Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1912, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' T.O- - LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to the Horowhenua Chronicle). Wellington, November 22. New potatoes arc now coming in lively and taking the place of the old crop, wliic his almost exhausted. Seed lines are still arriving and meet ready sale. New Australian Globe onions are expected next week, and lower values may ho looked for from then on. Eggs continue steady and in good demand. Butter has still further weakened for separator iind dairy lobs. Porkers are arriving in larger quantities, and slightl yweakor in price. Cheese is in fai rdomand. Mateo is weaker consequent on the arrival of the African shipments. Wheat and oats are unchanged, but there is a possibility of oats firming owing to a revival of export trade. Chaff is in good demand for prime quality. Strawberries are Arriving in large quantities from Aucklan dand Nelson. As a rule the Auckland lots arrive in better order and in larger size. Gooseberries of excellent qualty are now coining in from Hutt and elsewhere. Rhubarb is in fair demand. Cabbage and cauliflower are firmer, with decreased supply, and all other vegetables are selling at good prices. Green peas are higher to-day, owing to short supply, hut larger shipments are expected tomorrow. Potatoes, seed.—'Upto-dates, £7 per ton. New Potatoes.—lis to 12s Gd per ewt. Onions.—£l6 per ton. Cabbage.-—Choice, 5s to Gs per sack. Carrots.- 8s to 10s per sack. Cauliflower,—Choice 7s fid to 10s per sack. Nelson Green Peas.—ls to Is 4d per peck. Parsnips.— 8s to 9s per sack. Swedes.—3s to 3s fid per cwt. Rhubarb.— 5s t o7s per dozen. Turnips.—White, 5s to Gs per sack Lettuce.—Choice, 7s to 8s per case others 2s Gd to 3s. Gooseberries.— 2d to 2Jd per lb. Strawberries.—Auckland, Od to Is "2d per lib punnet. Strawberries.—Nelson, 7}d to 9d. Eggs.—Fresh Is per doz. Cheese.—Rest factory medi'imp. 7d; loaf, 7jd to 8d >er lb. Butter.—Separator, lOd to IOJd, m illed lOd, dairy lOd per lb. Dressed pork.—7o's to 00's, 6Jd ; 90s to 100's 6Jd ; baconors, 6d ; choppers (heavy) 3Jd to 4d; slips, 7d; suckers, 7Jd per lb. 4 Honey.—4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus.—3jd to 4d per lb. Walnuts.—7Jd per lb. Tallow.—Casks, 27s Gd to 28s 3d; tins, 24s to 2Gs Gd per cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels cs Gd to 63 Gd for good birds; tablo roosters, 4s Gd; tablo hens, 4s Gd to Gs; good ducks 7s Gd; Old Indian Runners, 4s per pair. Turkey gobblers, lOd to 10£ d per lb; Hons, 9d to 9J per lb livo weight. Maize.— 5s 3d per bushel, Seed Maizo.—Hickory King, 7s; Ninety Day Gs Gd; Red llogan 7s per bushel. Wheat-. -Is to Is 7d pur busliol, I ten sack lots 3s lOd to 4s 4d. [ Feed barley.—3s 8d per bus. Seed Cape Barley.— 4s per bus. Peas, Partridge.— 4s 3d per b.us. f Prussian Blue Seed Pe£S,--Gs Gd pur bushel. Horso beans.—4s 3d to 4s Gd por : bushel. Pollard.— £7 per ton ; 10s less for ton lots, Bra 11.—£5 10s per ton; Ills lea;; for ton lots. Barley meal.—£7 per ton. Pea and wheat meal.—£7 15s per ton. Mollasses fodder.--£5 por ton, or Gs per cwt. Chaff.—Oaten shoaff, £4 10s to £1 15s per ton ox store. Special quotations fo rton lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 to £4 10s por ton. Meadow bay.—For stock feeding, £4 per ton, in ton lots. Sucrosino.—£7 por ton. Straw.—£3 5s per ton ex store Linseed oil cake.—Genuino *!12 10s per ton. Soya bean cake.—£l2 10s per ton. Oats.—Foed, 2s 8d to 2s 10s per bus; Duns, 3s por l)us. Oats.'—Discoloured 2s 3d to 2s Gd pur bushel. Oats.—Crushed 3s 3d per bus. Seed, Capo Barley.—Algerians 3s Sd per bus; Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, 3s 6d per bus.