Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

THis; NEW ZEALAND FARM KRS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. As anticipated in last week's report, the value of potatoes has advanced, and seem likely to rise further. Seed potatoes are being freely enuired for x and good lines are offering, and we advise early booking. The market for onions continues dull, although good quality lines are freely offering. Oats have further advanced, the increased price being about lOd per busliel within the last ten days. Wheat is stationary. Maize is in short supply, but a shipment from overseas is expected shortly. Meals are becomming increasingly difficult to procure. Chaff is lirmer. Sup- , plies of straw are short. Linseed oil cake is in good demand. Eggs are unchanged. Muchlarger supplies of bulk | iioney could be taken by this market. Porkers have been coming steadily into the market, and no difficulty has been experienced in disposing of the quantity that has arrived lately, aij though 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 of cauliflowers has been exceptionally heavy lately, and in consequence low prices have been ruling inferior lines being difficult to quit There is a fair demand for choice savoy cabbage. Owing to the shortage of ripe marrows, high prices are ruling for lines offering. lronbark pumpkins "are enquired for, anr keen competition prevails. Lettuce are enquired for at higher rates. Swedes are dull of sale Ail root vegetables meet fair demand at last week's rates. Spring onions, leeks and celery meet ready sale. Fruit.—There is a good demand for choice cooking and dessert apples, but inferior lines meet poor sale. Choice lines of dessert pears are nought up at satisfactory rates, but cooking variesies are 6low of sale. There are a few tomatoes coming from the Hutt, and choice lines are eagerly bought up. Potatoes.—£s 10s to £6 10a Cabbage.—Choice Savoy, 3s to 4s; others, 5Js to 2s lid per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, os to 6s; others Z-i (id to 3s 6d sack. Carrots. Best 4s to 6s ; others 3s per sack. Celery.—ls to Is 3d per dozen. Marrows.—Bs to 10s per sack. Onions. —£5 10s "per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per sack Swedes—2s 6d per cwt. Turnips.—White, 3s to 4s per sack. Leeks.—Gd to 9d per bundle. Lettuce.—Choice, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; others 2s to 2s 6d per case. Spinach.—2s 6d to 3s 6d per case. Spring Onions.—9d per bundle. Parsley.^—ls P er dozen bundles. Pumpkins.—lronbark, 8e to 10s; ofchBeetrootl— 3s to 4s per sack. ers 3s to 4s per sack. FRUIT. Pears.—Dessert, Choice, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per i-case. Pears—Cooking, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per case.: ? y. A ppl(k—Cooking, Choice, 4s 6d to ss; others 3s 6d. Apples.—Dessert, Choice (is to 7s 6d; others 4s to os per case. Tomatoes.—Round, 6s to 7s; others 4s to 5s per case. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 2s 6d to 3s; heavy hens 4s to 4s 6d; cockerels, ss; good heavy ducks, 7s; Indian runners 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, Is per lb; hens 9d to lOd per lb GENERAL. Honey.—ln 60's, 5d per lb. fcLoney Sections.—6s 6d per dozen. Cheese. —factory mediums. 9d per lb Eggs.-—Fresh, 2s per dozen; preeerBeeswax. —Is 6d per lb. Fungus.—6Jd per lb. Walnuits.—7d to 7sd per lb. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. i ! Wheat. —8s per bus. Maize.— 6s 6d per bushel. Oats.—A Grade, 5s 33; Duns, 5b 3d per bushel. Oats.—Crushel, 5s 4d per bus&el. Feed Barley—6s 6d "per bushel. Feed Peas.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—6s 6d per bus. Seed Oats.—Storm King 5s 6d; Gartons, Duns, 5s 6d; Algerians, 6s 6d per bushel. Pollard.—£lo 5s per ton. Bran.—£9 10s per ton. Rice Pollard.—£9 per ton. Suorosine.—New available. £9 per ton. Linsed Oil Oake.—Meal, genuine, 16s 6d per cwt. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £9 os per ton. Straw Chaff.—Wheaten straw, £5. Molasses.—2Bs per scwt casks free Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal—l7s per 100; per 50, and 5s per 251b Dag. • Straw.—£4 per ton ex store. Western Wolths Ryegrass (Ten .Have's) —9d per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.—£lß per ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. delivery JulyAugust. Sulphate Potash. —£30 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. W. M. E. Coy. Manures not available till July. «a—