Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

l'Hli NEW ZEALAND EARMEItS 00-OPEIIATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, September 30. The market is poorly euplied with tabic potatoes, and tho demand is good Seed lots are plentiful and dull of sale. Good quality seeds are still available, liieiv is very little movement ill the gram markot. TVlieat and oats «vro somewhat weaker. liran aud pollard having reached normal values again, sales have been brisk. There is a large demaud for linseed oil cake, which is being freely used lor calf feeding, with good results. Sucrosiue is lower in sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rape seeds is decidedly good, and Ave are selling large quantities. vVo ■would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs are steady. Cheese is htill maintaining high values, and the prospects are excellent from a seller's point of view. Honey is wanted. Vegetables.—Fairly large supplies of spring cabbage aro arriving from HuLt and country districts, and fair prices arc ruling for well-packed lines. "Choice cauliflowers, which aro in short supply, are ruling at high rates. Choice !cttiice meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but inferior lines arc slow of sale. Swedes aro ruling at last week's rates. Parsnips remain dull of sale. Choice table carrots are selling at high rates, and tliere is good demand for white t.nrnips. Celery, spring onions and leckti are selling freely. There is good, demand for rhubarb, Avhich is arriving in largo quantities. A few Nelson green peas have been sold during the week at undermentioned prices. Potatoes.—North Island lines. £<i to ,17; Southern £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected southern grown Up-to-dates, Northern Star. Gamekeepers, I'G per ton. 10s less for ton lots. Cauliflower.— Choice, 10s to 13s; medium, 6s to 8s sack. Carrots.'—Best, 7s 6d to 10s; others, 4s to 5s per sack. Celery.—ss to 7a 6d per dosen. Onions. —Local, £10 per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 3s to Is per sack. Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s to 6s; others, 2s to 2.s 6d per case.

Spinach.- ds to 5s per caso Peas.—Nelson 2s Cd peck Beetroot.—ss to 6s per sack. Rhubarb.—6s to 8s per doaen Spring Onions.—ls bunch. FRUIT. Pears. —Dessert ,extra choice, "s to D.->; Medium, us Ud to tis od per i-easc Applet.—Cooking, Choice, 7s (id to rfs Cid; medium, os to Us; othars 4s. Aples.--Dessert, Choice 12s to 14s; others, 7s (id to 10s per case. POULTRY. Liyhi Table Hena, ;is Od to -is Ud; heavy hens, 5s lid to (is; cockreis, -Is to ss; heavy cockreis, os to 7s \ good heavy ducks, 7s 0U to &>; Indian Runners, us Ud to Us per pair; turkey gobblers Ud to lOd per b; holla fcki Lo yd per lb live weight. GENERAL. Diessed l'ork.—/o's to 00's, U^d; Ul)\-> to IUU s Ud; liacuneis, s|d; Choppers (heavy; 3jd to id per lb. Our weekly pork sales hold each Thursday during Spring. Honey.—ln (iO's, od pel' Hj Honey.—Sections Us Ud per dozen. Eggs —Fresh, is 3d per dozen. Fungus.—G£d to 7d per lb. W alnuts.—Uid to t u per lb. Wheat'.—Splendid quality, Us Ud per

bushel. ilaizo.—Seed, Hickory E.ing Os Od bushel, or 0s per back iota. Pure .Barley Aleal.—£l per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Cartons, 4t> 4d; Huns, 5s per bushel. Quia.—Crushed, 4s (3d per bushol Eeed Barley.—ss Od per bushel; 5s for 10-sack lota. l'eed Peas.—os per bushol. Seed Capo barley.—os Od per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm King, Huns, 5s Od Algerians, 7s to 7s 6d; Gartons, 5a por bushel. Pollard—£7 5s per ton; 5s ton less for ton lots. liran.— £6 5s per ton; 5s ton less for ton lots. Rico Flour.—£B per ton. Linsaed Oil Cake. —Meal and Nuts, Uenuine, 14s cwt. Ton Jote £13 iOs. Chaff.—-Oaten Sheaf, ton. yti'aw Cliaff.—Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 103. Sucrosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b tins per tin. Meat 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 Sulphuj at list ratee. Vapourite.—(Strawson's)— Kills all soil insects, 25s per cwt; 15s per J-cwt Sutton's Seeds.—As per then- list. Sutton's 8.L.8. Rape.—ls per lb n 281b sealed bags. Gartons Superlative swede.—2s Od

per lb. "Jersoy Queen" Mangel.—-s per :b. Sulphate Ammonia.- -JJltt per ton. Sulphate Potash.- £35 per ton. Basic Slag.—£a 10s. Delivery JulyAll gust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, t\'o. 2.—£9. Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s 6d.