Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 January 1914, Page 1

Commercial

* _ TEE N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP-ERATIVE DISTRIBUTNG CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, January S. Potatoes are in full supply, and low values are ruling'. The Waikalo district has tliis year been responsible for the increased quantity. Onions are coming' in from Australia and- also from xVuckland, and present values are bound to decline rapidly. Eggs are in good supply, and price is steady. Pork is in steady demand, with special enquiries for slips, suckers, and light porkers. Poultry* is easier in demand since the holidays. New chail is now 011 the market, but old lines are still enquired for. Crops promise well in most districts, and value this year for chaff is likely to be somewlia't lower. Oats are unchanged. Wheat is firm, and no appreciable lowering of values is anticipated with the advent of the j new crop. Maize is selling at a reasonable rate. The strawberry season is now drawing to a close. During the past six weeks we have handled no less that 5500 crates, total net weight 40 tons. Large shipments of stone fruit are arriving with low values ruling. .Black currants and raspberries are in excellent sale. Tomatoes will rapidly decline in price as supply increases. Rhubarb is in poor demand. Peas, beans and cabbages are plentiful with poor prices: carrots and parsnips are in fair demand. ! Potatoes. —10s to £4 per ) ton. Cabbage.—Choice 1 s (id to 2s per sack. Carrots. —Choice 4s to 5s per sack. Parsnips.—Choice Os to 7 s per sack. Rhubarb." —3s per dozen. Turnips.—White -is to Is per sack. Lettuce.—Choice lis to ss'per ease: others 2s to 2s (Id. Green peas.—Nelson lis to 5s per bag. Tomatoes.—Hutt od per lb; Nelson 4s lo.Ts per half case. Beans. —French 2s to os part sack. Marrows. 2s ?id to -'is per case. Swedes.—-'is (id to 4s per cwt. Strawberries Is to Is -id per lb. Burbank plums.- .2s (id to -!s (id per half case. Choice 5s to 5s (id per half case. Blue plums.- - -is to -is (id per half case. Apricots.- Pr'.me 4s to 5s others, 2s (id to -.is Jd per half case. Peaches.- Is 9d to : is (id per half case. Black Currants.--(is per half case. Raspbcrrries. 5s '.d lo Os (id per bucket. Nectarines. 2s (id to 4s per hull' case. Pears.- Dessertio 5s per halt' case. Poultry.- Hens -is (id: good table liens 4s: heavy cockerels (is: good heavy young ducks 'is (id : Tndian Runners -Is flffF io ; >s per pair: turkey gobblers Is per lb: liens lid per lb live weight. Dressed pork.-- 70s to !)() s ; >|d io 5 : , M : DO's io 100's 5d : baconers 4]d l() : (heavy) per lb. .Honey. to -Id per lb: Cheese. Best factory mediums (id prr lb. left's • Fresh Is Id per dozen. Fungus.—s}d per lb. Walnuts. —Td per lb. Sucroscinp.- -"67 per ton.^ Meat and Bone meal. ---lis per 100: 0s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. . Tallow. - T ins 20s to 25s pei •wt.