Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 February 1914, Page 1

Commercial

x\E\V Zi!, ALAND tf'AiIMEHS , CU-OPEIiATiVE DISTIUBL'TiJVG CO., LTD. WEEKLY ItEPOUT. Welliugtou, February b. Iliu putato market shows au iinpruvejueait, especially where quality is yood, and the indications are i'or a rise in price shortly. Onions, both local and Australian, are meeting fair demand at .satisfactory prices. The rise in eggs is well maintained, the price 10-day showing an advance of Is (id per dozen, with short supplies. Porkers are in plentiful supply, and prices are low, the demand being fairly good. There is not much demand for poultry, mices for which are easy. Oats and wheat are unchanged from last week. Chaii: at present is scarce and in good demand, but the supply in a few weeks should be plentiful with prices lower than at present. Bran and pollard is also unchanged, and last week's prices are still ruling. Straw ana hay are hard to quit. Grass seed a,nd manures are being freely sold, mostly on advance orders. All stone fruits are in much better demand, and higher prices than last week are ruling. Raspberries are about finished. Tomatoes are lower, owing to larger quantities arriving. Uooking apples are in fair demand. All root vegetables are meeting good sales and fair prices. Choice cabbage and cauliflower are in demand and fetch good prices. VEGETABLES. Potatoes.—Choice Hutt £o 10s; others £4 per ton. Onions.—Australian £11 10s; Local £10 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 4s 9d; others 3s per sack. Green Peas.—Choice , Is 6d; others Is per peck. Cauliflower. —Choice 8s; others us to 5s sack. Carrots.—Choice Cs; others 4s per sack. Parsnips.—ss per sack. Swedes.—3s per cwt. Marrows.—2s to 2s L>d per case. Turnips.—White 8s 6d per sack French Beans.—lid per lbTomatoes.—Nelson 5s to 6s per half case. Lettuce. —Choice ss; others 2s Gd per case. FEUIT. Grapes.—9d to 10d per lb. Apricots.--Choice 6s to 7s (id; others 5s per half case. Peaches.—Choice 5s (id; others 2s Gd to '6s Gd per half case. Burbank Plums.—Choice 5s 6d; others 2s Gd to 4s per half case. Blue Plums.—2s 3d to 3s 3d per half case. Ogan Plums.--Is (Jd to 2s per half case. Greengages.—Choace 4s per half case. Nectarines. —Choice dessert 3s Gd to 4s; others 3s per half case. Pears. -Dessert, choice 3s 6d; others 2s to 2s 6d. Apples. Large cookers 4s 6d; others 3s (id to 4s per case. Buspberries. —Gs per bucket. Khubarb. —3s per dozen bundles. POULTEY. Hens, 3s Gd; good table hens 4s; heavy cockerels Gs; good heavy young , ducks os; Indian Itunners -Is per pair; turkey gobblers Is pei- lb; hens, lid per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.—7os to 9D's bid ; 90's to 100's sd; baconers, 4|d; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3£d per lb. Honey.— to 4d per'lb. Cheese.—Best factory mediums (j.|d per lb ex factory. Eggs.- Fresh Is Gd per doz. Fuugus.— per ib. AVantud. Walnuts.-—7d per lb. Wheat. - 4s 10d per bushel; U;n sack lots 4s ( Jd. Wheat. Seconds 4s per bushel. Maize. 4s 10d per bushel. Oats. Feed 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel; Duns 3s per bushel. Oats. Crushed 3s per bushel. Feed Barley.—3s 3d pei- bus. Seed Oats.-—Specially dyessed Algerians 3s 9d per bushel; Garlons, Sparrowbilis, Duns, Storm Kings 3s per bushel. Seod Cape Barley.—3s per bushel. l'ussiau Cape Seed Barley.— ; is (id per bushel. Pollard. -£7 per ton; 5s less i'or ton lots. Bran. - £4 10s per ton; 5s less lor lon lots. Barley Meal. £G 10s per ton; IDs less for tou lots. Pure Pea Meal.—£7 per tou. Sucrosinc- £7 per ton in 200's. Linseed 00l Cake.—Nuts genuine 1.3s 0d per cwt. Quicklime. —In 281b arr-tight tins 3s per tin. Molasses in Casks.- £4 10s per ton; or 20s per scwt. cask; Gs Gd per c\vt. case.

Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50, and 5 per 25 lb bag. Chaif.— Oaten SEeaf, £6 per ton ex store. New £& ex wharf. Straw. — £'6 per ton ex store. . Choice New Season's B.L.E. Rape.—33s per cwt. Swiss Chard (Silver Beet).—Variety recommended by Agricultural Departemnt, Is 4d per lb. Western Worth's Ryegrass. — New Season's seed just landed from Holland 8d per lb. Dressed Cooksfoot.—l6/17 seed 6id per lb. Perennial Ryegrass. —4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Italian Ryegrass. —4s 6d to 5e per bushel. Cowgrass and Red Clover.— lld per lb. Wliite Clover, Colonial.—ls 4d per lb. Alsyke.—is 4d per lb.