Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1915, Page 3

Commercial.

N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY PRODUCE REPORT. JVVellihjgton June 24. Since last report potatoes have advanced. Probably the market will come back shortly, owing to exportation being prohibited by the Government. Onions are slow of eale. There is a slightly easier tone in the oat market. Wheat is unchanged. The recent shipment ot Java Maize haa sased the market, which was 'previously bare. Bran and pollard are in short supply. All meals lare in good remand ilso linseed oil cake. Large sales have Been made during the past fetw days >f English rape, farmers realising the .mportance of not risking ithe cheaper ;eed sent from France and Japan. Baled straw is in short supply. Oaten itraw chaff is now available, and as jrokers are endeavouring to obtain supplies for Australia, a ready sale is anticipated. Clients are advised to book vith'out delay. Pork pigs are in bet;er demand. Both fresh and preeerv id eggs are dull of sale; this no doubt s owing to 'recent arrival of American iggs. White clover honey is enquired or Poultry is in better demand than or some time past. Mount Lyall uperphosphate is now available, a shipnent being due in a tew days. lnlications are that basic elag will be in nedium supply from July onwards. Vegetables.—The demand for oablages is slow, and are being sold at un>ayable rates. There is a better denand for choice cauliflowers, but inerior lines meet slow eale. The deis unsatisfied for "rip© marrows tnd ironbark 'pumpkins, and larger onsignmente could be handled. Lettuces ire selling at higher rates'. Swedes ire dull of sale. All root vegetables ire selling at last week's rates. Spring rnions, leeks, and celery are meeting air demand. Fruit.—The demand still 'remains Sood for choice cooking, and dessert ipples, but there is very slow Bale for nixu'ior lines. The market" could handle i larger quality of (both cooking and [essert peare of first-class quality. Potatoes—iXorth Island lines, £7 10s Southern £8 to £8 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice savoy, 2s to 2fe 6d; ithere, Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 8s to lis; othrs, '3s to 4s sack. Carrots. Best, 3s to 4is; others, 2s (1 per sack. Celery.—is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen. Marrows.—6b to 7s 6d per sack. Onions.—£s 10s per ton. Parsnips—Choice, 3s (3d to 4s (3d ier sack. Swedes—2s 6d per cwt. Turnips.—White, 2s to 2s 6d per ack. Leeks.—6d to 9d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 3s 6d per case, rs, 5s to 6s per sack. FRUIT. Pears.—Dessert, extra choice, 6s to s; others, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per J-case. 'ears.—Cooking, 4s to 5s per case. Apples.—Cooking, Choice, '5s to 5s 6d! there, 3s 6d to 4s. Apples.—Dessert, Choice 66 to 7s 6d; ithers 4s to 5s per case. Parsley.—is per dozen bundles. Pumpkins —Ironbark, 8s to 10s; othBeetroot.—3s to 4s per Back. POULTRY. jight Taible Hens, 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s to os; Coekrels 4s to ss; heavy Coekrels os 6d to 6s; Good heavyDucks 7s to 7s 6d ;lndian Runners 5s 6d to 6e per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is per lb; Hens 9s to lOd pe'". lb live weight. GENERAL. " Jresser Pork.—7o's to 90'b, 5Jd; 90's: to 100's ojd; Baconers sd; Slips sid to ,6d; Suckers, 6id; Choppers (heavy) 3sd to 3Jd per lb. Our weekly Pork Sales held each Thursday during Winter. Honey.—ln 60's, 5d per Jib. Honey Sections.—6s 6d per* dozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums, ©d per lb Fungus.—6Jd per lb. Walnuts.—7d to 7Jd per lb. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—Bs per bus. Maize.— 6s 6d per bushel. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 7d per dozers Eggs—Preserved, Is 4d to If Sd, ier dozen. Beeswax—ls od per lb. Pea Nuts—2ls per 1001b sack.. Pure Barley Meal.—£lo iper ton 1 .. Pure Pea Meal—£l2 per too. Oats.—Prime Gai - ton6, 5s 3d;- Duus : r s 3d per' bushel. Feed Barley—6s 6d per bushel. Feed Peas.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—6s 6d per bus. Bran.—£9 108 per ton. Rice Pollard—£9 per ton. Oats.—Crushed, 5s 6d per bushel. Seed l Oats.—Storm King, )uns, 5s 9d; Algerians, 6s '6d fo 6si 9Vl' ier bushel. • Pollard.—£lo 15s to £11 per ton.Suorosine.—New available. £9 per; on. Linsed Oil Cake.—Meal, genuine, i6si d per owt. Chaff—Oatep Sheaf. £10 10s per ton.. Strmv *=* "*- -

■straw on an:.—Wheaten Straw, £5 ss> Oaten.—£s 15e to £6. Special j quotations for large lots. i Molasses.—2Bs per scwt casks free ! Quicklime.—lll 281b air-tight tins,. ! 3s per tin. j Meat and Bone Meal—l7i per 100; "to l j per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. j Straw.—£s per ton ex store; £4 15s ; ' per ton delivered country stations in. j truck lots. . "Blue Bell" Arsenate of Lead at list rates. i "Blue Bell" Lima Sulphur at list ' rates. Vapourite (Strawson's) —Kills all soil insects, 25s per owt; 15s per £-cwt. Sutton's Swede and Turnip Seeds as per their list. ( j Superphosphate Mount Lyall, £5 10s per ton. Sulphate Ammonia.'—£lß per ton. Sulphate Potash.-—£3o per ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. .delivery JulyAugust. Salt Waste for Agricultural purposes 40s per ton. Gear Company Blood Manure.— j Mo. 2 £6. Gear Company BoneSust.—£B ss. W. M. E. Coy* Manures n«t>t available ; till Jnly.