Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 March 1914, Page 1

Commercial

iNEW ZEALAND FAltAlEltS , CU-Ul'EliATi VE DISTiUJiUTiACi CU., LTD. UEEKiil' itEPOUT. Welliugtuu, Murck lu. i ; oiatoi's hiivu been airiviug au iicLiy iruju iJlenliuim ami tlie Suuiii tiiat prices for Hutt Hues liuvc nut been su iirm as duriug liie pasi week. Tkure is no change lo report in onions and as yet the supply is limited. Eggs are iirm, and shipments arriving are not equal to the demand. Dressed pork lneots with, ready sale at last week's, rate. New season's consignments of honey have not as yet reached the market. Prime feed oats are a shade firmer, but a good many lines of inferior lots are on offer at lower prices. There is still a good enquiry for seed Algerians and Duns, and not many lines of prime quality are offering. Good orders are still coming to hand for Western "Wolths ryegrass and •other seeds. The market foi cocksfoot has firmed considerably, and indications point to a firm market. The enquiry for a forward delivery for both slag and super, si ill eon ti lines. The demand for chaff during the week lias been slacker, but values are about, the same. G-rapes and blackberries are selling freely. Choice lines of pearlies meet with ready sale at satisfactory prices. The market for tomatoes is firmer since our last report, and choice lines are pnererly bousrht up. Green peas nve scarce and high values are ruling. All root vegetables are weaker. Tabliage and cauliflowers are sell in sr at higTier 7*ntes. VEGETABLES. Potatoes. -Choice; Hutt £b; others i' 4 to £-1 10s per ton. Onions. —Australian £8; local <£7 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 4s to ss; others 2s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice (is to Ss; others us to 4s sack. Green Peas.- -Choice Is O'd; others Is per peck. Beetroot.—4s to 5s sack. (';• riots. Choice us u'd; others 2s to : is per sack. Parsnips. ;">s (id per sack. Swedes. 2s (id per cwt. Marrows.-—ls (id to 2s per case. Turnips.—White 2s per sack. French Beans.- Choice 1 -Ad per lb. Tomatoes.—'ss to 4s; round 4s to 4s (id per half case. Lettuce. Choice -Is; others Is Od to 2s per ease. FRUIT. Blackberries. 2?, d per lb. Peaches.—-Choice Hs 0d to ss; others 2s in 3s per half case. Qiunces---4s to 5s per case. Grapes.-—Od to 10d per lb. Pears. Dessert, choice 3s (5d to -Is: others 2s Od to 3r per half case. Apples. Largo rookers 5s to 5s Od: odiers 4s Od per case. Apples. Dessert, Os Od to .8s Od per case. POTTLTIIY. Hens, 2s (id to 3s; good table hens, i!s to os Gd; heavy cockerels '5;: juood heavy young ducks, is (id to ss; Indian Runners, 4s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is per lb; liens, lid per lb. live weight. I GENERAL. ! Dressed Pork.— 7U's to DO'e 5d ; 1 UUs to lUU's 4£d; suckers baconers 4£d; choppers (heavy) od to b'.|d per lb. Honey.— New, 4d per lb. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, f)]d per lb. Eggs. I'resh Is 5d to la 0d per dozen. .Fungus.—6d per lb. Wanted. Walnuts.— per ib. GltAltf, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—4s 8d per bushel. Ten sack lots 4s sd. Maize.—4s 10d per bushel. Oats. Crushed -"is per bushel. Seed Cape Barley 3s (id per bus. Uaten Pollard.— £(i per ton. Pollard. Australian ,£7 5s per tun ; "is less for ton lots. Yvvil Barley 3s to 3s 3d per. •Seed oats. —Specially dressed Algerians 3s (id per bushel; Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, 3s; Storm Kings, 3s Gd per bushel. Choice 2s'ew Season's B.L.E. Pape 30s cwt. Russian Cape seed barley.—3s Gd per bushel. Bran. —£4 10s per ton. 5s less for ton lots. Bailey meal. iHi 10s per ton; 10s less for ton lots. Pure pea meal. £7 per ton. Sucrosine. — i'T por ton in 200s Linseed oil cake. — Nuts, genuine, 13s Gd owl. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s p«r tin. Molasses in casks. — £4 10s per (on, or 26s 5-cwt cask: 6s 6d per cwt. cas a . i Mea f and bone meal.—l7s per 100 : 9s per 50 and 5a per 251b bag ClialV. Onion sheaf £4 15s per ion e\ store; Special quotations Cor large lots. Straw.—£3 per ton ex store. Swiss chard (silver beet). —Variety recommended by Agricultuiv ai Department, Is 4<l per lb.

Western Wolth's ryegrass.— New season's 8d per lb. Dressed Cocksfoot. — 10/171b seed 7£d per lb. Perennial ryegrass. —4s 6d to 5s bushel. Italian ryegrass. —.—4s 6d to 5s bushel. White Clover, Colonial.—lβ 4d per lb. Cowgrass and red clover.—lid per lb. White clover, Colonial.—ls id Alsyke.—ls 2d per lb. . i . r