COMMERCAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1915, Page 1

COMMERCAL.

TELE 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 x'eport that the 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 of the high values. It is difficult 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, stationary. A fair quantity of new season's chaff is now coming into the market, and fair sales are being made There is an exceptionally good demand for oaten straw for stock feeding n the dry districts. Eggs are in good demand, aiso new honey and larger supplies of both could be satisfactorily dealt with.

Vegetables.—Choice lines of green peas are in short supply, and are selling at good prices. Beans are selling at fair rate only. Cabbages are plentiful, and selling at low rates. Choice cauliflower are in good demand and selling at satisfactory prices. Lettuces are selling well. Swedes meet fair demand. All other root vegetables nre easier since last report.

Fruit.—Peaches and plums are about finished. Dessert pears are arriving m large quantities and prices are fair where quality is good. Dessert and cooking apples meet goou demand at prices mentioned. The demand for tomatoes is exceptionally good for this time of the year and keen competition for choice line prevails. Grapes are selling l'reoly. Potatoes.—Prime £7 to £7 10s; oUiers £5 to £6. Cabbage.—Choice 2s 6d to 3s; others Is tid per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 8s wi to 10s Csd ; others 4s to 5s sack. Carrots.—l3est 4s to os; others 3s 6d per sack. Cucumbers.—3s to 3s tid per half case. Marrows—2s 6d per sack. Onions.—£B per ton. t'arsnips.—Choice 4s od to 5s 6d per sack. Peas.—Choice Is per peck. Swedes.—2s 6d per cwt. T'.miips.—White, 2s to 2s 6d per i.«tU',H-e.—Choice -is (3d to 5s Gd; ','s Od per case. 'Jd per bundle, is -J<l pi 1 : '.:<>zeu ''UiklloS. . -.j.~ -is i>or doaen ifjadlr-,. KUUJT. «ieans.--r;-o»iclj is t t . Ds part sacii. Peoclios. Choice di;.ssert -fe t<> is: medium 3s 'Jd; oth«r;> Hs. Pears—W.li.C. 3s to -lo halt' ease. Pears.— Cooking 4s to os per case. Apples.—Cooking, choice 4s to 4s 6d; others 3s to 3s 6d. Apples.—Dessert, choice, 5s to 7s per case. Grapes.— 9d per lb. POULTRY. Light table hens, 2s 6d to 3s; heavy hens' 4s; cockerels Is 6d to 3s; good heavy ducks 7s; Indian Runners 4s d to 5s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers lid per lb; hens ( Jd per live weight. GENERAL. Dressed pork.—/O's to 90's sd; 30's to 100's, 4£d; Baconers, '4id; Choppers (heavy) 3id per lb. Buttei* Separator, lOd to lid >ei lb. Honey.—4d per lb. Honey.—Sections Os to 6s 6d per dozen.

Cheese.—Factory mediums 7d per lbEggs.—Fresh Is 9d. v to Is lOd per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus.—6d per lb. Wanted. Walnuts.—Wanted. Wheat—7s 6d per bushel. Maize.—6s per bushel. Oats..—4s 8d; Duns 4s 8d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 5s per bushel Feed barley.—6s per oushel. Feed Peas.—6s per bushel. Seed Cape barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians 6s; Storm King 5s 3d; Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns 4s lOd per bushel. Flour.—Sacks 38s; 100's 19s 6d. Pollard £9 15s per ton. Bran.—£B 10s per ton. Sucrosine.— Not available just now. Linseed Oil Cake.—Nuts or Meal, genuine, 16b 6d cwt. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf £8 per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b tins 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50 and 5s per 251b baig. Straw—£4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths ryegrass Ten Have's) —9d per lb. Sutton's Seeds.—As per-their list. Bilston Basic Slag.—£s 5s per ton. Sulphate Ammonia.—£lß 10s per ton. Mount Lyell Super.—£s per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3o per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—£6Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Co. No. 3 Manure, £5 12s 6d per ton.