Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

rah- NEW ZEALAND FARJIErIS CO-i>l J ERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEkiA REi'OilT. Wellingtou, September 3D. TJie luarJiet m poorly euplied with table potatoes, uud tlie deuiuud is good iSueii loia are pJuutilui and dull oi suit 1 . (Juod quality aeodis uro still avaikble. iiioio ij> very iiitio niovcuieut iu tlie grain market. "\Vheut aud oats lU'e souiovvhat •weaker, and pollard having reached norjuai values agaLu, sales have been brisk. There is a large demand for linseed oil cake, which ia being freely used lor call' feeding, with good results. Sucrosine is lower in sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rapo seeds is deoiUcdly good, aud wo are soiling large quantitiee. A'o would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs are steady. Oheeso :s still maintaining high values, and the prospects are excellent from a seller's point of view. Honey is wanted. Vegetables.— Fairly large supplies ol spring cabbage are arriving from Hutt and country districts, and fair prices are ruling for well-packed lines. Ohoico cauliflowers, which are in short supply, are ruling at high rates. Choice lett- ■ ace meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but interior lines are slow ot sale. Swedes are ruling at last week's rates. Parsnips remain dull ox sale. Choice table carrots are selling at high rates, and there is good demand for white turnips. Celery, spring onions and leeks are selling Ireely. 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. £0 to t)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 13e; medium, 6s to 8s sack. Carrots.—Best, 7s 6d to 10s; others, 4s to 5s per sack. Celery.—ss to 7e 6d per dosen. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. Parsnips.—Choice, 3a to 4s per back. Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s to 6s; others, 2s to 2s 6d per case. Spinach—4e to 5s per case Peas.—Nelson 2s 6d peck Beetroot.—os to (5a per eaok. lthubarb—6s to 8s per dozen Spring Onions.—ls bunoh. Jj'JLtUU". Pears.—Dessert ,extra choice, 'da to y.s; Medium, 5s Ud to Us bd per i-caso Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 7e 6d to 8s 6d; medium, 5s to tis j others 4e. Aples.— Dessert, Choice 12s to 14b; others, 7b (id to lite per case. POULTItY. Ligut Table ilena, 3s (id to -Is (id j heavy hens, 5s 6d to (x>; cockrela, 4s to os; heavy cockrels, Os to 7s; good hoavy ducks, 7s Gd to 8e; Indian lluuuers, 5s b'd to bs per pair; turkey gobblers t/d to 10d per -oj hens bd to yd per ib livo weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.—7o'e to UU's, O'id; UO's to 100's fckl; Baconera, sid; Choppers (heavy) 32d to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales hold each Thursday during Spring. Honey.—ln 60' a, 5d pea- lb. Honey.—Sections lis (id per dozen. Eggs —.Fresh, ia 3d per dozen. l'ungU6.—6id to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—o'id to <u per lb. Wheat..—Splendid quality, tie 6d per bushel. ALaize Seed, Hickory King 6s bd bushel, or &> per eack lots. Pure Barley Meal.— £7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oate.—Prime Gartons, 4s 4d; Duns, 5« per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s tkl par bushel, Feed Barley.—os b'd per bushel; 5s for 10-eack lots. i'eed Peas.—bs per bushel. Seed Cape barley.—6s 6d per bushel. deed Oats.—'Storm King, Duna, 5s 6d Algerians, 7b to Iβ Qd-, Gartons, 5s per bushel. Pollard £7 5e per. ton; 5e ton ies9 for ton lote. Bran.—£6 5s per ton; 6s ton lees for ton lote. llice Jflour.—£B per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts, Genuine, 14& cwt. Ton lots £13 iOtj. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £l?>»r ton. Straw Oliaff.— Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 10a. Suorosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime —In 281b tins f*e per tin. Meat end Bone Meal.—l7e per 100; > 9s per 50 and 5e per 251b bag. etraw.—£s per ton ex store. Blue Bell Arsenate of Lead at list rat«e. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur at list ratea. Vapourite.—(Straweon's)—Kilb all wil inseota, 25s per owtj 15e per i-«wt Button's Seeds.—As per their list. Button's 8.L.8. Rape—la per lb n 281b sealed bags. Gortons Superlative swede.—2s tid

per lb. "Jersey Queen" Mangel.—2s per lb. Sulphate Ammonia.---£lB per tonSulphate Potash.—£3s per ton. Basic Slag.-£5 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, iN'o. 2.— £s■ Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 sa. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, uow available. No la and No «a £5 17s 6d.