Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1915, Page 4

Commercial

. I ... » j N.Z. FAliMEllS' 00-OPEIiATi V E ! - iJIS'IRIB UTIN G COMPAN Y, LTD. i WEEKLY "PRODUCE REPORT. j The potato .market shows sings oi weakness consequent on t-lae Government prohibiting export. It is however, difficult to forecast values spread over the next few, months, as craps in the couth are turning out lighter than was expected. A good demand is setting in for seed potatoes, of which we have some excellent lines to oifer. Onions continue low in price, ibut a sharp advance may ibe looked lor within the course of the next few weeks, as the local supply has run out. There is very lit id e moving in either wliea-t, oa-te, or barley. We can oiler an excellent j Hue of Java maize at a price under the niiU'kejt. rate lately ruling i'oK x this j grain.' We continue to make ready sales of our shipment of English rape, ' due to arrive next month. Straw is in short supply, .while straw chaff, both oaten and wheaiten, is in fair demand. Oaten sheaf chaff is firm. The demand for pork pigs is good, and a fair supply j is still coining into the market. Both ifresh and preserved eggs are slow of sale. (Honey is in good demand. There : is a fairly heavy supply ol savoy cabbage, and low prices are being realised. The market is well supplied with cauli- •• flowers, and prices are easier since last i report. 11-ipe marrows and iron baric j, pumpkins are in short"supply, and lines Jj offering meet keen competition at satis- | factory rates. Lettuces are lower since last report. We could handle larger consignments of choice tabic carrots, parsnips, and white turnips. Swedes meet fair sale inly. Spring onions and leeks are selling freely. Choice celery is meeting ready sale at high rates. There is a fair supply of both choice cooking and dessert apples and the market is weaker since last report. Inferior lines meet very slow sale at low rates. A good demand exists for choice winter cole dessert pears, and the market could absorb ftirger consignment. Potatoes.— Niorth Island lines, £6 10s to £7; Southern £8 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice savoy 2s (id to 3s 6d; others Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack. •Cauliflower.— Choice, (is (id to 8s 6d; others, 3s to 4s sack. Carrots.—Best, (is (id to 7s (id; others •Is to 5s per sack. Celery.—3s 6d to Us 6d' per dozen. Marrows—ss to 6s pea 1 sack. Onions..—£s 10s per ton. Parsnips.—Ohoice, 4s to 4s Gd per sack. Swedes.—2s 6d per owt. Turnips.—White, 2s to 2s Gd per sack Locks,—6d per bundle. ers, 2e to 2s Gd per case. Spinach.—3s to 3s Gd per case. Spring Onions 9d per bundle. Pumpkins.—lronbark, 8a to 10s ; others os to 6s per sack. Beetroot.—3s to 4s per sack. FRUIT. Pears. —Cooking, 4s to os per ease. Apples.—Cooking, Cub ice, 4s (Jd to-5s (id; others, 3s to 3s 6d. - Peal's.— Dessert extra choice (is to 8s; others 3s (id to 4s Gd per 4-caso. Apples.—Dessert, Choice Gs to 7s Gd ; others 4t> to 5s per ease. POULTRY. Light table hens, 3s to 4s ,Heavy! hens 4s to ss; Cockerels 5s Gd to Gs; Good heavy ducks, 7s to 76 Gd; Indian: .runners 5s Gd to Gs per pair; Turkey Gobblers Is per lb; Hens 9d to lOd j»er lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.—7o's to UO'a sjd; W'i to 100's sid; Baconers od; Slips s£ci to Gd; Suckers, G^d; Choppers (lie&vy) 3Jd to 3iid per lb. Our weekly pt'Ji'k: sals held sacli Thursday .during winter. Honey.—ln GO's, 5d per i.b, Lloney.—Sections (is to 6s Gd peldozen. Cheese.—Factory mediums, yd per lb Eggs.—Fresh, Is Gd to Is 7d per doz. Eggs—Preserved, Is Id per doz, Beeswaz.—ls 5d per lb. Fungus.—Gid to 7d per lb. Walnuts 7d to 7£d per id. Pea Nuts.—2ls per 1001b sack. Wheat.—Bs per bushel. Maize—Gs .Gd per bushel. Pure Barley Meal.—£lo per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£l2 per ton. Oats.—Prime Cartons, 6s 3d; Duns 5s 3d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 5s Gd per bushel. Feed Barley—Gs 6d per bushel. Feed Peas.—Gs Gd per bushel Seed Cape barley.—Gs Gd per bushal. Seed Oats—Storm Ring, Gar tons, Duns, 5s 9d; Algerians, Gs 6d to Gs tyl per bushel. Pollard.—£lo 15s to £11 per ton. Bran—£9 10s per ton. Rice Flour.—£9 per ton. Sucrosine.—Now available £9 per , ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts,, j Genuine, 16s cwt. Ton lots, £15. This I is the best and cheapest stock food pro- , curable. £ X7haff. —Oaten Sheaf, £10 10 per ton \ Straw Chaff.—Wheaten straw. £5 10, per ton. Oaten.—£6 Special, quotations for large lots. Molasses.—2Bs per scwt casi. Quicklime. —In 281b tins Ps per tin. Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per .50 and 5s per 251b bag. Straw.—£s per ton ex store; £4 15s per ton delivered country stations n tri\ck lots. "Blue Bell" Arsentate of Lead at list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphuir at list rates. V apourite.—(Strawson's)—Kills all soil insects, 25s per cwt; 15s per £-cwt Sutton's Seeds.—As per their list. Sutton's B.'L.E. Rape.—ls per lb ;n 281b sealed bags. Sulphate Ammonia.—£lß per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3o per ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—Limited quantity £5 10s per ton. : S"alt Waste.—for Agricultural purposes, £2 vper : ton. ; Qoar, Co. blood manure, No. 2.—£3. Gear Co, Ponadust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Coy, jManures, . now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s Gd.