Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 July 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

TfUs INEW ZEALAND FARMERS: ©IMPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING - / / COMPANY, LTD. | weeklFlieport. i | f Wellington June 24. ■Jjislce last report potatoes have advtneid. Probably the market will cjjnKi back shortly, owing to exportacioni being prohibited by the Govern-.. moult. Onions are slow of sale. Ther» s it slightly easier tone in the oat u.trket. "Wheat is unchanged. The i'ec/ont shipment ot Java Maize has Lajud the market, wliich was preriou*Jly (bare. Bran and pollard are in short su/pply. All meals 'are in good remand iiit>o linseed oil cake. Large sales have J bien made during the past few days 1 op English rape, farmers idealising the i/iiportance of not risking the cheaper I ieed sent from France and Japan. I paled straw is in short supply. Oaten I straw chaff is now available, and »i Lbrokers are endeavouring to obtain sup- ■ plies for Australia, a ready sale is an■(ticipated. Clients are advised to book Twithout delay. Pork pigs are in bet- | ter demand. Both fresh and preserv ®ed eggs are dull of sale; this no doubt is owing to recent arrival oKAmerican egg*. White clover honey is enquired -tor Poultry is in 'better demand than lor some time past. Mount Lyall superphosphate is now available, a shipment being due in a tew days. Indications are that basic slag will be in medium supply from July onwards. Vegetables.—The demand for cabbages is slow, and are being sold at unpayable rates. There is a better demand for choice but inferior lines meet slow sale. The derrTZtffc! is unsatisfied for " ripe marrow* ironbark pumpkins, and larger consignments could be handled. Lettuces ar<\ selling at higher rates. .Swedes are duikol' sale. All root vegetables are last week's rates. Spring onions, leeksf, and celery are meeting fair demand. Fruit.—The demand still remains good for choice 'cooking and dessert apples, but there is very slow sale for inferior lines. The market could handle a larger quality of (both cooking and dessert pears of first-chm' quality. Potatoes. —iNorth Island lines, £7 10s Southern £8 to £8 10s per ton, Cabbage.—Choice savoy, 2s to 2s (id; others, Is 6d to 2s (id per flack. Cauliflower.—Choice, tis to 11»others, 3s to 4s sack. Carrots. Best, 3s t0.4»; others, 2» 6d per sack. Celery.—ls (3d to 2s 6d per dozen. Marrows.—6s to 7s 6d per eack. Onions.—£s 10s per ton. Parsnips—Choice, 3s (id to 4* Cd per sack. Swedes—2s 6d per cwt. Turnip*.—White, 2s to 2s >6d per sack. Leeks.—6d to Sd per bundle. > —3«.t0 3s (id per casa. ers, as to tie per sack. ... FRUIT. ~ * Pears.— Dessert, extra choice, 6s to 7»; otliei'6, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per i-case. Pears.—Cooking, 4s to 5s per case. Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 5s to '5s (3d others, 3s 6d to 4s. Apples,—-Dessert, Choice (3s to 7s (3d; others 4s to' 5s per case. Parsley.—ls per dozen bundles. Pumpkins.—lronbark, 8s to 10s; othBeetroot—3s to 4s per sack. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s to ss; Cockrels 4s to ss; heavy \Cockrels 5s fid to 6s; Good heavy Ducks 7s to 7s (3d jlndian Runners 5s (3d to 6's per pair; Turkey Gobblers, la per lb; Hens 9s to lOd pe>' lb live weight. GENERAL. Dresser Pork—7o's to 90' a, 5Jd; 90'» to 100's sid; Baconers sd; Slips ojd to 6d; Suckers, (ijd; Choppers (heavy) 3Jd to 3j|d per lb. Our / weekly Pork Sales held each Thursday during Winter. Honey.—ln 60's, 5d per lb. Honey Sections—6s 6d per dozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums. 9d per lb Fungus.—6§d per lb. Walnuts.—7d to 7jjd per lb. GRAIN, PRODUCE, ETC. Wheat.—Bs per bus. Maize.— 6s 6d<per bushel. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 7d per dozen. Eggs.—.Preserved, Is 4d to la sd. per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 5d per lb. Pea Nuts.—2ls per 1001b isack. Pure Barley Meal.—£lo per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£l2 per ton. Oats.—Prime Gartons, os 3d; Duns, os 3d per bushel. Feed Barley—6s 6d per bushel. Feed Peas.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.—6s 6d per bus. Bran.—£9 10s per ton. Rice Pollard.— £9 per ton. Oats. : —Crushed, 5s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm Xing, Gartons, Dun«, 5s 9d; Algerians, 6s Cd to 6s 9d per bushel. Pollard—£lo 15s to £11 per ton. Suorosine.—New available. £9 per ton. Linsed Oil Cake.—Meal, genuine, i6s 6d per owt. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £10 10s per ton. Straw Chaff.—Wheaten Straw, £5 Ss Oaten.—£s 15s to £6.- Special quotations for large lots. : Molasses.—2Bs per scwt casks free Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s per. tin." Meat arid Bone Meal.—l7a per 100; per and- 5s per 251b bag. "'Stra#i— £5 per ton ex store ; £4 15s per tp"n delivered country stations in truck lots. 'jßlue Bell" Arsenate of Lead at list rates. /