Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 November 1915, Page 4

Commercial

rfl» new Zealand farmers - CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. "Wellington, Nov. o. Potatoes are tinS at last week's rates. Local lines meet with ready sale. New potatoes are aruiving iroui Auckland district and are bringing satisfactory prices. Pollard has increased considerably on last week's rates. Bran, too, has fiiunedl a little. Goou business is being done in prime clian, and values remain firm. Lower prices are bein obtained for inferior quality. Oats have weakened and there is nc - !. much business doing. Wheat has e iirmed in price sligMly since our hist I. report. Eggs are rather scarce, aiu ' x are meeting with good demand. Tno !. selling price lor porkers Jseeps up weli, and the demand! is decidedly good, wo could do with larger consignments ci eggs, honey and beeswax. Orders xor iuanuxue can be executed without delay. Spring cabbage is in ibetter demand and supplies are limited. Olio ice cauliflowers are in short supply and iealising higher prices for well paokcu, lines. Large consignments 6i lettuce have arrived in flie market tibia week, and prices are easier. Very lew swedes are offering land high prices are ruling. Parsnips .are in short supply and prices are good. Choice" tabu, carrots iand white turnips are in bettor j, demand. Spring onions, leeks ana celery are in gooct supply. The market is well supplied with rhubarb il lower'rates. The quality of Neism green peas is good, andi they are realising better prices. "Strawberries anu chenries and gooseberries are (arriving ir. small parcels, and causing keen competition. 3 Potatoes.—North Island lines £9; _ Southern £10 to £10 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice spring 4s (3d to 5a Od; others Is 6d to 2s (3d per sack. Cauliflower.— Choice 13s to 15s; medium 8s to 10s sack. Celery.—7s 6d to 10s per dozen. Carrots.—Beet 4s 6d to os Gd; ot'h- * &rs 3s to 3s 6d sack. Parsnips— 4s 6dl to 5s Od per suck. Swedes.—ss to 5s 6d per cwt. Tun-nips.—White 4s to 4s 0d per sack Leeks.—4d to 6d per bundle. a Lettuce.—Choice' los do 6s; others 2» to 3s per case. Spinach—ss per case. Peas.—Nelson, choice is 3d to is &1 • pei- peck. Beetroot.— 6s to 7s per sack. Rhubarb.—6s to 10s per dozen. Spring onions.—9d to Is bunch. Onions.—Local, £10 per ton. FRUIT. Gooseberries.—3Jd per lb. Strawberries.—ls 9d to 2s per lb. Apples—Cooking, Choice 7s 6d to us tid; Medium 5s to 6s. others 4s. j Cherries, N.Z.— Is 3d to Is 4d per ib VVihite passion.—6s to Ba. Apples.—Dessert, choice 14s to 15s; others 7s 6di to 10s case. . POULTRY. ; Light Table Hens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; heavy hens 5s 6d to 6s; cockerels 4s iu ss; heavy cockerels (is to 7s; good heavy ducks, 7s 6d to 8s; Indian Runners, 5s 6d to 6s per pair; turkey gobblers 9d to lOd per u; hens 8d to 9d per lb live weight. GENERAL. t Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's, Oid; 90'* to 100's 6d; Baconers, 5Jd; Choppers (heavy) 3jjd to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales hold each Thursday during t Spring. Honey.—ln GO's, 5d per lb. Honey.—Sections 6s 6d per dozen. Eggs.—l'resh, is 2d per dozen. Beeswax.—lb Od per lb. fungus.—fljd to 7d pea- ib. Wailnuts.—7d to 8d per IB*. Wheat.—Splendid quality, 5s 9d per : bushel. 5s 6d, 5 sack lots. Maize.—ss 3d bushel; os for 10-sack ; lots. , Maize, seed—Hickory King 6s Od bushel or 6s sack lots. Pure Barley Meal.—£7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Oats.—Prime Gai'tons 4s per 'bushel. Oats, crushed.— 4s> 3d per bushel. i I°eed Barley.—os per bushel; 4s 9d Jtoi- 10-sack lots. i*'eed Peas.—6s per bushel. Seed oats.—Storm Kings, Duns 4s 6d; I Algerians 5s to 5s 6d; Gartons 4s Gd ; pea - bushel. Pollard.—£9 5s per tonfos less tor I 'ton lots. ; Bran—£6 10s per ton; 5s less for ; ton lots. Rice Elour.—£B per ton. j Linssed Oil Cake.—Meal and Nuts, Uenuine, 14s cwt. Ton lots £13 iOs. CJhaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £8 10s per ton. Btraw Chaff.— Oaten, £4; Wheaten, £3 lfe. 1 Sucrosine.—£7 10s per ton. i Quicklime —In 281b tins frs per tinMeat and Bone Meal.—l7s per 100; ; 9s par 50 and 5s per 251b bag. Straw.— £5 per ton ex store. .Blue Bell Arsenate of Lead at 1 list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur at list rates. Vapourite.—(Strawson's)—Kills all soil insects, 25s per cwt; 15s per J-cwt Sutton's Seeds—As per their list. Button's B.L.E. Rape—ls per lb n 281b sealed bags. r Gartons Superlative swede.—2s b'd i per lb. "Jersey Queen" Mangel.—2a per lb. Sulpnate Ammonia.—£lß per ton. Sulphate Potash.—£3s per ton. I Basic Slag.—£s 10s. Delivery JulyAugust. Superphosphate.—£s 10s per ton. Gear Co. blood manure, No. 2.—*JS. Gear Co. Bonedust.—£6 6s. W.M.E. Coy, Manures, now available. No la and No 3a £5 17s 6d.