Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND FAIiMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Spdcial to tju ilorowhenua Chr ' icle). WELLINGTON, Feb. 27. The market is etill poorly supplied u'ith potatoes and high rates aro ob- i tainable. For specially good iiuv» I £12 to £13 per ton has ben mili wd durin gthe last lew daya. A pronounced dirop in valueti is expecteil sliortly. Onions are in short supp.\ values have advanced. We anticipate, however, that there will be a.'i Eggs aro unchanged and in stea.ly deinand. To-tlay's i>ork sales havi realised satitjiactory prices, pork ere and suckers being in excellent demand. The cheese mau'ket is in a depressed state. Oats aro unchanged, but wheat is firmer, and chvi' is steady and in good demand. FllUlT.—Apples are plentiful, as also is peaches. Nectarines and greengages aro, however in shovt supply, and early arrivals should realise goood prices. Tomatoe6 ;re easier. VEGETABLES.—Aro in full supply at fair summer rates. Potatoes.—9s to 12s 6d cwt. Onions.—£B per ton. . French Beans—ld per lb. Cabbage.—Choice 4s to 5s per saoic Carrots.—Choico 2s Cd to 3s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 7s to 9s per sack. Cucumbers.—ls 3d to Is 6d per half case. Green Peas.—ls per peck . Rhubarb.—3s to 4s per dozen. Parsnips.—3s to <js 6d per sack. Marrows.—ls 6d to 2s per dozen Swedes.—2s 6d to 3s per cwt. Turnips..—White, 2s to 3s per sack Lettuce.—Choice le 6d to 2s Gd pot half caso. Apples.- Cooking 3s to 4s per case, dessert 5s to 6s per caso. Nectarines.—3s to 3s 6d per caso Peaches.—Dessert, 3s to 4s per case; others 2s to 3s. Peare.— Dessert, 2s 6d to 3s 0:1 po rhalf case. Greengages.—ss to 6s per half caso Plums.—Dessert 3s to 4s; cooki-ig 2s to 3s per caso

Tomatoes.—3s Gd to Gs per caso. Eggs.— Fresh Is Id dozen. Checs.-Bc.st factory mediums, Glci loaf 7d per lb. Butter.—Separator 9-} d, milled, Pd dairy 9d per lb. Drossod Pork.— 70's to 9l)'s M; 90'.s to 100' is 4:1 d to sd; haenntsva -lid; choppers (lioiivy) 3d to 3Jd; .slips r.Jd; suckers 7Jd j>cr lb. Honey.—3sd per lb New season's sections (is Gd dozen. Beeswax.—Wanted. Fungus.—4d per lb. Walnuts.—6d per Tb. Tallow.—Casks, 27s 6d; tins 19s to 24s cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels ds to 6s for good birds; table roosters 3s Cd; liens 3s to 'Is; good table hens >5; good ducks Gs; Indian Runners 4s to 5s per pair; turkey gobblers If per lb livo weight; hens lOd per ib. Maizo.—se por bushel. Seed Maize.—Hickory King, 6s per bushel. Wheat.—4s 5d per bushol. Ten sack lots, 4s 4d. Wheat.—Seconds, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel. Feed Barley.—ss 8d per bush?l. Peas, Partridge.—Food 3s 9d tc 4s por bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—ss per bushel. Horse Beans.—4« 6d per t-uehol. Pollard.—£7 5s por ton; 5s loss for ton lots. Bran.—£s 5s per ton; 5s loss for ton lots. Pea and Wheat Meal.—£7 10s por ton. Barley Meal.—£7 por ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£7 per ton | Pea and Wheat Meal.— £7 por ton. Mollausea fodder.—£s per ton, or 6s per cwt. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £4 life por ton, ex store. Special quotations for largo lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 to £i 10s per ton. Meadow hay.—For stook feeding, j 3 15b per ton, ex store. Sucrosine.—£7 per ton. Straw.—£3 per ton, ox store. Linseed oil cake—Genuine 912 10s per ton. Oats—Feed 2s 8d; Duns 2s 9d to 2s lOd per bushel. Oats.—Discoloured Is 9d to 23 Sd per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 2s 9d to 3a oer bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians 8b 8d per bushel, Gartons, Sparrowbills, Storm Kings, 3b 6d per bushel. Seed Capo Barley.—3s lid per bushel.