COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 February 1915, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. (JO-OPERATIVE DISTIiiB UTLN G OOMPAiNi", LTD.

WEEKLY' REPORT.

WoUiugtou, i'elj 18. The market is being st-eadily supplied with potatoes,- and sales are satisfaotry. We again imp/ess on North island growers tlie importance ol' sending u tlieir supplies without delay wfiiie good prices prevail. timail shipmenta trom South have already arrived, and these will increase' from now on. „Tlier# has been a slight hardening in values ol onions, but the supply should increase altdr this month, with iower. prices. All grains are ottering very sparingly, and with a further slight rise during the week in wheat, oats and barley, tieed lines of oats are in good beniaud, also cape barley. There has been a sharp advance in values of ryegrass during the week, and linos ottering have been readily bought up at the higher .figures. Very little business is passing in chaff or oats. Jfiggs have further advanced. Porkers are in good demand. Cheese is eagerly enquired for, and we invite consignments with every conhdece. Vegetables. —Choice lies of green peas sell at good prices. Beans are selling at fair rates only. Cabbages are plentiful, and difficult to quit at payable rates. Choice cauliflowers meet good demand at satisfactory rates AJI root vegetables are realising satisfactory prices. Lettuce u» selling well Swedes are in good demand. Fruit.—Large shipments oi peaelies and plums are arriving, and prices are low. "We expect higher prices for peaches to be ruling very shortly, as this line will be getting in short supply. Choice lines of nectarines meet good demand. Dessert and cooking pears are plentiful, and at the moment are selling at very low rates. There ,s good enquiry for greengages, which are in. short supply.. Choice lines of dessert and cooking apples meet good demand. The demand for tomatoes .e----mains good, and there i& keen competition for choice lines. Grapes meet fair demand at market values. Potatoes.—Prime, £8 to «fcß 10s; others, £6 to £7. Cabbage.—Choice, '2s(jd to 3s; others Is 6d per sack. - Cauliflower.—Choice 6s to 8s; others 3s to 4s sack. Carrots.—Best, 5s to os (id ; others, 4s per sack. Marrows.—3s per sack. Onions. —£9 per ton. Parsnips.- Choice, (is to 7s per sack. Peas.—Choice, Ud to Is per peck. Swedes.—'2s Gd to 3s per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 3s (id to ss. others, 2s per case. Spring Onions.—9d per bundle. Beans.—-French, 4s to 5s per part sack. FRUIT. Peackes.—Choice dessert, 3s to 3s Ud ; medium, 2s (id ; others, Is (3d to 2s. Pears.—W.B.C., 2s to 3s per i-case. Pears.—Cooking, 4s to t>s per case. Nectarines.—Choice, 3s Gd to 4s; others, 3s i-case. Apples.—Cooking, choice, 4s to 'Is Gd ; others, 3s to 3s Gd. Apples.—Dessert, choice, Gs to 7s per case. Plums.—Burbanks, choice 3s to 3s Gd ; others 2s to 2s Gd. Tomatoes.- —Ripe, 7s to 0s; others, 5s Gd to Gs Gd psr i-case. Grapes.— ( Jd per lb. POULTRY. Light table hens 2s 6d to 3s; heavy hens 4s; cockerels Is Gd to 3s; good heavy ducks 7s; Indian Runners 4s od to 6s 6d pair; turkey gobblers lid per lb; hens' 9d per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.—7o's fco DO's, sd; 90's to 100*6, lid; Baconers, 4£d; choppers (heavy) 3£d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Friday during the summer. . Butter.—Separator, IOJd to lid per lb. Honey.—4d per lb. Honey Sections—6s 6d per dozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums 7d per lb. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 9d to Is lOd per d<oz. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6d per lb. Wanted. Walnuts.—Wanted. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—7s Gd per bus. j Maize.—Gs per bus. Oats—4s 8d; Duns, 'Is 8d per bus. Oats.—Crushed, 5s per bushel. Feed Barley.—6s per bus. Feed peas.— 6s per bushel Seed Cape Barley.—Gs Gd per bus. Seed Oats.—Storm King, ss; Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, 4s lOd per bus. Flour.—Sacks 365, 100's 18s Gd. Pollard—£9 10s per ton. Bran.—£B 10s per ton. Sucrosine.—Not available just now. Linsed Oil Cake.—Meal, genuine, xGs 6d per owt. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf, £8 per ton. Special quotations for large lots. Quicklime 111 281b air-tight tins, J 3s per tin. j Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; ds | per 50, and 5s per 251b uag. j Straw.—£4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths Ryegrass (Ten Have's). —8d per lb. Western Wolths Ryegrass.—Grown from imported seed Gd per lb. Sutton's Swede and Turnip Seeds .is per their list. Bilston's Basic Slag.--£5 5s per ton. Mount Lyell Super. —£5 per ton. Sulphate Ammonia. —£18 10s per ton. Turnips.—White 2s to 2s 6d sack. Mint.—ls to Is 6c! per dozen bundles. Parsley.—ls per dozen bundles . Sulphate Potash.—£3o per ton. Gear Company's Blood Manure. No. 26 —£6. GeaPCompany Bonedust.—£6 55.W.M.E. Coy. No. 3 Manure, £5 12s 6d per ton. - All grass seeds at lowest rates.