Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 October 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPER ATI VlO DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. LIMITED. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. Wellington, Ootober 22. Potatoes are still beiii£ exported to Australia, and values remain lirin. Local lines meet with ready sale. New potatoes are arriving from Auckland district, and are bringing satisfactory prices. Uood seed lines are very scarce. Pollard and bran are firm at last week's rates. Good business is being done in prime chaff, and values iiavo advanced. Lower prices are being obtaineu lor inferior quality. Oats are stationary. Wheat has weakened slightly since last report. Eggs aro plentiful, and meeting ready sale, out there is a (slightly weaker tendency. The trade i: rape, turnip seed, etc., is very brisui. We have still a quantity of button & pedigree rape in stock, but orders sJiould reach us early. The selling prices for porkers keeps up well, ana the demand is decidedly good. We could do with large consignments a both honey and beeswax. Orders lui superphosphates can now be executed without delay. Vegetables.—There is an abundant, supply of spring cabbage arriving from JLlutt and country districts, and values are low. Choice canliiioivuns aie m short supply, and selling at high rates. Large supplies of lettuce are arriving, and prices are weaker. There is a good good uemand for swedes. Parsnips a . selling at last week's rates. Choice table carrots and white turnips meet good demand. Celery, spring onions, and leeks are meeting ready sale. The demand remains good for rhubarb, which is arriving in unify uirge (jiiajuu ies. Good quality Nelson green peas are now arriving daily, and meet good demand at improved rates. Strawberries.—First oonsignmon ts have arrived from Auckland, and realised satisfactory prices. Consignments should come to hand regularly from now on. Potatoes.—North Island lines, JCD; (Southern, £9 10s to £10 por ton. Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected southern grown Up-to-dates, Northern Star, Gamekeepers, £6 per ton. iUa less for ton lota. Cabbage.—Choice Spring, 2s 6d to Ms (3d; others, Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 10b to 13s j medium, 6s to tis sack. Carrots.—Beet, 4s to 4s 6dj others, 3*. to 3s 6d per sack. Celory—7s 6d to 10a per dozen. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. Parsnips—Choice, 3s to 4s per sack. Swedes.—3s to 3s 6d per cwi. Leeks.—3d to 4d per bundle. Spinach.—4a to 6e per oas» Lettuce.—Choice 2s to 3s j others, Is to Is 6d per case. Peas.—Nelson, choice, Is 6d to Is 9d per peck. Beetroot.—3s to 4s per sack. Rhubarb.—7s 6d to 10s per dozen. Spiing Onions.—6d to yd bunch. FRUIT. Strawberries.—ls 9d to 2s per lb. Apples.—Cooking, Choice 7s 6d to I's Gd; Medium 5s to 6s. others 4s. Aples.— Dessert, Choice 12s to 14s; others, 7s 6d to 106 per cas9. POULTRY. Light Table Hene, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; heavy • hens 5s 6d to 6s; cockerels 4s 1 o 5s j heavy cockerels 6s to 7s; good heavy ducks, 7s 6d to 8e; Indian Runners, 5s 6d to 6s per pair; turkey gobblers 9d to lOd per b; hens 8d to 9d per lb live weight. GJCNERAL. Dressed Pork.—7o's to DO's, liid; yi)\s to 100's (id; Baconers, s±d; Choppers (heavy) 3£d to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales hold each Thursday during Spring, Honey.—ln 60'«, 5d per tb. Honey.—Sections 6s 6d per dozen. Eggs.—Eresh, Is 2d per dozen. Eungus.—6Jd to 7d pea 1 lb. Walnuts.—7d to 8d per 11). Wheat.—Splendid quality, 5s 9d per bushel. 5s 6d, 5 sack lots. Pure Barley Aleal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Gartoim, 4s 4d; Duns, 5« per bushel. i'eed Peas.—6s per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s 6d per bushel, Eeed Barley.—ss Od per bushel; vs for 10-sack lots Seed Oats.—'Storm King, Duns, 5s 6d Algerians, 7a to 7s 6d; Garbons, 5s per bußhel. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton \ 5s per ton less for ton lota. Bran.—£6 5s per ton; 5s ton lees for ton lota. Rice Flour.—£B per ton. Linssed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts, Genuine, 14s cwt. Ton lots £13 iOs. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £8 10s per ton. Straw Chaff.—Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 lfe. Sucrosine.—£7 10a per ton. Quicklime —In 281b tins ?s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100, 9s per 60 and 5s per 251b b&g. Straw.—£s per ton ex store.

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