Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 February 1914, Page 1

Commercial.

.YEW ZEALAND FAIUIEIiS' CO-UPEIiATIYE DISTIII--13(jTIJXG CO., LTD. . WEEE.LY ItEPOET. Wellington, Eeb. 12. TJie market for potatoes is fircm, a lid where quality is good fair prices are being realised. Small quantities of local onions are offering at satisfactory prices, while Australian are still selling fairly freely at good prices. Eggs are still selling at a good price, and for fresh laid Is 7d per dozen is being obtained without much difficulty, and supplies are not plentiful. Porkers continue to offer freely, and payable prices are maintained, with a satisfactory demand. The market for poultry is fair, only prime table birds meeting- with a ready sale. .Oats and wheat are steady, although wheat should he slightly weaker shortly. Old cLaff is practically done, while new is offering fairly freely, the indications being for a large supply everywhere. Pol-; lard is scarce at present, and Australian is being sold somewhat freely. Bran remains unchanged. Hay is hard to quit, but straw is in fair demand. Grass seed and manures continue to be sold freely, and we are booking large orders. Apricots are now off this market, so also are raspberries. Prices for greengages are higher, and supplies are about finished. All other stone fruit meet with a good demand where quality is prime. All root vegetables are meeting a fair demand at satisfactory figures. Choice lines of cauliflower and cabbage sell well to a good demand,- while green peas are in excellent demand. Tomatoes show an improvement, as supplies are not plentiful. VEGETABLES. Potatoes. —Choice Hutt £h 10s; others, £4 per ton. - Onions.—Australian, £11 10s; local, £9 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice Us Gd; others 2s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 8s; others os to 5s per sack. Green peas.—Choice, Is 3d; others, Is per peck. Carrots.—Choice, 4s Od; Others | Gd per sack. Parsnips.—ss per sack. Swedes.—3s per cwt. Marrows.—-Is Gd to 2s per case. Turnips. —White, 3s 6(1 sack. French beans. —Choice, 2d lb. Tomatoes.—Nelson 6s 6d to 10s half-case. Lettuce. —Choice, ss; others, 2s 6d per case. FRUIT. Grapes. —(id to lOd per lb. Peaches.—Choice, 4s ; others, 2s to os per half-case. Burbank plums.—Choice, 3s Gd; others, 2s to 3s per half-case. Blue plums.—3s to 3s 6d per half-case. Ogan plums.- Is Gd to 2s per half-case. Greengages.—Choice, Gs 6d per half-case. Nectarines.—Choice dessert, 3s Gd to 4s; others, 3s per half-case. Pears.—Dessert, choice, 3s; others, 2s to 2s (id. Apples.—Large cookers, 4s Gd; others, 3s Gd to 4s per case. llhubarb. —os per dozen bundles. POULTRY. liens, 2s Gd to 3s; good table hens, ; >s to 3s Gd; heavy cockerels ss; good heavy young ducks, 4s Gd to ss; Indian Runners, 4s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is per lb; hens, lid per lb. live weight. GENERAL. Dressed pork.—TO's to 00's, 5d to s£d; OU's to 100's, 4 yd; bacon-' ers, 4{-d; choppers (heavy), 3d to 04CI per lb. Honey. to 4d per lb. 1 Cheese.—Best factory mediums, G ; [d per lb. Eggs.—l-'resh, Is Gd per dozen. Fungus. per lb. Walnuts. 7d per lb. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—is lOd per bus. Ten sack lots, 4s 9d. Maize.—4s lOd per bushel. Oats*—Feed, 2s Td to 2s 9d; Duns, 3s per bushel. Oats. Crushed, 4s per bushel. Feed barley.- - os 3d per bushel. Seed oats.— -Specially dressed Algerians, 3s 9d per bushel; Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, 3s; Storm Kings, 3s Gd per bushel. Seed, Cape barley. —3s per bus. llussiau Capo seed barley.-—3s Gd per bushel. Pollard. i'T per tou. 5s less for ton lots. Bran. —£4 Ills per ton. 5s less for ton lots. Barley meal. £6 10s per ton; 10s less for tou lots. Pure pea meal.—£7 per ton. Suerosine. —i' 7 per ton in 200's Linseed oil cake.—Nuts, genuine, 13s Gd cwt. Quicklime.—in 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin.

Molasses in casks.— £4 10s per lon, or 2Gs 5-cwt cask; 6s 6d per cwt. case. Meat and bone meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50 and 5s per 251b bag ChafL—Oaten sheaf, £5 per ton ex store. Straw.— £3 per ton ex store. Choice new season's B.L.E. rape.—32s 6d per cwt. Swiss chard (silver beet).—Variety recommended by Agricultural Department, Is 4d per lb. Western ; ' Wolth's ryegrass.— New season's 8d per lb. Dressed cocksfoot. — 16/171b seed, 6|d per lb. Perennial ryegrass.—4s 6d to 5s bushel. Italian ryegrass.—.—4s 6d to 5s bushel. Cowgrass and red clover.—lid per lb. White clover, Colonial.—ls 4d per lb.