Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 April 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

iVJjJW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to The Horowhenua Chronicle.) Wellington, April 17. There is little change in tlio potato market; supplies arc still coming freely to hand. Ojiions have advanced, and the market is poorly supplied. Early arrivals will meet with a good reception. Porkers have made another advance, and sixpence per pound is now readily obtainable. Much larger supplies could bo taken. Fresh eggs are in excellent demand at 2s 2d, with short supply, and preserved lines could be taken in much larger quantities. Oats are steadier and wheat is unchanged. Ohaff is in fair demand. Australian chaff has lately been imported into Auckland. Large quantities of basic slag and super, are going forward. FRUlT.—There is a better tone with the sales of both cooking am! dessert apples, and dessert pears are realising high prices. Quinces arc in fair demand. Tomatoes are now ffelling off in supply, iand price. l , have advanced considerably. VEGETABLES. Cauliflower arc high, and cabbage soiling well at fair prices. French be-ins are selling at double the values of last ■week. Potatoes.—£s 10s to £6. Onions.—£6 to £7 per ton. French Beans. —3d per lb. Cabbage.—Choice, -Is to 5s per sack Carrots.—Choice 3s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 10s to 12s Gα per sack. Cucumbers.—ls fid to 2s per half oafie. Marrows.—2s per sack. Parsnips.—3s to -is Gd per pack. Rhubarb.—lβ per dozen. Swedes.—2s 6d to 3s per ewt. Turnips.—White, Is to 2s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice. Is to 2s per cas( Apples.—Cooking. 3s to 4s per C4i.se; dessert, 5s to 6s 6d. Cape Gooseberries.—sd per lb. Grapes.—7d to 9d per lb. Poarfi.—Dessert, Gs Gd to 8s <3d per case. Quinces.—3s Od to 'is per case. Tomatoes.—3s to 4s Gd per ease. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 6d loaf, fi.Jd per lb. Eggs.— Fresh 2s 2d per dozen. Preserved Eggs.- Is 4d per dozen. Butter.-.Separator IOJd, milled Hid to 10(1. dairy OUI per lb. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's. 6d; OO's to 100's 53d. baconers i> j<l, choppers (heavy) 33d to -Id. slips Gid, suckers per lb. Honey.—4d to 4. l ,d per lb. Now season's sections Gs Gd dozen. Beeswax.-—"Wan tod." Fungus.—l<l per lb. Walnuts.-6d per lb. Tallow.— Ciifiks. 27s Gd": tin* 10.s to 24a per cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels 4s to 6s for good birds: table roosters 3s Gd; hens, 3s to Is; good table hens ss; good ducks (is; Tndian Runners 4s to os per pair: turkey gobblers lid per lb ; hens, fld to 10d per lb. Maize.—ss 3d per bushel. Wheat.—4s Gd per bushel. Ten sack lots 4-s 4d. Wheat—lnferior, 3s 3d per bushel Feed "Barley.—3s 8d per bushel; ten β-ack lots 3s Gd. Peas, Partridge.—Feed. Is 3d per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—os Gel per bushel. Horse- Beans.—-Jβ Gd per bushel. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Bran.— £5 5s per ton; os leas for ton lots. Barley Meal.—£7 per ton; 5b less for tons. Molasses Fodder.—£s per ton, or Gs per cwt. Chaff.—Oatoti sheaf, £u por ton, ex store. Special quotations for large lots. Hay.—Prime, £1 10s to £5 per lon. Sucrosiiio.—£7 per ton in 200's. Straw.'—£3 per ton ex store. Linseed Oil Cake.—Genuine £12 10s per ton or 13s per cwt. Oats.-Feed. 2s lid to 3s; Duns 3s per bushel. Oats.—Discoloured, 2s 7d per bus. Oats.—Crushed, 3s 3d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—3s lOd per bus. Seed Oats.—Specially double dressed. Algerians 3s 8d per bushel Gartons. Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings 3s Gd per bushel.