Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1914, Page 1

Commercial

THE N.Z. FAEMEIIS' CO-OP-ERATIVE DISTEJBUTNG CO., LTD. WEEKLY EEPOIIT. AVelJingfcou, January 15. The value of potatoes continues to be low.; crops in the North Island are good, and local farmers are digging- to prevent the risk of blight. Good lines of ripened onions are wanted. Eg'gs are slightly lower, but in good sale Light porkers are in best enquiry. .Poultry is in fair demand where quality is good. ]New chaff is selling freely, and a drop in values may oueurr any time. Oats are slightly weaker. Wheat has def.Jined owing to shipments arriving from Australia. There has been a sharp rise in the price of pollard. IVa. and barley meal are oJl'eiiiig at fair rates. Straw will doubtless come back in price. Good clover hay is in fair demand. Tomatoes are keeping up in values — the season being somewhat late. A. decline may be looked for shortly. Stone fruits arc coming to hand in such quantities that . choice lines are only especially sought after. liaspberries are in good demand. Kew apples are arriving. Ehubarb is very dull of sale. Cabbages are higher to-day. Good cauliflower are scarce. All root vegetables are in ■ good sale, especially lettuce. Peas and beans are now in much better demand. Potatoes. —Hutt, £6 l()s; others £-3 10s per ton.^ Onions.—Australian <£12 10s; local 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 4s 9d ; others lss per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 7s; others 2s <o 5s per sack. Green. Peas. -Choice Is; others Ud per peck. Carrots.-—Choice 5s 6d; others ■Is per sack. Parsnips.- 5s (id per sack. Swedes.- -Hs per cwt. Marrows.- 2s (id <o J>s 3d per sack. Turnips.- 'White -">s (id per sack. French Beans. Choice 2d per lb Tonisilocs. Hull fill per lb; "N'clson 5s (Id (o iSs per half case. Lettuce.- Choice -Is Gd; others 2s per case. Apricots. Choice ss; others as (id per half case. Peaches. Choice -Is: others Is Od 1o ; >s per half case. lUirbank Plums. Choice 3s (id others Is (id io 2s (id per half ease Blue Plums. -3s (Id per half case. _ AVixon Plums.--Is 3d to 2s per half case. Greengages -Is to 5s per half case. Xeclarincs. Choice dessert 4s (id Io 5s (id; others 3s (id per hall; case. Pears. Dessert ;>s; olhers 3s. Apples. Large cookers, (is: ol hers Is per case. I'aspheiTics (is (o Ts bucket. Uhiibarb. 3s pel , dozen bundles. Poultry.- liens 3s (id : good liible Is: cockerels (is: good heavy young ducks (is (id: Indian I'liiiiKM-s Is Ik I (o 5s per pair: lurkev gobblers Is per lb. 'Dvcssiml Vnrk. TO's to 90's s\i\ ; !J()"s io lOO's 5d : baconers l.]d In ■ | : -(] : choppers (heavy) 3kl per lb. Honey.- 'Vi<\ to 4il per lb. _ ('lices'e. — Ucsi factory mediums (J.'.d per lb. Is to Is Id per dozen. Fungus.—s|d per lb. Walnuts.- 7d per lb. Wheat. 5s per bushel. len sack lots -Is lid. Wheat. -Seconds 4s M V pV bushel. l» : .ls. I'Vi'il 2,: Stl in 2s 10d; l)uii.-> 3s 2d per bushel.