Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1912, Page 1

Commercial.

* NEW ZEALAND FAEMEBS* <"-000., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Social to the Horowhenua Chronicle). WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. 'The potato market is still keeping at the same level with good deinairl It is unlikely, however, that this can he long maintained, as the new em pis now offering form Auckland at a reasonable rate. vSoed potatoes are rather slow in demand, and thcro is a fair quantity offering. Onions are in brisk demand and n 1 advance is looked for. Eggs moos immeiate sale. Porkers are in good demand. Poultry is realising very high prices, an dthe market is under supplied. Grain is quiet, while the demand for seed maize for fobbr crops is now setting in. The sunp'y of maize is going to he short this season, and higher values will obtain shortly. Chaff is in steady demand. Vegetables are all rr.-all.s.ng very high prices. Nelson groe'.i pens are arriving in fair quantities hi t prices are still maintained. Local apples, where q : iliiv is good, are selling at satt factory values. Potatoes, seed.—Gamekeeper £8; Up-to-dates £6; Northern Star, £6. Beauty of Hebron £0; Early Rose £0 per ton. Onions.—£l6 por ton. Cabbage.—-Choice, "Os io lfs <M p.->r sack. Carrots.'—ss to 6s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 12s Gd to 17s per sack. Nelson Green Peas. —Is 8d lo 2>pcr peck. . Parsnips.-- 7s to 8s per sack. Swedes,—6s to 7s cwt. Rhubarb.--4s to 6s 6J per dnzon. Turnips. "White, ys 6s jor sack. Lettuce — Choice.' 7s .o 10- per case. Pumpkins.—los to 14s 6d per pack Apples.- Cooking, 7s io b's per rase. Apples,—Dessert, 7s Cd to 10s per case. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 7d ; loaf, 7Jd to 8d por If. Mandarines.—9s to lis. Sydney oranges.—los to 13s. Passions.—Bs to 9s. Butter.—Separator, UJd to Is; milled, Ud; dairy, lid per lb. Eggs. - Fresh. lOjil per co/c-u. Mot.s -Is od. Dressed Pork.-70's t 90's fijd, 90\s to 100's G\d, baconers s'|d, choppers (heavy) id. slips 7d, suckers 7id i)er lb. Honey.—4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax.—ls 5d to Is 6d per lb. Fungus.—3£d to 4d per lb. Tallow.-Casks, 27s Gd to 28s 3d, tiiivS, 2-is per cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels os Od to 6s 6d, for good birds; table roosters, 4.s 6d ; table hens, 4s 6d to 6s; ducks 7« 6d per pair; turkey gobblers lOd per lb; hens, 9d per lb live weight. Maize, 5,s Gd por bushel. Seed Maize.—Hickory King 7s 3d per bus. in sack lots, or 7s 9d less quantities "Wheat. 4s 7d per bus. ; ten ack lots Is Od. Feed barley.-- Us 8d por bushel. Peas, Partridge.—4s per bushel. Prussion Blue Seed peas.—7s bus. Horse Beans.—4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel. Pollard.—£7 por ton. Bran.—£s 10s ton. Barley Meal.—£7 por ton. Pea and Wheat Meal. £7 15s r.er ton. Mollasses Fodder.—£s per ton or 6s per cwt. Chaff.-Oaten sheaf £4 10s to £5 per ton, os store. Special quotations for truck lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Meadow Hay.—For stock feeding £4 per ton intruck lots. Sucrocinc.—£7 per ton. Straw.—£3 5s per ton ex store. Linseed Oil Cake.—Genuine £13 10s per ton. Soya Bean Cake.—£l2 10s per ton. A splendid stock food. Oats.—Feed 2s 8d to 2s l(kl per bushel; Duns, 3s. Oats.—Crushed, 3s 3d per bushel. Seed Cape. Barley.—4s per buyhol Seed Oats.—Algerians 3s 8d per bushel; Cartons, Excelsiors, Sparrowbills, Black Rivals, Duns, 3s 6d pper bushel. Vaporite destroys wire-worms and all other soil pests, 34s por 2cwt. cask, or 20s per cwt., 12s 6d por 561bs. Simply dug or ploughed under the soil. Teas.—Choicest blends, 61b and 101b tins, Golden Tip Is 6d por lb. Tea.—Ceylon in 51b tins Is 4d per lb. Same in 5 tin lots la 3d per lb. Exceptional valuo. Send for freo sample. r HHVJPI—IQWMB—«»