Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING GO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to th UorowhenHA Chr iele). WELLINGTON, Feb. 20. The supply of. potatoes has' not been so good during tho web.i and higher rates have obtained. Xorfch I Island growers are advised to send in their crops during tho next few weekfj as the Southorn supply promises well. There is a fair demand for good onions, and picklers also sell well. Eggs are steady at Is -Id, and tho supply is regular. To-day's sales o fporkers resutled in a keen demand being exhibited at prices i per lb higher than last week. A much larger supply could be dealt with. Suckers are eagerly bought up at 7.J —a high figure. Cheese is very dull of wale. Dutier is ill fair demand. There is very little movement in wheat or oats, but pollard has taken Another rise, causing a bettor demand for barley and pea meals." Now chaff ie reaching the market regularly, and prices so feir are very little under the old season's rafcee. FRUIT. The flush of the .season is hero, and values generally are low and the demand rather slow. Tomatoes are. however, slightly higher. VEGETABLES.— In full supply at usual summer rates. Potatoes.--10s to 12s fkl per cwt Onions. - £7 10s per ton. French Beans.—ld per lb. Cabbage.—Choico 3s to 4s per Carrots.—Choice, 3s to 'Is per sacir Cauliflower.—Choico 6s to 7s 8.1 per sack. Cucumbers.—ls Gtl to 2s per half case. Green Peas.—Bs per peck. Rhubarb.—3s to 4s per dozen. Parsnips.—3s to 4s Gd per sack. Ma trows.—ls Gd to 2s per dozen Swedes. —2s fid to Is per cwt. Turnips.'—White, 2s to 3s per sack Lettuce.—Choico Is to Is Sd per caso. Apples.—Cooking .'is to Is per case, dessert 5s to 6s per case. Nectarines.—3s to 3s 6d per case Peaches. -Dessert, 3s to 4s per case; others 2s to 3s. Pears.—Dessert, 3s to 3s 6d per half case. Greengages.-5s to Gs per half caso Plums.—Dessert 3s Gd to 4s 6d; cooking, 2s to 3s per ease. Tomatoes.- 3.s (3d to (is per case. Eggs.—Fresh, 16 6d per dozen, diet so. -Best factory mediums G.UI; loaf 7ld per Hi. Butter.—Separator 9.Jd, milled, 9d dairy 9d per lb. Dressed Pork.—7()'s to 90's 5Jd, 90's to 100's oil. bacouers 4-Jd, chopsuckers 7sd. Honey.—3Jd per lb Xew season's sections (is Gd dozen. Beeswax.—Wonted. Fungus —4d per lb". Walnuts.—Gd per lb. fallow.—Casks. 27« Gd ; tints 19.s to 21s cwt. Poutry.—Cockorels, 4s to 6s for good birds,; tablo roosters 3s Gd; tablo hens 3s 6d to 4i; good tablo hens, 3s to 4s; good tablo hens ss; good ducks Gs; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, Is per lb ; hens lOd per lb live weight.

Maize. —5s per bushel. Seed Maize.—Hickory King, 6s per bushel. Wheat.—is 5d per bushel. Ten sack lote, 4s 4d. Wheat.—Seconds, 3s 6d to 4e per bushel. Feed Barley.—3s 8d per bush?l. Peas, Partridge.—-Feed 3s 9d tc •Is per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—ss per bushel. Horse Beans.—4s 6d per frißhel. Pollard.— C 7 ih per ton ; 5.s less for ton lots. Bnan.—£s 5s per ton; 5a loss for ton lots. Pea and Wheat Meal.—£7 10s per ton. Barley Meal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£7 per ton. Pea and Wheat Meal.— £7 per ton. Mnllasses fodder.—£s per ton, or Gs per cwt. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £4 10a per ton, ex store. Special quotations for large lots. Hay.—Prime, £i to £l 10s per ton. Meadow hay.—For stook feeding, £3 15s per ton, ex itore. Bucrosine—£7 per ton. Straw.—£3 per ton, ex store. Linseed oil cake.—Genuine PA2 10a per ton. Oats.—Feed 2s 8d; Duns 2s 9d to 2s lOd per bushel. Oats.—Discoloured l h 9d to 2s 3d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 2a 9d to 3s per bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians 3a 8d per bushel, Gartens, Sparrowbills, Storm Kings, 3s 6d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—Ba lid per bushel.