Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

rtLh- NEW ZEALAND FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPOItT. Wellington, September 30. Tho lUiU'koL is poorly 6uplied with tabio potatoes, and tho demand is good deed loki are plentiful and dull ol sale. Good quality seeds are still available. There is very little movement in the grain market. "Wheat and oats .we somewhat weaker, ilran 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 ior calf feeding, with good results. Suerosine is lower in sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rape seeds is decidedly good, and we arc selling large quantities. vVo would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs ,are steady. Olieese :s still 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 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 liigh rates. Choice lett- • uce meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but interior lines are slow of sale. Swedes are ruling at last week's rates. Parsnips remain dull oi 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; Southern £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected southern grown Up-to-dates, Northern Star, Gamekeepers, £6 per ton. 10s less for ton lots. Cauliflower.—Choice, 10s to 13s j medium, 6s to t>3 sack. Carrots.'—Best, 7s 6d to 10s; others, 4s to 5s per sack. Celery.—ss to 7a 6d per doaen. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 3s to 4s per back. Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s to 6s; others, 2a to 2s 6d per case. Spinach—4s to 5a per oaso Peas.—Nelson 2s 6d peck.. Beetroot.—ss to 6s per saok. Rhubarb.—6s to 8s per dozen Spring Onions.—ls bunch. I'll 0 IT. Peara.—Dessert ,extra choice, c-'s to U.s; Medium, 5s Ud to 0s Od por i-saso Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 7s Gd to 8s (id; medium, os to (is; others 4s. Aples.—Dessert, Choice 12s to 14s; others, 7s (3d to 10s per case. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 3s Gd to 4s Gd; heavy hens, us Gd to Ga; cockrels, 4s to ss; heavy cookrels, Os to 7s j good heavy ducks, 7s Gd to 8s; Indian Runners, 5s 6d to lis per pair; turkey gobblers Dd to lOd per b; hens 8d to Dd per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.-—V'O's to iJO's, Gid; yO'is to 100's Gd; Baconers, sid; Choppers (heavy) to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday dur ing Spring. Honey.—ln 60' a, 5d pea' lb. Honey.—Sections Gs Gd per dozen. Eggs —J) 1 reflh, la 3d per doaen. fungus.—Gid to 7d pea- lb. Walnuts.—GJd to <u per lb. Wheat.—Splendid quality, Gs Gd per bushel. Maize.—Seed, Hickory King Gs Gd bushel, or Gs per 6ack lota. Pure Barley Meal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Gartons, 4u 4d; Duns, 5i pea- bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4a Gd per bushel, Feed Barley.~sa Gd per bushel; 5s for 10-eack lots. l'eed Peas.—6s per bushel. Seed Cape barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm King, Duns, 5s Gd Algerians, 7a to 7s 6d; Gartens, 5a per bushel. Pollard.—£7 5s per ton; 6b ton less for ton lots. Bran.—£6 6s per ton; 6s ton lees for ton lote. ltice Elour.—£B per ton. Linssed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts, Genuine, 14s cwt. Ton lote £13 iOs. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £ ton. (Straw Chaff.—Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 109. Suerosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime —In 281b tins 3s 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 owt; 15s'per |-owt Sutton's Seeds. —As 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.—2s per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.---£lB per ton. Sulphate Potash. —£3s por ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—MGear Co. Bonedust.—£6 sa. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s Gd.