Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 April 1915, Page 4

Commercial

THE NEW ZEALAND EARMEItS

CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING

COMPANY, LTD

WEEKLY REPORT,

Wellington. April 21

Potatoes are slight! easier, but there is a. fair demand, and tHe market is steadily supplied wltli good quality lines. Onions are steady, and in fair sale, t'lie quality ol ; shipments coming forward being quite satisfactory. There i.s on change to report 111 connection ■with wheat or maize. Oats have now reached a price at which meraclints think they are good buying for forward delivery, and large transactions have taken place during the past week. A pronounced increase is almost certain before the reason is out. The demand for seed algerians has now slackened. Linseed oil cake continues to be in brisk demand. Chaff is in fair sale, and supplies are more readily obtainable from the Sou£Ti. Wheat straw i.s sfill available, but it is anticipated that .supplies ■will be difficult to obtain during tlic winter. Good lines of hay are scarce. Porkers are in excellent demand, and the prices are firm, and the same can- be said of haconers and choppers. Honey is in good demand, while a readvniarket is available for both preserved and fresh eggs. Cheese is very firm, and butter has advanced fd per To.

Vegetables.—Savoy eaibbage arc in short supply and fair values are realised for «"ell packed lines. Other varieties of cabbage are slow ol sale. Choice cauliflowers meet ready sale, lint others are selling at lmr prices. Beans ;ire selling at high rates. Beetroot and red cabbage meet ready sale. All root vegetables are in good supply. ironbark pumkins are selling freely, but others are difficult to quit. Lettuces {ire scarce. Spring onions, leeks, and parsley meet fair demand. Fruit.—There is a good supply ol both cooking and desert apples, and choice lines are in good demand, but interior quality apples aro slow oi sale There is a better demand for quinces since last report. "Winter cole pears and dther choice dessert lines meet ready sale at slightly lower values since last week. Cooking varieties nre 1 ing at moderate rnt.--; 1 I 1 nian<! f-.»- ion--a- «• • Mi ' ! ■ s | 0i.;.-''.'.-'. '' ■ r- ! 1 I , I'Oivl'Aß! rs. i i'tpiiii.u . !'| ,fu life: others t(i ! '.'.' ib . i^o.—Choice savoy, -Is to ->s: others. 2.s to '2s (id per sack. Cauliflower. —Choice 7s (id to !)s Oil : others 3s to -Is sack. Carrots—Best 4s to 4s Gd; olhers 3s (3d per sack. Celery.—ls Gd to 2s per doz Cucumbers. — Best 3s to 3s Oil per J-sack. Marrows.--is to '2s (id per sack. Onions.— jC. 1 ) 5s per ton. . I'a' .suijis. - Choice os to Is (d per sack Peas.— Choice Is 3d to Is 6tl per pock. Swedes—2s Gd per cwt. Turnips.—White 3s to 3s lid per sack Leeks. ...nl to (id pea- bundle. Lettuce.—Choice, Gs to 7s Oil; others 3s per case: Spring Onions.--Od per bundle. Mint.—is to Is (id per dozen bundles. Parsley.—ls per dozen bundles. Beetroot.—4s to us per sack. Red Cabbage.—4s to 5s per suck. Pumpkins. — Ironbnrk. 5s Gd to 6s (id others 2s (id to -Is per sack Beans.-- I'Veneh 8s to 10 s per part sack. others Is ( Jd to 3s per i-case. FRUIT. Passions. —Auckland 4s to -Is Gd per half case. Pears.—Dessert, choice- 3s to 4s per i-case. Pears.—Cooking, 3s (3d to 4s (id per I case. Apples.—Cooking, choict? 4s to 4s Gd others 3s Gd. Apples.—Dessert, choice, (is to "s thers 4s Gd to os Gd per caise. Quinces.—4s to 4s 3d per case. Tomatoes.—Bound, 3s Gd to 4s Gd ; Grapes.—9d per lb. POULTRY. Light table hens 2s 6d to 3s; heavy liens 4s; cockerels Is Gd to 3s; good heavy ducks 7s; Indian Hunners 4s Sd to 5s 6d pair; turkey gobblers lid per lb; heny 9d per lb live weight. GTSNERALr. Dressed Pork.—7()'s to UO's. ol: 90 s to 100's od to 5,i : bnconors 1 4Jd to sd; choppers (heavy) 3sd to SJd per lb. Our weelkly pork sales held each Thursday during "Winter. Butter.—Separator. Is per lb. lloney.— New 4£d; old 3Jd to Id per lb. Honey Sections—6s 6d per dozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums. 9d per lb Eggs.-—Fresh 2s 2d per doz. . Beeswax.—ls Gd per lb. Fungus—6d por lb. Wanted. Walnuts.—Wanted. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—Bs per bus. Maize.-— Gs Gd per bushel. Oats.—4s lOd; Duns, 5s per bashol. Oats. -Crushed 5s 3d per "bushel. l''eed Barley—Gs Gd per bushel. Feed l'eas.—Gs Gd per bushel. Seed Cape Barley—Gs Gd por bus. Seed oats.—Storm lving, Gartons, Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns 5s Gd; Algerians. (is Gd por bushel. Flour.—-Sacks, :30s Gd : 100's 20s 3d. Pollard.—£9 15s per ton. Brail.-—£B 10s per ton. Pure Barley ileal'. — £10 per ton. fe'ucrosine.— New available. £ ( J per" ton. Linsed Oil Cake.—Meal, genuine, 16s Gd per cwt. Chaff. — Oaten Sheaf. £8 10s per ton. Specill quotations for large lots. Molasses.—2Bs per sc*wt casks free Quicklime—ln 281b air-tight tins,, 3s por tin. | Meat and Bone Meal.—l7b per 100; pei- 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Straw—£4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths Ryegrass (Teir Have's) —9d ped lb. Sutton's Swede and Turnip Seeds .tsper their list. Sulphate Ammonia.—Slß per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3o per ton.* Gear Company Blood Maniure—• No. 2 £6. Gear Company Bonediust.—£6 Ss. W.M.E. Coy. No. 3 Manure, £5 12s Gd per ton.