Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 January 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

9 NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPER ATI VE DISTIU BU TING Ol>., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (.Special to the Horo whenua Chronicle). WELLINGTON, Jan. y. Potatoes havo been in very short supply, and prices have been high, and immediate and pronounced declino must, however, take place, land within a week consignments will doubtless be coming in i'reely. Eggs arc unsteady. Porkers are meeting slow Kile; baconcn* slow; choppers keen sale. Poultry is realising higher figures than before the holidays. New choff is now coining jto hand. Although the area is less is must districts, still yields promise to be generally good. Oate are quiet, and wheat is in line sale. Fruit is now coining in freely. Tomatoes still fetch high values, also blaek currants. Auckland strawberries are new nearly exhausted. Peaches are low. Apricots are in good .sale where tree from spot. Rhubarb is dull of sale. New Potatoes.- -11s to 13s per cwt. Australian Onions.—£9 per ton. French Beans.--2Jd to L'.id per lb. Cabbage.- Choice 10s to 12s per sack; others 5s to 7s. Carrots.'—Choice, 8s to 10s per eaek. Cauliflower.—Choice 7s to 8s per sack. Green Peas. —8d to l()d per peck Rhubarb.—3s to ■Iβ per dozen. Parsnips.— 8s to 9s per sack. I Swedes.—3s to 3a 6d per cwt. Turnips.—White, 6s to 7s per saok Lettuce—Choice, Is to 2s per ewe Strawberries.— Auckland, Cd to 8;1 per lb punnet. Gooseberries.—4s to 4 6(1 per case. Poaches.- .Dessert -Iβ Gd to Gs per case; others, 2s to 3s. Aprici.fcs.— 3s to 4s per case. Plums.-Dessert, 3s Gd to Is fid por case; rooking, 2s to 3s. Tonnatocs. -Xelson, 10* to 13s per case. J Mack Currants—Cs Gd to 7s Gd per case. ■>.Ks:«s.--'Krpsh. lid per dozen. Cheese.—Best Factory mediums, 6?d; loaf, 7jd por lb. Batter.—Separator, 9*d to 10d Milled Old; Dairy, 9Jd. Dressed Pork— 70's to 90's sid; 90's to 100's 3d; baoonore, 4Jd; choppers (heavy) 3d; slips 6d; slickers, 7jd per lb. Honey.-3.1(1 to 4d per lb. Beeswax.—ls Gd per lb. Fungns—3Jd to 4d per lb. "Walnuts. —GJd per lb. Tallow.—Casks, 27s 6d to 28s 3d; tins, 24s to 26s 6d por cwt. Poultry.—Oockorels 4s to 5s for good birds; table roosters, 3s 6d; bens, 3s 6d to 4s; good table hens, ss; goose, (5s (i<l to 7s Od ; good ducks i\< Gd : old Indian Runners, 4s to 5s per pair. Turkey gobblers, Is per lb livo weight; hens, 10d per II). Maizo.— 5s 3d por bushel. Weed Maize. —Hickory King, ?s (5:1: Ninety Day, (Is fid: Red Hogaii. 7s por bushel. Wheat—4s to 4s 6d per bus. Ten sack lots, 3s 10d to 4« 4d. Feed Barley—3s 8d por bushel. Seed Cape Barley.— 4s per bus. I'oafi, Partridges-Feed, Is per l)iisliol. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—(3a per bushel. Horse Beans. Is (id per bushel. Pollard.—£6 10s por ton ;5s lose for ton lots. fti-fin.—-.£5 10s per ton, 5s loss for ton lots. Pea and Wheat Me«1..~-C7 10s por ton. Barloy Heal.—£7 po rton. Pure. Pea Meal.—"£/ per ton. Pure 'Wheat Meal.—£7 10s per ton. Mollasses fodder.—£s per ton, or (Is po.r cwt. Chaff.-Oaten sheaf, £1 10s to £5 15s por ton, ex store. Special quotations for ton 10t5... Hay.—Prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton. "Meadow hay.—For stock feeding, £3 15s per ton, ex store. Sucrosine—£7 per ton. Straw;—£3 5s por ton ex store. Linseed oil c^ke—Genuine 10s per ton. Soya benti cake.—£l2 10s per ion. Oats.—Feed, 2s 8d to 2e 10d; Dune 2s 10d per bushel. Oats.—Discoloured, 2s to 2s 3d po bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 3s per bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians 3s 8d per bushel, Gnrtons, Sparrowbills, Storm Kings, 3s 6d per bushel. Hood, Capo Barley.—Algerians 3; S-l per bus; Cartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, 3s (!d per bus.