Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 May 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

XEW ZEAJ.A.WD I<'AR.\IEKS' COOl'EllATlVJfi DLSTiUJiUTIN(r CO., LTD. WEEKLY .REPORT. to The Hinowbemia Chronicle.) WELLINGTON, May 1. Potatoes are in excellent demand and the niurkot is steadily supplied. Onions are slow of sale at advanced rates. Porkers are in excellent doniandj as also are chopers, baconere, and suckers. The market could absorb much larger supplies. l (1 resl) eggs are very scarce, and keenly enquired for, while preserved linee are inclined to bo easier. Wheat lias advanced. Oats are firm. Chaff unchanged. The winter season is bringing in a, demand for barley meal, of which considerable quantities have- been shipped during the last few weeks. Heavy bookings for present and forward delivery of slag and superphosphate are also taking place, in view of a possible rise in ocean freights shortly. We have a spclndid line of eouthern grown dressed Algerian seed oats to offer, and farmers would be well advised to secure their supplies early this season. Wo are prepared to book for forward delivery.

FRUTT.— Cooking apples hare taken a sharp rise, with keen deniiand ; dessert fair. Dessert pears arc freely enquired for, and early arrivals would meet good values. Quinces arc selling freely. VEGETABLES.-Cauliflowers arc slightly lower, while caljbngo has advanced somewhat. Marrows and pumpkins are in fair demand, but swedes are dull of sale at low rates. Potatoes.—Prime, £6 to £6 10s. Onions.—£7 per ton. French Beans.—2sd per lb. Cabbage.—Choice. 4s to 6s pel sack. Carrots—Choice, 3s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 6s to 8s 6d, others 4s to 5s per sack. Marrows.—3s to 'Is per sack. Parsnips.—,3s to Is per sack. Pumpkins. -4s to 'Is 6d per sack. Swedes.—2s to 2s Gd per C wt. Turnips.—"White Is Gd to 2s per sack. Lettuce.— Choice, Is to 2s por caso Apples.—Cooking. 4s Gd to 5s Gd per case; dessert, /is Gd to 7s petcase. Cape (Jooscberries. —5d to &id pet lb. Pears.—Dessert. 7s Gd to 10s per ciase. Tomatoes.---2s Gd to -Is por case. Cheese—Best factory mediums, 6d. Loaf (jjd per lh. Eggs.-Fresh 2s 5d to 2s 6d pei dozen.

Preserved Kggs. —Is -Id per dozen. Butter. Separator, IOJd, milled flj<l lo 10:1, dairy Ud'per lb. Dressed Pork.--70's to 90's Gd; OO's to 100'fs 5:Jd; lmcoiiers 5Jd; choppers (heavy) .'3;(<l to kl; slips, GJd ; suckers 7-Jd per lb. Ploney.—-Id to 4jd per lb. New season's sections fis Gd per dozen. - Beeswax. —Is (id per lb. Fungus.— IJd per lb. Walnuts.—Gd per lb. Tallow.-Casks 27s 6d ; tins 19:. to 245. Poultry.—Cockerels J.s to 6s foi good birds; table roosters 3s Gd ; hens, 3s to 4s ; good table hens ss; good ducks Gs; Tndiau .Runners, 4> to 5s per pair; turkey gobblers lid per lb; hens 9d to 10d per lb live weight. Maize.—us 3d por bushel. Wheat.—ls Gd per bushel. Ten sack lots, -Is 4d. Feed Barley.—3s 8d por bushel. Ten sack lots 3s Gd. Peas, Partridge. —Feed, 4s 3d per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peae. -4e Gd pei , bushel. Morse Beans. Is Gd per bushel. Pollard.- £7 10s per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Bran.--£5 5s per ton: os less for ton lots. Barley Meal. —£7 per ton; Sβ less for ton lots.

Molasses Fodder.—£s per ton, or 5s (id pei' cwt. Cliafl".- Oaten sheaf. £5 per ton, px store. Special quotations for large lots. Hay. —Prime, £1 10s per ton. Lucerne Hay—£l 15s per ton. fiucrosine.--.C7 per ton in 200's. Straw. - £'.) per ton, ex store. Linseed Oil Cake-Genuine £12 I.os per lon or 18s per cwt. Oals.-l<Vefl L>s lid to 3s: Dun*. Ms lo .Is 2d per bushel. On is. --Discoloured, 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel. Oats. -Crushed. 3s ,'td por bushel. Seed Cαpo Bailey 3s 10tl. Weed Gals.—Specially dressed. Algerians 3s 8d por bushel. Oartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings 3s Gd per bushel.