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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 December 1911, Page 1

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N. 2. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIC DIBTRIBUTIN9 CO., WMKLY~RWPOdT. (Special Is " lh« Sorowlaniafi Ohroniol®.") For She convenience of tie farming oommnnfty, "The Chronicle" i« reprinting from day to day, faring the autumn season, tSe notation fl of prices carrent as iwsad fey the Farmers' Distrihating Sfrm pany Wellington, December 8. Old potato as are unsaleable, except for stoe kfood. grown new potatoes are now coming in, and quality is excellent; the market has firmed, and prospects are much brighter than last week. Australian globe onions will be here next week. Nelson green peas are ruling low, and other vegetables are in heavy supply. Gooseberries and currants are in excellent demand. We could handle much larger supplies of strawberries, as our demand ih-as been unsatisfied for the past two weeks. Esgs are firmer, with better demand. Porkers are wanted, also separator and farmers' butter. "New potatoes, Hutt, 5s 6d to 7s; others. 5s cwt. Onions.—Australian Cased Globes, £12 per ton. Cabbage, small, Is 6d; fair, 3s to 4s 6d; choice, 5s to 7s per sack. Carrots, 5s to 7s per sack. Cautiflower, choice, 6s to 8s sack. Parsnips, 6s to 7s per pack. Green peas, 5s to 6s per cental fag Gooseberries'—2d to 2Jd per lb. Rhubarb—2s to 5s per dozen. Turnips, white, 5s per sack. Lettuce, fair, Is 6d to 2s; choice, 8s per case Leeks, 4s 6d to 6s per doz. bundles. Passions.—Local 7s to 7s 6d per half case. Asparagus 3s to 4s fid doz bdlg. Red currants—6s to 7s per case. Australian cherries—los 6d to lis ■per box. Australian plums—Bs to 9s 6d per half case. Australian apricots—los to 12s per half case. Oranges, Australian. Ms to 15s. Mandarines, large, lis; small, 12s 6d. Queen pines, 19s. Strawberries, Is to Is 3d punnet. Apples, American, 16s 6d. Bananas, Choice. 17s. Cheese, best factory mediums, 6fd per Tb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 5Jd, ?'o ! s to 100's s}d: baconers, sd: choppers (heavy) 3}d to 4d. Bacon, factory sides B|d. a>lls 9jd. hams per lb. Eggs—Fresh IOJd to lid dozen. Butter—Separator 10fd, dairy lOd per lb. Honey 3sd per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. Fungns. 4d per lb. Walnuts, wanted. Tallow, tins. 25s per cwt-. Poultry—Cockerels, 4s 6d to 5s for good birds; table roosters, 4s: table (hens, 3s to 3s 6d; ducks, 4s 6d to 6s 6d: t'Urkev gobblers 9d per lb; hens, B|d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s lOd per bushel. Wheat, 4s 6d per bushel. Pollard, •£1 per ton. Ton lots, £6 lOss. Maize Meal, '£8 5s f ffon. Bran £6 IBs per ton. Barley meal, £6 10s per fon. Chaff, oaten sheaf, £6 10 to £6 15s per ton. Hay, prime, £5 to £6 per ton. I Straw, wheaten. £8 10 per ton. Oats, feed, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per bus. seed spsrrowblfTs, gartons, Ss lOd; dreraeS Anrtralian, 8s 113 per bushel. Oats, chusbed 8s lOd per bnshel. Cocoanut oil cake, 8s Sd cwt. Linseed oil cake, genuine, '£14 per ton. Sncrosine, £6 IGs per ton. Lime, crushed, agricaltaral, per ton, delivered free at any rail wav station in frnck loaSs. Superphosphates (best), _ '£B ptr ton • 5* for ton or mors. Basic slag, high grade, 19J per cent, £4 10s per ton.