Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 April 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

. ♦ | NEW ZEALAND FARMERS COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to The Horowhenua Chronicle.) Wollington, April 17. There is little change in the potato market; supplies are still coming freely to hand. Onions have advanced, and the market is poorly supplied. Early arrivals will meet with a good reception. Porkers have made another advance, and sixponce per pound is now readily obtainable. Much larger supplies could be taken. Fresh eggs are in excellent demand at 2s 2d, with short supply, and preserved lines co*iild 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, arc going forward. FRUlT.—There is a hotter font with the sales of hoth cooking mud dessert apples, and dessert pears are realising high prices. Quinces arc in fair demand. Tomatoes are now flailing off in supply, and price*, have advanced considerably. VEGETABLES. Cauliflower are high, and cabbage selling well at fair prices. French beans arc selling at double the values of last week. Potatoes.—Co 10s to £6. Onions.—£6 to £7 per ton. French Beans.—2d per lb. Cabhage.—Choice, 4s to 5s per sack Carrots.—Choice 3s to"4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 10s to 12s 6a per sack. Cucumhers.—ls 6d to 2s per half ease. M..«irrows.--Ds per sack. Parsnips.-3s to 4s Cxi per sack. Rhubarb.— 4s per dozen. Swedes.— 2s 6d to 3s per cwt. Turnips.—White, Is to 2s per sack. j Lettuce.—Choice. Is to 2s per case Apples.—Cooking, 3s to -Is per case; dessert, 5s to 6s 6d. Cape. Gooseberries. —nd per lb. Grapes.-7d to 9d per lb. Pears.—Dessert, 6s fid to 8s Gd per case. Quinces.—3s Gd to 4s per case. • Tomatoes.-3s to 4s fid per case. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, fid loaf, fijd per lb. Eggs.— Fresh 2s 2d per dozen. Preserved Eggs.—ls 4d per dozen. Butter.-, Separator 10Jd. milled Ojd to lOtl. dairy 9}d per lb. Dressed Pork.-70's to 90's, Gd; 90's to 100's s;]d. bnemiers s}d. choppers (heavy) 3J|d to Id, slips Ojd, suckers 7*d per lb. Honey.— 4d to 4id per Hi. Newseason's sections Gs Gd dozen. Beeswax.—Wanted. Fungus.—ld per lb. Walnut's.-6d per lb. Tallow.-Casks, 27s (id; tins 19*. to 24s per cwt. Poultry.-Cockerels 4s to 6s for good birds; table roosters 3s Gd; hens, 3s to 4«; good table hens ss; good ducks 6s; Indian Runners Is to 5s per pair; turkey gobblers lid per Hi; liens, 9d to lOd per lb. Maize.—ss 3d per bushel. Wheat.— 4s Gd per bushel. Ten sack lots 4s 4d. Wheat—lnferior, 3s 3d per bushel Feed "Barley.—3s 8d per bushel; ten sack lots 3s Gd. Peas. Partridge.—Feed, 4s 3d per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.-5s Gd per bushel. Horse Beans.—4s Gd per bushel. Pollard.—dC7 10k per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Bran.—£s 5s per ton; 5s loss for ton lots. Barley Meal.—£7 per ton; 5s less for tons. Molasses Fodder.--£5 per ton, or 6s per cwt. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf, £5 per ton. ex gtoro. Special quotations for largo lots. Hay.-Prime, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Sucrosine.—£7 per ton in 200's. Straw.—£3 per ton ex store. Linseod 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 Capo Barley.—3s lOd per bus. Seed Oats.—Specially double dressed. Algerians 3s 8d per bushel Gartens, Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings 3s 6d per bushel.