COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 April 1911, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

NZ FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ' DISTRIBUTING CO., _.. WEEKLY~REPOAT. (Special to "The Horowh*n»a Ohroniole.") For tbe conrenienoe of th"« 'wining community, "The Ohroniole" is reprinting from day today, «r----nig the autumn season, the "."j?**" tione of prices current as i&Jtied by the Farmers' Distributing Company :— ' WELLINGTON, April 21. Potatoes are still fir mfor first-class lines. Considerable prejudice exists here against any butjair-sized tubers. Onions are firm. Vegetables are all in good demand, there being an especially good enquiry for lettuce and cauliflower of good quaity. Apples, pears and quinces, are being eagerly sought after, and we, recomment consignments. Fresh eggs have again advanced, and offerings are small. Consignments of either fresh or preserved will meet with a ready sale. Poultry is in poor demand. Oats are firm, with smal offorings Pollaid saa ltfe per .ton in Australia. Stocks of oat pollard are How exhausted, and we shall be unable to execute any more orders for this line.

Potatoes, prime, £5 to £5 10s per ton.

Onions, Globes, £4 10s per ton. Cabbage, 2s 6d to 4s per sack. Green peas, Hutt, Is peck. French beans, Id per lb. Carrote, 2s 6d sack. Swedes, Is 6d to 2s 6d sack, Cauliflower, 6s to 7s per sack. Marrows, Is 6d to 2s jwr sask. Pumpkins, 8s to 3s <5a per sack. Cap© Gooseberries, BJd per lb. Turnips, white, 4d to Bd dozes. Lettuce, 3s to 3s 6d per case. Rhubarb, Is 6d to 2s per dozen. Blackberries, 2sd per lb. Cucumbers, 3s (3d i-caee. Cape gooseberries, 4}d per lb. Passions, N.Z., 5s ttd i-case. Peachee, 2s to 4s half-case. Dessert apples, 5s &d to 8s case. Cooking apples, 4s to 4s 6d case. Tomatoes, 2s to 4s per J-case. Pears, dessert, 4s to 5s per halfcase ; cookers, 5e to 6s per case. Grapes, lid per lb. Quinces, 3s 6d to 4s per case. Butter, separator, 9|d to 10a; dairy, 9d to 9Jd per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, 5Ja per lb; loaf 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 4Jd to 4id; 90's to 100's, 4d; baconers, 3|d; choppers (heavy) 2^d. Eggs, fresh, 2s per dozen. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 9dj hams 9}d per lb. Honey, SJd per lb. Slow of sale Beeswax, Is 6d per lb. Fungus, 4Jd per lb. Walnuts, 6d to 7d per lb. Tallow, tins, 25s cwt. Poultry, cockerels, 5s 6d for good birds; table roosters, ss; table hens, 3s 6d; ducke, 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, 9dto 10d per lb; hens, Bcl per lb livo weight. Maize, 3s 6d uor bushel. Wheat, 4s per bnshel. Barley (feed), 3s 3d bushel. Barley, Cape 3s 10d per bnshel. Dun peas, 4s por bushel. Pollard, £7 10s per ton. Oat pollard, stocks exhausted. Bran £5 10s per ton. Molassrs fodder, £4 15s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £5 10s ton. Hay, prim© £4 to £4 15s ton. Straw, wheaten, £2 IBs per ton. Oats, seed, Spariowbills, Gartons, Duns, Storm King, Black Tartars, 3s 3d; Algerians, 8s 6d bushel. Oats, A grade, 5s per bnshel. Oats, crushed, Ss 3d bushel. Cocoanut oil cake, 8s 6d cwt. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 per tori. Bucrosine, '£6 10s per ton. Lime, crushed, agricultural, SOe per ton, delivered free at any railway station in truck loads. Superphosphates (beet), £B per ton ; 5s lees for ton or more. Basic slag, high grade, 20 per cent £4 10s per ton.