Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 February 1914, Page 1

Commercial

NEW ZEiiLAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD.

WEEKLY REPORT

Wellington, February 0. The potato market shows an improvement, especially where quality is good, and. the indications are for 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 to-day showing an advance of Is (.id per dozen, with short supplies. P-orkers are in plentiful supply, and prices are low, the demand being fairly good. There is not much demand for poultry, grices for which are easy. Oats and wheat are unchanged from last week. Chaff 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 and 1 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 £5 10s; others i>4 per ton. Onions.—Australian Ml'l- 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 3s to 5s sack. Carrots.—Choice (is; others 4s per sack. Parsnips.—ss per sack. Swedes. —3s per cwt. Marrows.—2s to 2s yd per case. Turnips.—White 3s 6d per sack French Beans. —-lid per lb. Tomatoes.—Nelson 5s to 6s per half case. Lettuce-.—Choice- os-;- others -2s Gd per case. FRUIT. Grapes.—9d to lOd per lb. Apricots.—Choice Gs to 7s Gd; others 5s per half case. Peaches.—Choice 5s Gd; others 2s Gd to 3s 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.-—ls Gd to 2s per half case. Greengages.—Choice 4s per half case. Nectarines.—Choice dessert 3s (id to 4s; others 3s per half case. Pears. -Dessert, choice 3s 6d; others 2s to $s Gd. Apples. -Large cookers 4s 6d; others us Gd to 4s per case. Raspberries.—Gs per bucket. Rhubarb.—3s per dozen bun•dles. POULTRY. liens, 3s Gd; good table hens 4s; heavy cockerels Gs; good heavy young ducks ss; Indian Runners -Is per pair; turkey gobblers Is per lb; hens, lid per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.- —TO's to oU's 5Ad; OO's to 100's sd; baconers, 4|d; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3£d per lb. Honey.— 3£d to 4d per'lb. I Cheese. —Best factory medi- ! urns G|d per lb ex factory. Eggs.—Fresh Is Gd per doz. Fungus.— s£d per lu. Wanted. Walnuts.—7d per lb. Wheat.-— 4s lOd per bushel; leu sack lots 4s 9d. Wheat.—Seconds 4s per bushel. Maize. -4s lOd per bushel. Oats.—Feed 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel; Duns 3s per bushel. Oats.— Crushed 3s per bushel. Feed Barley.—3s 3d pel* bus. Seed O'aits.—Specially djressed Algerians 3s 9d per bushel; Gartons, Sparrowbilis, Duns, Storm Kings 3s per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—3s per bushel. Russian Cape Send Barley. - -5s Gd per bushel. Pollard. £~i per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Bran. £4 IDs per ion; 0s less lor ton lots. Barley Meal. ±'<i 10s per ton; 10s less'lor (on lots. Pure J'ea Meal. —A' 7 per ton. Sucrosine.- -Ml per ton in 200's. Linseed 00l Cake.—Nuts genuine 13s Gd per owl. . . Quicklime. —In air-tight tins 3s per tin. Moliisses in Casks. .£4 10s per ton; or 2Gs per scwt. cask; Gs Gd Ihm- cwt. case.

Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50, and 5 per 25 lb bag. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £6 per ton ex store. New £b ex wharf. Straw.— £'<S per ton ex »tore. Choice New Season's B.L.E. Rape.—33s per cwt. Swiss Chard (Silver Beet).—Variety recommended by Agricultural Departeinnt, 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 5s per bushel. . Cowgrass and Red Clover.-— lid per lb. • ; •■'': Wnite Clover, Colonial .—ls 4d per lb. Alsyke.—is 4d per lb.