Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

i ( NEW ZEALAND EARMEKS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to The Horowlionua Chronicle). WELLINGTON, July 3. Pot-aloes of good quality are in | good sale, prices remaining ovc*i ivith , last ueelv. During the week we have sold a very large quantity of ■ seed potatoes in the Hutt and Otaki districts, the demand bei'ng chiefly , for up-to-dales and gamekeepers. 1 Excellent quality seeds aro reaching ■ us from South each week. Onions are rather slow of sale. Pigs continue in excellent demand, and larger supplies are wanted. Eggs aro easier than lor some weeks past. Poultry of good quality is in good demand. Honey is in fair sale. Walnuts iire wanted. Wheat and oats are unchanged. During the week we have made large sales of straw, but supplies are now likely to be scarce. Chaff is plentiful and unchanged ill price. Potatoes, Seed.—Up-to-dutes and Northern Star £5 10s to £6 ; Dakota Red. £8; Gamekeeper, £G 10s; Prinj cess Victoria £7 ; Vermont £ti 10b ; Dalnicny Beauty £8 per ton. ! Potatoes.—Prime £5 10s per ton. Onions.—.Melbourne £10 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice, 4s to 5s per saek Cauliflower.— Choico 10s to 12s; others Gs to o,s per sack. Marrows.—os to 6s per sack. Parsnips.—4s Od to os 6d per sack Pumpkins.—ss to Os Gd per saok. Swedes.—'Js 6d per cwt. Turnips.—White 2s Od per sack. Lettuce.—Choico os to 5s Od per case. Apples-—Cooking 4s Od to Os per ease; dessert 7s Od to 10s per caao. | Pears.—Dessert 10s per case. Cheese.—Best factory mediums uid t loaf Oid per lb. Egg.s.—Eresli Is 8d per dozen. Butter.—Separator Is; Milled 101 d to lid; dairy lid lwr lb. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd ; 00's to 100's Od; baconcrs sj|d ; choppers (heavy) :)Jd to 4d; slips (3d to 0i(I per lb; suckers 7d per lb. Honey.—4d per lb. New Season's sections Os dozen. Beeswax.—ls Gd per lb. Fungus did per lb. Walnuts.—Gd per II). Tallow.—Casks 28s (id tins 22s to 20s cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels os to 7s for goud birds; hens 3s Oil to 4s Od; good table lions 0s; good heavy ducks 7s kid; Indian Runners Os to Os Od per pair; turkey gobblers Is per lb; liens ,0d per lb live weight. Maize.—ss 3d per bushel. Wheat.—ls h<\ uer bushel. Ton sack lots 4s -Id to 4s sd. Feed barley.—3s Od per bus. Ten sacks, !Js 4d per bushel. Peas, Partrdge. — Feed is per This. Prussian Blue Seed Pas.'—ss Gd por bushel: Horse Beans.--4s to 4s Gd per bushel. Pollard.—£7 5s per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Bran.—£o 10s per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Barley Meal. —£7 10a per ton; 10s le.'.s for ton lots. Pure Pea Meal.—£7 5s per ton. Mollasscs Fodder.—£3 per toil in os Od per cwt. Mollasses in Casks.—£4 5s per toil or 25s per cask.; Gs per case. Chaff.— Oaten Sheaf £5 5s per ton ex store. Special quotations for largo lots. Hay Prime £4 to £5 per ton. Sucrosine.—£7 per ton in 200's. Meat and Bono Meal.—l7s por 100. 0s per 50 and os per 2olb bag. Straw.—£3 10s per ton, ex store. Linseed Oil Cake.— Xuts, genuine £12 10s per ton or 13s per cwt. Meal.— Cl 3 or 13s 6d per cwt. Oats.—Feed 2s lid to 3s; Duns 3s to 3s 2d per bus. Oats.—Crushed 3s 3d por bushel. Seed Cape Barely—3s lOd por bushel. Seed Oats.—Specially dressed Algerians 3s 8d per bushel: Gartons, Sparrow bills, Duns, Storm Kings, ?s Gd per bushel.