Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 October 1915, Page 4

Commercial.

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I Wellington, September 30. The market is poorly suplied with table potatoes, and tlio demand is good Seed lots are plentiful and dull ol : sale. ' Good quality seeds are still available. - There is very little movement in tlio grain .market. * "Wheat and oats arc somewhat 'weaker. Bran and pollard ■having 'reached normal values again, sales have been 'brisk. There is a large demand for linseed oil cake, which is being freely used lor call' feeding, with good results. Sucrosine is lower in sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rape seeds is decidedly good, and •wo are soiling large quantities. We j would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs are steady. Cheese is . still maintninjug high values, and the prospects are excellent from a seller's point of view. Honey is wanted. 1 Vegetables.—Fairly large supplies of | spring cabbage are arriving from Hutt r and country districts, and fair prices ' ' are ruling for well-packed linos. "Choice cauliflowers, which are in short supply, are ruling at high rates. Choice lettuce meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but inferior lines are slow of sale. Swedes are ruling at la.st week's rates. Parsnips remain dull of sale. Choice table carrots are selling at high rates, and "there is good demand for white ; turnips. Celery," spring onions and • leeks are selling freely. There is good demand for rhubarb, which is "arriving in large quantities. A "few Nelson green peas have been sold during the week at undermentioned prices. Potatoes.—North Island lines. £6 to £7; Southorn £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected southern grown Up-to-dates, Northern Star. Gamekeepers. CG per ton. 10s \ less for ton lots, ' Cauliflower.—Choice, IDs to 13s; medium, Gs to 8s sack. Carrots.—Best. 7s (3d to 10s; others, Is to 5s per sack. Celery.—ss to 7s 6d per dozen. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. "Parsnips.—Choice. 3s to 4s per back. Swedes.- 3s to Is per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 5$ to (3s; others, 2s to ?s Gd per case. Spinach.—'ls to os per case Peas.—Nelson 2s 6d pockBeetroot.—ss to 6s per sack. "Rhubarb.-Gs to Ss per dozen Spring Onions.—ls bunch. "FRUIT. Pears.—Dessert ,extra choice, to { J.s; Medium, 5s Gd to Gs Gd per i-caso Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 7s Gd to 8s , Gil; medium, -3s to Gs; others -Is. A pies. -Dessert, Choice 12s to Ids; others, 7s Gd to 10s per case. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 3s Gd to -is Gd; heavy hens, 5s Gd to Gs; cockrels, -Is to os; heavy cockrels, us to 7s; good heavy ducks, 7s Gd to 8s; Indian Runners, 5s Gd to Gs per pair; turkey gobblers \)d to lOd per u; hens 8d to lid per 10 live weight. ObMub'AL. Dressed Porlc—VO's to UO'ii, bid; yu\s to 100's Gd; liacuiieiSj Choppers (heavy) 3jd to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during Spring. Honey.—ln (30's, ud pea- id LLouey.—Sections lis Gd pur dozen. Eggs - Fresh, is 3d per dozen.. i uugtisj. — Gjd to 7d per lb. . Walnuts.—Gi-d to iu per lb. Wlieai'.- ■-Splendid quality, Gs Gd per bushel. Maize.--Seed, Hickory King Gs Gd otiehel, or Gs per suck lots. Pure Barky Meal. - £7 per ton. Pure Pea ileal.-—JUIO 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Cartons, -Is 4d; Duns, 5s per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s Gd per bushel J Peed Barley.—ss Gd per bushel; -os lor 10-sack lots. Peed Peas.—Gs per bushel. Seed Cape barley.- Gs Gd per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm King, Duno, i) 6 Gd Algerians, 7s to 7s Gd; Cartons, os per buskeL Pollard.—£7 5s per ton; 5s ton iess for ton iota. Bran.—£6 5s per ton; 5s ton less for ton lota. Rice Flour.— £8 per ton. Linssed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts, . Uonuine, 14s cwt. Ton lots £13 iOs. Chaif. - Oaten Sheaf, I'tTpor ton. Straw Chaff.— Oaten, £4; "Wheaten, £3 10s. I Sucrosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b tins i'a per tinMeat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; 9s per 50 and 5s per 251b bag. Straw.—£s per ton ex store. Blue Bell Arsenate of. -Lead at list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur at list rates. Vapourite.~(Strawson's)—Kills all soil insects, 25s per cwt; 16s per J-cwt Sutton's Seeds.—As per their' list. Sutton's B.L.Fj. Rape—ls per lb a 281b sealed bags. Cartons Superlative swede.—2s Gd per lb. "Jersey Queen" Mangel.—2s per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.—£lß per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3s per ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—£SGear Co. Bonedust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s Gd.