Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

lm NEW ZEALAND EARiIEItS' UO-UPEItATIVE DlSTlllli UTiNG COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPOItT. Wellington, Septembor 3D. The market is poorly suplied uitli table p-otiitoos, and the demand is good Seed lots ;iro plentiful and dull ot sale. Good quality seeds are still available. There is very little movement in the grain market. Wheat and oats Are somewhat weaker, liran and pollard having reached normal values again, Bales 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 ill sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rape seeds is decidedly good, and we aro selling large quantities. vVe would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs aro steady. Cheese :s still maintaining high values, and the prospects aro excellent from a seller's point of view. Honey is wanted. Vegetables.—Fairly large supplies of spring cabbage are arriving from Hutt and country districts, and fair prices are ruling for well-packed lines. Choice cauliflowers, which are in short supply, are ruling at high rates. Choice .lettuce meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but inferior lines aro slow of sale. Swedes are ruling at last 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 iceks 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. £G to £7; Southern £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected southern grown Up-to-dates, Northern Stiir, Gamekeepers, £G per ton. 10s less for ten lots. Cauliflower.—Choice, 10s to 13s; medium, 6s to 88 sack. Carrots.'—Best, 7s 6d to 10s; otlions, 4s to 5s per sack. Celery.—ss to 7s 6d per dosen. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 3s to 4s per tack. Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s to 6s; other,;. 2s to 2s 6d per case. Spinach.—4fi to 5s por case Peas.—Nelson 2s Gd peck Beetroot. —5s to 6s per sack. Hhubarb.—6s to 8s por dozen Spring Onions.—ls bunoh. EKim. Pears.— Dessert ,extra choice, c's to I J.->; jUedium, us lid to Us txi per i-'.iiio Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 7s Gd to ris Gd; medium, on to Gs; others 4s. Aples.— Dessert, Choice 12s to 14s; others, 7s Gd to JLite per - case. POULTRY. Light Table liens, 3s Gd to Is Gd; heavy henti, os (Jd to Gs; eockrels, 4s to os; heavy cookrels, Os to 7s; heavy ducks, 7s Gd to Bt>; Indian lluiineis, Os Ud to Os per pair; turkey gobblers Ud to lUd per i>; hens 8d to 9d per lb live weight. WJSiN EiiAL, Dressed Pork.—7(J's to ( Jo's, G<d; iJO'cs to lOU's Gd; Baconers, oid; Choppers (heavy) 3id to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during Spring. Honey.—ln GO's, 5d per lb JbLoney.—Sections Gs Gd per doi.en. Eggs —Freuh, Is 3d per dozen. Euugus.—Gid to 7d per lb. • Walnuts.— to <u per lb. Wheat..—Splendid quality, Gs Gd per bushel. ALuae—Seed, Hickory King G.j Gd bushel, or Gs per 6ack lots. Pure Barley ileal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Aieal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Gar tons, 'Is 4d; Duns, o> pea* bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s Gd per bushel, i'eed Barley.—ss Gd per bushel; 5s for 10-eaok lota. I' eed Peas.—Gs per bushel. Seed Cape barley.—Gs Gd per bu-hel. Seed Oats—'Storm King, Duns, Gd Algerians, 7s to 7b (id; Gartens, st> por bushel. Pollard.—£7 & per ton; 5b ton iess tor ton lots. Bran.—£6 5s per ton; 5s ton less for ton lots. llice Flour.— £8 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Meal and iNuts, Genuine, 14s cwt. Ton lots £13 os. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, ton. Straw Chaff.—Oaten, £4; Wheat en, £3 10a. Sucrosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b tins 3s per LinMeat and Bone Meal.—l7a por 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 Sulphuir at list ratee. Vapouxite.—(S trawson's) —Kills all .soil inseots, 25s per cwt; los per J-cwt Sutton's Seeds.—tAs per their list. Sutton's B.L.E. Rape.—ls per lb n 281b sealed bags. Gartons Superlative swede. -2s Gd

per lb. "Jersey Queen" Mangel.—~s por lb. Sulphate Ammonia.—.Clß per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3s por ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2. —*#• Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, uow available. No la and No 3a £5 17s Gd.