Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1913, Page 1

Commercial

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. 1 (Special to The Horowhenua Chronicle.) ■ - WELLINGTON, Jun» 19. The potato market ie »till keeping firm, and the supplies are readily ohsorbed. Growers will, however, b« , wiee to forward their holding« with 1 as little delay as possible, as there is every prospect of the present prices coming hack, and throughout the country there is omple supplies t for the season. Seed potatoes are selling freely, and the quality offering this year is decidedly good. Dead pigs continue in exceptional demand. Eggs are wanted in larger quantities. Poultry continues to find excellent 6ale, especially turkeys, which are higher in value than for many years past. Grain is very quiet, but chaff is in very fair sale, and straw and hay especially enquirI ed for. i Fruit.—Apples have advanced and j the demand for all fruits is very sat--1 isfactory, with supplies insufficient 1 for the requirements of the trade, especially pears. 1 Vegetables.—Cabbage and cauli--1 flower, excellent demand. Lettuce are selling at fancy prices. Marrows and pumpkins find ready ealo at high values. Potatoes.—Prime £5 10s per ton. Onions.—Melbourne, £10 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 8b to 6b per sack. ( Carrots.—Choice, 4s to 6s per eack. Cauliflower.—Choice 8a to 10s; others 4s to 6s per sack. Marrows.—4s 6d to 6s per sack. Parsnips.—4s to 5a per aack. Pumpkins.—4s to 6« per sack. Swedes.—2s 6d per owfc. Turnips.—White 2a 6d per sack. . Lettuce.—Choice 5s to 6s 6d case. ' Apples.—Cooking 6s to 7s (3d p«r cas9;„doasert 7s 6d to 10s per case. ' Pears.—Dessert 10s per case. « Cheese.—Best, factory mediums, s|d; loaf, 6sd per lb. Eggs.—Fresh 2s per doz; preserved Is 6d per doz. Butter.-Separator Is; milled 10Jd to lid; dairy Ud per lb. Dressed pork—7o's to '90's, 6Jd; 90's to 100'e, 6d; baconers, Bid; choppers (heavy), 32d to 4id; bUdd, 6d to 6§d; suckers, 7d per Ik. Honey.—4d per lb. New season's sections 6s dozen. Beesw«ax—ls 6d per lb. Fungus.—4£d per lb. Walnuts.—6d per lb. Tallow.-Oasks, 28s 6d; tins, 22s to 26s cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels, 4s 6d to 6a for good birds; hens 3s 6d to 4s 6d; good table hens ss; good heavy ducks 7s 6d; Indian Runners 6s to 6s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is per lb; hens lOd per lb live weight. Maize.—ss 3d per bus. Wheat.—4s 6d per bus. Ten sack lots 4s 4<l to 4s sd. Feed barley.—3s 8d per bus. Ten sacks, 3s 6d per bus. Peas, Partridge.—Feed 4a per bus. Peas.—Discoloured, 3s 6d per bus. Prussian blus seed seas.—6s 6d bus. Horse beans.—4s to 4s 6d per bus. Pollard—£7 10b per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Bran— £5 10r per ton; Ss "less for ton lots. Barley meal— £7 10s per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Pure pea meal—£7 5s per ton. Mollasses in casks—£4 5s per ton. or 25s per cask; 6b per cwt. case. Chaff—Oaten sheaf £5 os per ton ex store. Hay—Prime £4 10s to £5 par ton. Sucrosine—£7 per ton in 200's. Straw—£3 per ton, ex store. Linseed oil oakc—£l2 10s per ton, or 13s cwt. Oats—Feed 2s lid to 3s, Duns 8s to 3s 2d per bus. Oats—Crushed, 3s 3d per bushel. Seed, Cape Barley—Bs lOd per bus Seed, oats—Specially dressed Algerians, 3s 8d per bushel; Gartona. Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings, 3b 6d per bushel. Vaporite— 12s 6d per 561bs.