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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 September 1911, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., WEEKLY REPORT. (Bpf.ein! to "'ih« Eorowßene* C'jior.oio.") For the coa.reiueuca o! tik* inrming community,- "The Chronicle , is repnttiiig from day to day, daring the tmtnmn season, the c;«otationa of pricea enrrent as i&eaad k-y the "Farinere' Difltiibntanp $r*n pan?, :— v^ ; September 7. We have no improvement to report ir potatoes. Onoins are firm for good quality. Fresh eggs are in better enquiry, with slight advance for some linos. Vegetables are now coming, in more froly. Green peas are now reaching us from Nelson, and have sold during the week at from 2' 6d to 4s lid per peck, the lowei prices being for lines porly filled. Pumpkins and marrows are in exceptional demand at very high values Rot vegetables are slow of sale. Lettuce is in over supply. Apple?, are in great demand. "Wheat is firmer with short supplies, while oats hove advanced to very high values, and arc also hard to obtain. Chaff is firmer, and is heing well held. Potatoes, prime, £4 10s per ton. Up-to-date seed potatoes, speciallv selected Canterbury grown, £5-10 to £6 per ton.According to quanttty. Onions, Australian brown Spanish, £6 10s to £7 per ton. Artichokes, Is 9dto 2s 6d per bag. Cabbage, 2s to 4s per sack. Carrots 2s 6d per sack. Swedes, Is (3d lo SJs 6d sack. Cauliflower, 4s Gd to 6s per sack. Turnips, white, 6d to 9d per heap. Lettuce, Is per case. Marrows, 9s to 10s per sack. Par-snips, 4s to 5s per sack Green peas, 2s 6d per peck. Pumpkins, 7 £s a sack. Leeks, to 9d per heap. Pie Melons, 8s to 8s 6d per sack. Dessert apples, 12s to 14sper case. Cooking apples, 11s 6d to 12s 6d per J case. Oheeee, best factory mediums, 53d per lb Butter, ;epnrator, Is; dairy Hid pel lb. Dressed Pork, 70's to 90's 6d; 90\s to 100's 4}d; baconers, 4}d; choppers (heavy) 3d; suckers 6Jd. Eggs, fresh, lOd to 10J per doz. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 9Jd. Hams, 9?, per lb Honey 3-J to -*d per lb. Walimte, 7d to H<X. Fungus, 4id per )t).> Tallow, tins, 23s per cwt. PonlLiy : C: ;ckereis, 5s 6d to 6s for good birds: table roosters, ss; table hens, 3s 6d to -Is; ducks, 5s 5d to 6s 6d; turkey gobhlors, 8d to Bjd per lb; hens 7id to Sd per lb live weight. . . ■ Maize, .: -; ":a •■ »■•« - -.- Wheat. -'• 4.'. pur bushel Harler (feed) 3s U 3s 3d r>or bus. Barley, Capo, 3s (kl per bushel. Pollard, 67 per ton. Pi; meal, £6 per ton. Maize .Unal, £8 5s per ton. Bran, £\j per lon. .Molasses r'oiiriei £'6 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £6 to £6 10s per ton. Hay, prime, £5 per ton. Straw, wheaten, £,H to £S 10s per ton. Onts, feed. 3s Md por bushel. O.its seed sparrowbills, gtirtons, 3s 10d; Alge.r ; ans, dressed Australian, Jv, 10d. per buehel. Onts. crushed. 3s 9d per bushel. V...M ■•:•. ■■■:'• < ; ■ -.liit-. -•> OU rwt. jjii<'ri'Mf:t' jC') tU- per we Liimc- niiUi-nltnr»l, 2'Ob per ton. dHivertxi Ir»» at any raiiwny Htntinn iri trncfe loada. Hiiperphosphates (best), £5 per ton , 5s less for ton or more. Basic slag, hi'h irrade, iO per cent £4 10s per ton.