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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1913, Page 1

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TJIL S.'/j. L'ARMEUS' CU-UJ.'-EUATIVJ:] DIS'nUJiUTAU CO., LTD. WEEKLY IMiPUItT. WellinyToij, Aug 14. The potato market is very dull and only prime lines luul any enquiry. Large (|iiamlucs are ol'I'ering in (lie south, and unless export is possible, 110 great advance is aiilicinaled. The demand for seed potatoes is fair, and we have during the week quilted a good quantity of gamekeepers, up-lu-dates and northern shirs. Onions are sleady. Dead pigs are in very short supply, anil the demand is quite unsatisfied. Kggs have come hack still further and .ire now ;it Is per dozen, with rather slow demand. (jood poultry is especially sought after, ami turkeys are high in price. There arc indieal ions I hnl I he local cheese market is improving, now I hat last year's e<mi raels are running mil. (iriun is quiet, and no great changes to report. Maize is, however, considerably lower in price. ('hall' is in fair demand. Pig meals are selling more freely, while fertilizers for spring sowing arc now coniinu' in ln>l. Potatoes. Seed, I p-to-dates and Northern Star'i'o; Gamekeeper, £(i; Sutton's Discovery, £(') per lon. Potatoes. Prime U to £4 10s per ton. Onions. Prime .£!) 10s per ton. Cabbage. (Inure -'5s to 4s pel sack. Carrols. Choice, Is to os per -ark. Cauliflower. -Choice 2s (id to -3s per sack. Parsnips, (is In 7s per sack. Swedes. 2s .'id per cut . Turnips. While 2s per sack. Ltd lure. Choice -'!s In -Js (5(1 per case. Apples.- Conking 7s in 8s (s<l per rase; desser! Ids to 12s lid pel'case. Cheese. Isrs( factory mediums, o'al to (id per lb. Eggs. Fresh Is per dozen. Butler. Soparafor, Is; milled lid: dairv lid per lb. Dressed Pork. TO's to DO's (}JWI In (;?(1, !)o's In 100's Is}d, bacone'rs M.i'd, choppers (heavy) .'ibl fo did per lb. Honey. Id per lb. New season's sections (is per dozen. Beeswax.—ls (id per lb. Fungus.- 4/, d per lb. Wainufs.--7(1 per lb. 'Pfi R Bo°l P!) «ro«l sl -D ' uf MP\L I ins 2'is to 25s ])er cwl. Poultry. Cockerels 5s fo 7s for good birds, hens .'ls (id fo <ls (id, good fabale hens "is.-good heavy

ducks Ts Gd, Indian J.Jiuiiiers lis lo (is (id per pair. iurkey gobblers Is per Jb; hens Jlkl per lb live weight. Maize.- -4s Od per bushel. Wheat.—ls (id per bushel. Ten sack lots 4s 4d. Pollard- -£ 7 per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Bran.- £5 5s per ton : 10s less for lon lots. Barley Meal.- ,t'7 lUs per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Pure I'ea Meal. t'i~ 5s per ton. Whole Wheat Meal,- £7 per ton. Mollasses in Casks.— £4. 10s per ton or 2(is per cwt cask : (is (id per cwl rase. Chat!'. Oaten shear i's ok per lon ex store. Special quotations for large lots. Maw Prime, £Ito £5 10s per ton. \ooo "! u,, l - 13"■-'^uisn.r.uiv; Meat and Hone Meal.—-17s per 101): 0s per 50 and 5s per 251b bag. Straw. £'.'! 10s ]>er ton ex store Linseed Oil Cake.---Nuts, genuine £"12 10s per ton or l-'is per cwl. Meal .i'L's or Pis 0d per cwt. Oafs. - Eeed 2s 9d to 2s lid; good feed Algerian Od: Duns •is per busliel. Oats.—-Crushed -'is -'id per bushel Seed (.'ape Ibirlew -"is Oil per bushel. Seed Oafs. Specially dressed Algerians : !s Kd per bushel. Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings 3s Gd pei" bushel.