s Gd to 4s per case. Butter, separator, lOd; dnirv. 9-id per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, Gd per lb; loaf, 7d per lb. Dressed port, 70's to 90's, sd; 90's to 100's, 4Jd: baconers, 4s to 4Jd ; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3Jd. Eggs, fresh, lid per dozen. Mar ket full. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7id: Ivims, 9d per lb. • Honey, 4d to 4}d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd dt lb. Walnuts, od to s}d per lb. Tallow, tins, 23s cwt. Wool, sheepskins and hides, special sale on September 9, 1910. Poultry: Cockerels, 5s Gd to Gs Gd for good birds; small, 3s Gd; table roosters. 4s to 5,5; table lions. 3s Gd ; small, 2,s Gd ; ducks, large, 5s to Gs Gd ;small, 3s Gd per pair; turkey gobblers, Od per lb; hens, Bfi per lb live weight. Maize, 3s 9d per bushel. Wheat, 3s 9d to 4.s per biwhel. Barley, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Capo seed. 3s Gd bushel. Horse beans, 4s 9d bushel. Partridge peas, 4s 3d to 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, G| per bushel. Barley meal. ,GG per ton. Pollard. £6 10s t-o £6 15s per top. Oat pollaid 2s Gd sack of about 90!I)S. Bran. £4 10s to £4 15s per ton. C'lialf, oaten sheaf ,£5 10s to £5 per ton. Oaten 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. Oats, seed, Rparrowbills, Gartens. Dims. 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s 3d pei bushel. Oats, feed 2,s Id to 2s 8d bushel. Onts, crushed 2s 8d per bushel. Ooeoannt oil cake, 8s per cwt. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 per totf. Sucrosine, £6 10s per ton. Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20? ner ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton : 5s less for ton or more. Basic Slag, high grade, 19 per eent, £4 10s per ton.