COMMERCAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 March 1915, Page 2

COMMERCAL.

NiK NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY PRODUCE REPORT. Wellington,-Feb. 25. Large supplies of potatoes are now coming regularly into the market and prices are easier. We are glad to report that tin. , quality is exceptionally good this year. Onions are-now arriving in regular supplies from the south, and are meeting ready sale. A very little business is passing in fowl wheat on account oi the high values. It is diiliciilt to forecast the luture of the market for oats and we prefer to make no comments thereon just now. Pollard is rising .still higher, and is now a record price. Bran is, however, stationa. \. A fair quantity of new season's ehaft" is now coming into the market, n.id fair sales are being made r l'here is an exceptionally good demand for oal"ii straw for stock in the dry liUtriets. Eggs jgood domain!, uiso new honey and larger supplio i>l both could be satisfactorily dealt villi. Vegetables.- Choice lines of green peas arc in short supply, and are selling at g'-ii'l prices. Beans are selling at fair raie only. Cabbages are plentiful, ami -filing at low rates. Choice cauliflower are in good demand and soiling at satisfactory prices. Lettuces are selling well. Swedes meet fair demand. All other root vegetables are easier sine;' last report. .Fruit.-- Vouches and plums are about finished. Dessert pears are arriving , in largo quantities and prices are fair where qinlity is good. Dessert and cooking apples meet goaci demand at prices mentioned. The demand for tomatoes is exceptionally good for this time of the .war ami keen competition for choice line prevails. Grapes are* soUiu<r freely. Potatoes.-I'nme £7 to £7 lGs;; others .Co to .CO. Cabbage.---Choice 2s 6cl to «3s; others Is 6il per .sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 85 wi to'los 6d : others -Is to 5s sack. Carrots.--Best Is to £>s; others 3s 6d per sack. Cucumbers.—3s to 3s 6d per half case. Marrows—2s 6d per sacje. Onions. —£8 per ton. Parsnips. —Choice 4s tid to 5s 6d per eaek. Pens. Choice Is per peck. Swedes-—2s 6d per owt.

Turnips.—White, 2s to 2s 6d per Letttuce.—Uhoice 4s Od to 5s 0d; others 2s (3d per case. Spring onions.—9d per bundle. Mint.—ls to Is od per dozen bundles. Parsley.— Is per dozen 'bundles. FRUIT. Beans.—French 4s to os part sack. Peacbes.—Choice dessert 'is to ss; medium 3s lid; others 3s. Pears.—W.li.O. iis to 4s half ease. Pears.— Cooking -Is to os per case. Applee.—Cooking, choice 4s to 4s Gd ; others 3s to 3s Gd. Apples.—Dessert, choice, 5s to 7<s per caso. Grapos.—9d per lb. I'OULTItY. Light table iiuns, 2s Gd to 3s; heavy hens -Is; cockerels Is 6d to 3s; good he.'i.v.v ducks 7s; Indian lOianers 4s d to oz 6d per pair ,* tin Key gobblers U<> [>er lh; hens 9d per live weight. J fUiNKUAL. • Pressed pork. 70's in 'JO's od; SiO's to Il'3'h, 4ii'.l, IJ.K-jnors, lid; Choppers •,i'>iii» J ) bid pt'J- lu. Butte:. —Separator, 10d to lid ei lb. Hon«y.•— !<} per lb. Honoy.---Sections 0s to Os 6d pur dozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums 7d por 'b Eggs.—Frosh Is 9<l t-o Is 10d por dozon. Beeswax.—ls 6il per lb. Fungus.—Gd per lb. Wanted. AVal nuts. — Wan tctl. Wheat 7s 6d per bushel. Maize. —(is per bushel. Oats..—4s 8d ; Duns 4s 8d por bushel. Oats.—Crushed 5s per bushel Feed barley.—6s per Onshel. Feed Peas.—6s ner bushel Seed Cape barley.— (';* (id por bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians ,Cs ; Storm King 5s 3d; Cartons, Sparrowhills. Duns 4s 10d per bushel. Flour.—Sacks :}•;,.: 100's lite Gd. Pollard—£9 15s per ton. Bran.—£B 10s per ton. Sucrosine.—Not available just now. Linseed Oil Cako—Nuts or Me.il, genuine, 16s 6d cwt. Chaff.—Ontpu slionf £8 poi- ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b tins 3s per tin. Moat and Bone Meal. — -17s per 100; 9s per 50 and 5.s por 251b br.'!;. ■Straw—£4 pnr ton ox store. Western Wolths ryoginss Ten Have's) —9d per lb. Siltton's Soeds. —As per their list. Bilston Basic Slag.—£o 5s per ton. Sulphate Ammonia.—£lß 10s per ten. Mount Lyell Super.--£5 per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3o per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—£6. Gear Co. Bonedust.—£o ss. W.M.E. Co. No. 3 Manure, £5 "i2t 6d per ton. LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalgoty and Company. Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office under date 23rd inst.—"The wool sales opened with a good selection and a large attendance of buyers. Competition was animated Good greasy merinos showed a rise of from 5 to 1\ per wnt, and other sorts 5 por cent. Scoured" merinos wero from par to 5 per cent higher. Greasy flno crossbrods were 5 per cent higher: medium and coarse 5 to ~i\ por cent, Stipes and scoured crossbrotls were unchanged. For the third wries the gross arrivals amounted 223,500 hales. 93.000 bales have been carried forward, leaving a net quantity of 130,000 available tor sale.