Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

l'Hli, NEW ZEALAND FAItiIERS CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING» COMPANY, LTD. . WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, {September 30. The market is poorly suplied with tabic potatoes, and the demand is good tSoed lots are plentiful and dull of sale. Good quality seeds are still availa,ble. There is very little movement in the grain market. Wheat and oats iire somewhat -weaker. Bran 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 calf feeding, with good results. Sucrosine is lower in sympathy with pollard. Demand for root and rape seeds is decidedly good, and we are selling lai'ge quantities. vVe would like a much larger supply of porkers, and confidently invite consignments. Eggs are steady. Cheese :s still maintaining high values, and the prospects are excellent from a seller's point of view. Honey is wanted. Vegetables.—Eairly large supplies ol spring cabbage are axnving from Hutt antl country districts, and fair prices are ruling tor well-packed lines. Choice cauliflowers, which aro in short supply, are ruling at Jtugh rates. Choice lettuce meet ready sale at satisfactory prices but interior lines are slow of sale. Swedes are ruling at last week's rates. Parsnips remain dull ot 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 groen peas have been sold during the week at undermentioned prices. Potatoes.—North Island lines. £(i to £7 j 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 8a 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, Us to 4s per back. Swedes.—3s to 4s per cwt. . Lettuce.—Choice, 5s to 6s; others, 2s to 2s 6d per case. Spinach.—4s to 5a per case Peas.—Nelson 2s 6d peck' Beetroot.—os to 6s per sack. Rhubarb—6s to 8s per dozen Spring Onions.—ls bunch.

Fill 1 11. Pears.—Dessert ,extra choice, r'ts to y.s: Medium, us lid to Us (id per i-easse Apples.—Cooking, Choice, 7s 6d to 8s 6d j medium, 5s to 6s j others 4s. Aples.— Dessert, Choice 12s to lis; others, 7s 6d to iOs per case. POULTRY. Light Table Hens, 3s Od to -is Ud; heavy Jhens, os (3d to 6s; cockrels, 4s to ss; heavy cockrels, Os to 7s; good heavy ducks, 7s 6d to 8s; Indiaii Runners, 5s 6d to lis per pair; turkey gobblers yd to lOd per o; hens 8d to iid per lb live weight. OJSNJSIUL. Dressed Pork. —VO'a to UO's, liid; 90'cs to lOU's 6d; Baconers, Did; Choppers (heavy; 3jfd to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Thursday during Spring. Honey.—in 60's, 5d pea- tb Honey.—Sections Us 6d per dozen. Eggs —Fresh, Is 3d per dozen. Fungus.—6Jd to 7d pea- lb. Walnuts.—tiid to <u per lb. Wheat.—Splendid quality, 6a 6d per bushel. Maize.—Seed, Hickory King 6s 6d busliel, or 6s per sack lots. Pure Barley Meal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Gartons, 4b 4d; Duna, 5i per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s 6d pel' buahel, Feed Bailey.—ss 6d per bushel; 5s for 10-eack lots. Feed Peas.—6s per buahel. Seed Cape barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm King, Duns, 5s 6d Algerians, 7s to 7s 6d; Gartons, 5a per bushel. Pollard.—£7 da per ton; 6b ton less tor ton lots. liran.—£6 5s per ton; 5a ton lees ror ton lota. Rice Flour. —£8 per ton. Linsaed Oil Cake.—Aleal and Nuts, Genuine, 14s cwt. Ton lota £13 iQs. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, iiTper ton. Straw Chaff.—Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 10s. Sucrosine.—£7 10s per ton. Quicklime —In 281b tins £s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal.—l7a 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)— Kilfo all soil insects, 255. per cwt; 15s per J-cwt Sutton's Seeds.—As per their list. Sutton's B.L.E. Rape.—ls per lb n 281b sealed bags. Gartons Superlative swede.—2s 6d

per lb. "Jersoy Queen" Mangel.—2s per lb. Sulphato Ammonia.— £18 per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3s per ton. Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—£9. Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 ss. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, .now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s 6d.