Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 November 1912, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COCO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to the Horowhenua Chronicle). WELLINGTON, Nov. 8. Old potatoes are in very short supply, Jind there is keen outpiiry for thaw arriving. New potatoes sell readily at high values. Seed potatoes are also hold in compass, and those requiring supplies should buy without delay. Onions are in steady demand. are very firm. Porkers find ready sale. Poultry, whor quality is good, meets excellent demand. Cheese is in good demand fo rold makes, and fair for new lines. Butter is slightly wcviker. Grain is all dull of sale with fairly large supply. Chaff is steady, but there is still a fair quantity in the country. Vegetables of all kinds »ro. reaching u.s in large quantities, and where quality is good high prices are realised. Nelson green peas are now in good supply and fetch high prices, Auckland strawberries are now coming to hand more plentifully, and after the 13th inst. we shall be receiving 100 crates daily. Gooseberries are in excellent demand. Potatoes.-—Prime, Cll to £12 per ton. Potatoes.- Seed, Gamekeeper, LH 10s : I'p-to-datcs. CO to £7 ; Northern Star L' 7; Marly Hose U> per toll. New Potatoes.- -L><l to -JJd p.-r lb. Onions.—£lo per ton. Cabbage.--Choice, os Od to 7s per > sack ; others Is Od to I's Gd. Carrots.- 8$ io 10s per sack. '2 Cauliflower. —10s to Ms per sack. Nelson green peas.--Is. to Is 3d per peck. Parsnips.—7s to 8s per sack. I Swedes.--Os to 7s per cwt. , Rhubarb.- 3s to os per dozen. , Turnips.--White, as to Os per sack Lettuce.--Choice 7s to 10d per case. : Apples.— Cooking, choice 10s petcase. Apples.— Dessert choice, 10s to 12s (id per case. Gooseberries. Id por lb. I'?gj:s.--Fr<\sh Is per doz. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 7<l; loaf, 7) 2 <] to B<l per lb. Bntior.-Separator, lIId to | s; milled, lid; dairy, lid per lb. .Dressed pork. - 7()\s to 00's, o{d ; 90's +„ 100's, fi'd; baconers, o-jd ; choppers (heavy), Id; slips, 7d: suckers. 7Jd per lb. Hoii(>y,- Id (o ■!?,(] p(M- If), Bi'eswax.—Ls Od |>or lb. Fungus.---.SJd to -Id per IV TALLOW.-Casty, 27s Od U, 28s 3d; tins, 24s cwt. Poultry.- Cockerels, os Od to Os Od for good birds : table roosters, Is 0d ; table hens, 4s ikl fo Gs; ducks, 7s 0 per pair; turkey gobblers, 10d per Ib; hens, 9d per lb live weight. Maize.--Gs Gd per bus. Seed maize.—Hickory King, 7.s 3d per bus in sack lots, or 7s Od less quantities. Wheat.--4s to -Is 7d per bus. Ton sack lots, 3s lOd to -Is sd. Food barley.--&; B<l per bus. Peas, Partridge.-Is per bus. Prussian Blue Soud Peas.-—os 0d per bushel. Horse beans.---is 3d to Is Od per ■bushol. Pollard.—£7 per ton. Bran.—JOS 10s per ton. Barley meal.—£7 per ton. Pea and wheat meal. -£7 los por ton. Mollasses fodder.—£o per ton. or (is per ewt. Ohaff.—Oaten sheaf, £1 10s to £5 por ton ex store. Special quotations for truck lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Meadow hay.--For stock feeding, L'l per ton, in ton lots. Suerosine. —£7 per ton. Straw.- £3 os per ton ex storo Linseed oil eake.--Gemiiuo £12 10s per ton. Soya bean cake.—£l2 10s per ton. Oats.—Feed, 2s 8d to 2s 10s petbus ; Dims, 3s per bus. Oats.—Discoloured, 2s to 2s Od per bus. Oats.- Crushed 3s 3d bus. Seed, Cape Barley.--'Algerians 3s 8d por bus: Cartons, Sparrowbills. Duns, 3s Od per bus.