Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1914, Page 4

Commercial

4 ■ — jN'EW ZEaLAAD FAitMEIiS , CO-OPEItATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY HEPOItT. Wellington, February Id. The potato market is unaltered good quality of fine lots finding ready sale, but at present lowprices inferior lines are hard to quit. Onions are weaker as might be expected now that local consignments are coming to hand freely. Eggs are inclined to be dull of sale. Dead pigs are in fair demand. Suckers realise high values. Wheat is lower but further decline is not anticipated. Oats may drop lower when the full crop is in the market. This however depends largely on export values. Chaff has been selling- freely during the week z and large orders have been placed. The quality i'roin Wairarpa is uniformly good. Pig meals are in brisk sale. Fungus is selling at record prices. Fruit.—Blue Diamond plums nectarines, also grapes, are realising fair summer rates. Pears are specially plentiful with low values. Apples are coming to hand freely and prices are good. Vegetables.—Cabbage is low, All roots are in fair sale. Tomatoes are exceptionally high in price, and owing to bad crops, arc ' not likely to drop to values usu- _ ally obtaining at this season. VEGETABLES. Potatoes. —Choice Hutt £5 10s; others £4 per ton. Onions.—Australian .£'9; local £S per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 2s to 3sj others Is per sack. Beetroot—4s to 5s per sack. Green Peas.—Choice Is -3d; others Is per peck. Cauliflower.—Choice 8s; others 3s to 5s sack. Carrots.—Choice 4s Gd; others 3s 6d per sack. Parsnips.—ss per sack. Swedes.—3s per cwt. Marrows.—ls Gd to 2s per case Turnips.—White 3s b'd per sack French Beans.—l£d per lb. Tomatoes.—Nelson Gs Gd to l()s half case; Hutt 10d to 13s Gd. Lettuce.—Choice 3s; others Is Gd per case. FEUIT. i

Blackberries.—2|d per lb. Grapes.—9d to 10d per ib. Peaches.—Choice 4s; others 2a to 3s per half case. Blue Plums. —3s Ud to 4s "half case. Ogan Plums.- Is Gd to 2s per half case. Pears.—Dessert,choice 3s; others'2s to 2s Ud. Apples.—Large cookers 4s Gd; others 3s Gd to 4s per case. Apples.—Dessert 4s to Gs per case. POULTRY. Heiis.—2s Gd to 3s; good table hens 3s to 3s Gd; heavy cockerels os; good heavy young ducks 4s Gd to ss; Indian Runners 4s per pair; turkey gobblers Is per lb live weight; hens lid per lb. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.-Tg's to iJO's yd; ijO's to lOO's 4|d; suckers Sd to i>K; baconers 4£d; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3£d per lb. Honey.— to 4d per lb. Cheese.—Best factory mediums per lb ex factory.

Eggs.—.Fresh Is Od per doz. Fungus.—(id per ib. Wanted. YValnuts.—7d per ib. Wheat.—4s dd per bushel. Ten sack lots 4s Td. Maize.—4s 10d per bushel. Oats. —Feed 2s 7d to 2s iSd; Duns 2s lid per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 2s lid pei bushel. Feed Barley. ~'6a yd per bus. Seed Oats.—Specially dressed Algerians 9d por bushel; Gartons, Sparrowbilis, Duns, Storm Kings Hα (id per bushel. Seed (Jape Barley.— 3b per bushel. Prussian Cape Seed Barley. — os (id per bushe-1. Pollard.— £7 per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Bran. -£4 10s per ton; 5s less for ton lots. Barley Meal.- £(j LOs per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Pure Pea Meal.— £7 per ton. Sucrosine. — £7 per ton in 200's. Linseed Oil Cake. —Nuts genuine 13s 6d per cwt. Quicklime. —In 2tflb <trr-tight tins i]s per tin. Molasses in Casks. — £4. 10s per ton; or 26s per scwt. cask; Gs Gd per cwt. case. Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50, and 0 per 25 Ib bag. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf £h per ton. ton ex store. New £b~ ex wharf. Straw.— £3 per toil *tore. Choice NeAv Season's B.L.E. j 11ape.—3-3s per cwt. Swiss Chard (Silver Beet).—Variety recommended by Agricultural Dcparteinnt, lu 4d per Ib. Western Wolth's ltyega-ass. — Kew Season's seed just landed from Holland 8d per Ib. Dressed Cooksfoot. - I.G/17 seed Gid pei- Ib. Perennial Ryegrass. —4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Italian Ryegrass. - -4s Gd to 5s por bushel. Cowgrass and lied Glover. — Ud per Ib. White Clover, Colonial.--Iβ id por Ib. Alsykc— ls 4(1 per Ib.