Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

Tilt; -NEW ZEALAND EARUERS CO-OPERATIVE JMSTUI BU'i'lNG COMPANY, LTD. WEIiKLY REPORT. As anticipated in iust week's report, the value ol potatoes has advanced, and seem likely to rise further. Seed jjotatoes are being freely enuired for, and good lilies are oliering, and we advise early booking. The market for onions continues dull, although good quality linos are freely oifering. Oats have further advanced, the- increased price being about lUd per busiiel within the last ten days. Wlieat is (stationary. Maizo is in short supply, but a shipment lioin overseas ifj expected .shortly. Meals are beconiiiiiug increasingly difficult to procure. Chalf is lirmer. Supplies of straw are short. Linseed oil cake is in good demand. Eggs are unchanged. Aiuchlarger supplies of bulk lioney could bo taken by this market, i'orkers have been coming steadily into the market, and no diiiiculty has been experienced in disposing ol' the quantity that has arrived lately, although the fact that freezing space is not procurable is undoubtedly alfecting the price. Orders lor molasses should reacii us some time belore being wanted ,us supplies are slow -ol' delivery owing to great, demand. 4 Tiie supply 01 cauliflowers has been exceptionally heavy lately, and iu eonsequence low prices lta\e been ruling interior lines being diliicult to quit There is a lair demand for choice savoy cabbage. Owing to the shortage ol ripe marrows, Jngii prices are ruling for lines oliering. Jronbark pumpkins arc enquired for, aur keen competition prevails. Lettuce aro enquired lor at higher rates. Suedes aro dull of sale All root vegetables meet lair demand at last week's rates. Spring onions, leeks and celery meet ready sale.

Eruit.-—There is a good demand for choice cooking mid dessert appies, bat inferior Jmes meet poor sale. Choice lilies of dessert pears are bought up at satisfactory rates, but cooking vanesies are sioiv of sale. There are a few tomatoes coining from the Hutt, and choice lilies are eagerly nought, nip. I'otatoes.~-£o I.os to £ii 10s Cabbage.-■ Choice .Savoy, 3s to la; others, 2s to Lid per sacii. Cauliflower. —Choice, 5s to Us; others (id to 3s Od sack. Carrots. Best -Ja to 6s; others Us per sack. Celery.—ls to is 3d per dozen. -Marrows.—Bs to 10s per sack. Onions.—£s 10s per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 4s Oil to 5s 6d per sack ■Swedes —2s lid per cwt. Turnips.—White, 3s to is per sack. Leeks.—lid to Ud per bundle. Lettuce.—Choice, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; others 2s to 2s Gd per case. Spinach. - -2s Gd to 3s (id per ca6e. Spring Onions.—Sid per bundle. Parsley.—ls per dozen bundles. Pumpkins.—Jronbark, 8s to IDs; othBeetroot.— 3s to 4s per sack. ers 3s to 4s per sack. ERUIT. Pears.—Dessert, Choice, 4s 6d to 5s (id per 4-case. Pears. —Cooking, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per case. Applet. - Cooking, Choice, 4s Gd to ss; others 3s Gd. Apples.—Dessert, Choice Go to 7s Gd ; others 4s to 5s per case. Tomatoes.-—Hound, Gs to 7s; others 4a to 5s per ca6e. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 2s Gd to 3s; heavy lieus Is to 4s Gd; cockerels, ss; good heavy ducks, 7s; Indian runuers 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, le per lb; hens 9d to lOd per lb GENERAL. Honey. —in GO's, 5d per lb. lioncy Sections. Gfe Gd per dozen. Cheese.—-Eactory mediums. 9d per lb Eggs.—Eresh, 2s per dozen; preserBeeswax.— Is Gd per lb. fe'ungus.—■6sd per lb. Walnuts.—7d to 7jd per lb. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.--8s per bus. Maize.— Gs Gd per bushel. Oats.—A Grade, 5s &I; Duns, 5» 3d per bushel. Oats.—Crushcl, ~>a id per inisfiel. Feed Barley Gs Gd per bushel. Ij'eed I'ea.s. Gs Gd per bushel. Seod Cape Barley.—Gs Gd per bus. Seed Oats. .Storm King 5s Gd; Gartons, Duns, 5s Gd ; Algerians, Gs Gd per bushel. Pollard.—£lo 5s per ton. Isran.—£9 10s per ton. Kico Pollard.—£9 per ton. Sucrosino. —New available. £U per ton Linsed Oil Cake.—Meal, genuine, lGs Gd per cwt. Chair.—Oateu Sheaf, I'O os per ton. Straw Chaff. — When ton straw, £5. Molasses. 28s per scwt casks free Quicklime. In 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal. — 17b per 100; per 50, and 5s per 251b uag. Straw. £4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths Ryegrass (Ten ilavp's) - 9d per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.'—£lß per ton. Basic Slag.--C'.') 106. jJelivery JulyAugust. Sulphate Potash. —£30 per ton. Superphosphate. - Limited quantity. C 5 10s per ton. Walt Waste for Agricultural purposes 10s per tori. Gear Company Blood ManureNo. 2 £0. Gear Company Bonedust.—£6 ss. W. M. E. Coy. Manures not available til 1 July.