Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., liTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Spteci&l to the Horowhanna Chronicle). WELLINGTON, Fob 13. Potatoes are slightly easier, but excellent demand. Onions aieiu f. 'r sale. The price of eggs is 6till keeping up to a. high iiguro for this time of the year, but there aro indications that tho market is somewhat easier. Porkers aro in good doniand. Cheese is decidedly weaker, and Bales arc slow. Poultry : s in good demand for fair lots. MeaJe of all kinds are being freely orderio. Wheat is steady. Oats of now season's crop are now offering, and tho market is uncertain. New chaff 's selling freely, and tho quality genarally is excellont. During the week there has been a good demand for sed oats and Cape barley for Autumn sowing. FRUlT.—Apples aro now comi lg iu freely. Peaehcs aro now plentiful and prices weaker. Pears are al l > reaching this market in fair quantities. Nectarines are in good demand, as also aro dessert plums. Tomatoes havo fallen Tory considerably since last woek. VEGETABLE—Peas cabbago, and most other lines aro weaker.. Lettuce is very plentiful and tow in price, while root crops aro iu fair damaud. Potatoes.—7s 6d to 9s cwt. Australian onions.—£7 per ton. French Beans.—ld per lb. Cabbage.—Choice 3s to 4s per -aoK Carrots.—Choice 3s to 4s per sack Cauliflower.—Choice 6s to 7s 6J per sack. Cucumbors— 2s to 3s per half case. Grt'Oii Pea,s.— 8s per peck. Rhubarb.—3s to 4s por dozen. Parsnips.—4s to 5s per sack. Marrows.—ls 6d to 2s per dozon Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. Turnips.-—White, 2s to 3s per sackLettuce.—Cboico Is to Is 6d per caso. Aples.—Cooking 3a 6d to 4s 0.1 per case; dessert 5s 6d to 8s per jase Nectarines.—3s to 3s 6d per caso Peaches.—4s to 5s per case; others 2s to 3s. Pears.—Dessert, 3s to 3s 6d per half case. Greengages.—ss to Gs per half caso Plums.—Dessert 3s 6d to 4s 6d; cooking, 2s to 3s por caso. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 6d por dozen. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 6Jd, loaf 7d por lb. Butter—Separator, 9jd to lOd Milled 9Jd; Dairy, 9Jd. Dressed pnrk.-70's to 90's,5d; 90's to 100's 4£d ; baconors 4Jd ; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3£d; slips, Gd; suckers 7§d por lb. Honey—3Jd per lb. Beeswax.—Wanted. Fungus.—4d per lb". Walnuts.—6d per lb. Tallow.—Casks, 27s Gd to 28s 3d; tins 19s to 24s por cwt. Poutry.—Cockerels, 4s to 6s for good birds,; table roosters 3s Gd; tablo hen&»3s 6d to 4s; good table liens, os; good ducks, 6a 6d; Indian Runners 4s to 5s por pair; turkey gobblers Is per lb; henß, 10d per lb live weight. Maize.— 5s 3d per bushel. Seed Maize.—Hickory King, 6s ncr bushel. Wheat.— 4s od per bushel. Ten .sack lots, 4s 4d. Wheat.—Seconds, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel. Feed Barley.—3s 8d per bush?l. Peas, Partridge.—Feed 3s 9d ic ts per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—sapor bushel. Horse Beans—4s 6d per lushel. Pollard.—£7 per ton. 5s less for, ton lots. Bran—£s 5s per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Pea and Wheat Meal.~£7 10s cor ton. Barley Meal—£7 por ton. Pure Poa Meal.—£7 per ton. Pea and Wheat Meal— £7 per bon. Mollassos fodder—£s per ton, or 3s per cwt. Chaff.—Oaton Sheaf, £4 10s per ton, ex store. Special quotations 'or largo lots. Hay—Primo, £4 to £<l 10a per ton. Meadow hay.—For stock feeding, S3 15b per ton, ex «toro. Sucrosine—£7 per ton. Straw.—£3 5s per ton ex store. Linseed oil cake—Genuine 10s per ton. Oats.-— Oats—Feed 2s Bd, Dim 2s 9d per busbol. Oats—Discoloured, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel. Oats—Crushed, 2s 9d per buflhgl. Seed Oats—Algerians 8a 8d per bushel, Gartons, Sparrowbills, Storm Kings, 3s 6d per bushel. Seed Capo Barley—3a lid por bushel.