Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

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THJi NEW ZEALAND EAIIMEItS' CO-OI'EIIATIVE I>BTItII3UTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPORT.

As anticipated in iust week's report, die value oi potatoes lias udvancedj and ioem likely Lo rise further, feed potatoes are being freely euuired for, and good Ihica are offering, and we advise oarJy booking. The market for onions continues dull, although good quality linos are freely offering. Oats have further advanced, the increased price beiug about 10d per bushel within the hist ten days. Wheat is stationary. Maize is in short supply, but a shipment from overseas is expected shoitly. Meals are boeoiuming increasingly difficult to procure. Chaff is iirraei , . Supplies oi straw are short. Linseed oil cake is in good demand. iiggs are unchanged. Aluohlargor supplies of bulk honey could be taken by this market, l'orkci's have been coming steadily into the market, and no difficulty has been experienced in disposing of the quantity that has arrived lately, altnouyh the fact that freezing space is not procurable is undoubtedly affecting the price. Orders for molasses should reach us some time before being wanted ,as supplies are slow of delivery owing to great demand. The supply oi cauliflowers has been exceptionally heavy lately, and in consuijuoiico low prices have been ruling interior lines being difficult to quit J lieie is a fair-demand for choice eavoy cabbage. Owing to the shortage of ripe marrows, high prices are ruling for lines offering. lroubiu'k pumpkins are enquired for, anr keen competition prevails. Lettuce are enquired for at higher rates. Swedes are dull of sale All root vegetables moot lair demand at last week's raU\s. Spring onions, leeks and celery meet ready sale. .Fruit.—There is a good demand for choice cookiuo- and dessert apples, but inierior lines meet poor sale. Choice lines of dessert pears are uought up at satisfactory rates, but cooking variesius are slow of sale. There are a lew tomatoes coining from tiie Hutt, and choice lines are eagerly uought up. Potatoes.—£s 10s to £(i 10s Cabbage.—Choice .Savoy, 3s k> Is; others, 2s to iie lid per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 5s to Gβ ; others ■J-i OU to 3s Gd sack. Carrots. Jiest -la to os; others 3s per sack. Celery.--Is to lt> 3d xier dozen. •Marrows.—Ss to 10s per sack. Onions.--JCS 10s per ton. Parsnips.--Choice, in Gd to 5s Gd per sack Sivvdos—2s lid per cwt. Turnips.—White, 3a to -is per sack. Leeks.—Ud to 9d per bundle. Lettuce.—Choice, 3s lid to 4s Gd; others 2s to 2s lid per case. Spinach.—2s (id to os lid per ca6e. Spring Onions.— dd per bundle. Parsley.—-Is per dozen bundles. Pumpkins.—lionbark, 8s to 10s; othBeetroot.—3s tq 4s per sack, ei's 3s to is per sack. FRUIT. fouls.—Dessert, Choice, -Is Ud to us lid per i-caso. Pears.—Cooking, 3s (id to 4s (id per case. Apples. -Cooking, Choice, 4s <Jd to ss; others 3s Gd. Apples.—Dessert, Choice Ui to 7s <id; others 4s to 5s per case. Tomatoes.—Hound, Gs to 7s; others Je to 5s per ea«ie. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 'is (id to 3s; heavyhens 4s to 4s Gd; cockerels, os; good heavy ducks, 7s; Indian runners os per pair; turJiqy gobblers, Is per lb; hens 9d to 10d per lb GENERAL. tloney. —In <JO's" ; 3d per lb. , iiouey Sections.—Gs Gα per dozen. Cheese.—.Factory mediums. 9d per lb - i/ggs.-—l'resh, 2s per dozen; preeerlioeswax.—ls Gd per ib. Fungus.—Gid per lb. Walnuts.—7d to 7£d per lb. GitAIN, PIiODUCE, ETC", Wheat.—Ss per buvs. Jlaizo.— Gs Gd per bushel. Oats.--A Grade, 5s 3d; Duns, ss. 3d per bushel. Oats.—Crushcl, 5s id per bushel. . Feed Barley—6s 6d per bushel. Feed Peas.- (is (3d per bushel. Seed Cape liarley.—Gs Gd per bus. tieod Oal«s.— Storm King 5s 6d; Gartons, Duns, 5s Gd; Algerians, 6s 6d per bushel. Pollard.—£lo 5s per ton. liran.—£9 10s per ton. v 11 ice Pollard.—£9 pur ton. \ Sucrosine.—New available. £9 per tou Linsed Oil Cake.--Meal, genuine, i6s Gd per cwt." Chaff.-—Oaten Wheal, -t'J os per ton. Straw; Chaff.—Wheaten straw,, £5. Molasses.—2Bs per oewt casks free ' Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, j 3s per tin. ij Meat aud Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; *? per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Straw.—£4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths Ryegrass (Teai liave's)—9d per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.'—£lß per ton. .Basic Slag.—£s 10s. x)elmtry July- ; August. Sulphate Potash.--£3O per ton. Superphosphate. —Limited quantity. £5 10s per ton. { Salt Waste for Agricultural purposes 40s per ton. Gear Company Blood Manure.—• No. 2 £6. ] Gear Company -Bonedust. —£6 ss. i "\V. 1!. E. Coy. Manures not available till July.