Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1915, Page 1

Commercial.

THE NiiW ZEALAND FARMERS' (JO-OPERATIVE DISTIUBUT--INO OOMPAN Y. LIMITED. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. Old potatoes are uow practically oil the market. New potatoes are arriving iu large cpianities Irom Auckland district. Pollard is rather scarce, and about same price as last week, biau is a little easier in price, and appears ti> bo in good supply. Oats have again weakened slightly. Wheat is considerably firmor 'in price than last week on account or the embargo on export having been removed. Eggs aro in good demand at last -week's rate The selling price of porKers still keep good. Spring' cabbage is iu short supply, and prices aro higher. Choice cauliflowers are arriving in larger quantities, and .prioes are lower. Lettuce is in short supply, and higher rates are ruling. Parsnips are in Bhort supply, and meet keen competition. Carrots and white Turnips are ia Bhort supply, and fetch high prices. Spring onions and Leeks, also beetroot, meet with ready sale. Rhubarb is coming in in small lots, and prices are higher. Strawberries are coming to hand more freely, and; prices are easier. Cherries and gooseberries are arriving in large consignments, and meet, with ready sale. Hutt tomatoes, also Nelson tomatoes, aro arriving more freely, and high rates are ruling. vegetables: New Potatoes.'—Choice Hutt, £10 to £16 per ton; others, £8 per tonPotatoes.—North (Island lines, £9 Southern, £10 per ton. Cabbage.—Choice Spring, os to 'is; others, 2s 6s to 3s 6d per sack. Cauliflowers.—Choice, 6s 7d; ined ium, 4s to 6s per sack. Carrots.—Best, 6s (3d to 7s 6d; others, 3s to 3s 6d per sack. Peas.—Nelson, choice Is 6d to U ICkl per peck. Onions.—£7 per 'ton. Parsnips.—Choice, os to 6s per sack. Turnips.—White, 6s t& 10s per sack Leeks.—6d to 8d per bundle. Spinach.—4s to r os per case. Beetroot.—6s to 7s per sack. Rhubarb.—lo» to 14s per dozen. Spring Onions.—fid to Ud bttncliFROIT. Gooseberries.— 2jd to 2:} d per lb. Strawberries.—ls to Is 6d per II). Cherries, N.Z.—9d to Is per lb. White Passion.—6s 6d to 7s 6d. Apples.—Dessert, Choice 14s to 15s; others. 7s 6d to lOs per case. Tomatoes.—Hutt! 9d to Is Id; Nelson, 9d to lid per lb. POULTRY. Poultry.—Light Table Hens, 4s; Heavy Hens, os (jd to Os; Cockerels, -Is to os; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7»: Goodheavy Ducks, 7s 6d |o.8s; Indian ltumiers, us lid to 6s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, 'Jd to lOdi per lb; Hens, Sd to ( Jd per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork,—7o's to i/o a, <iid; yu's ij 100's, (id; Uaconers, oi<i; Choppers (heavy) 3jd to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales each Thursday during spring. Lloney.—ln GO'e, 5d per lb llouuy Sections.—Os 6a per dozen. Eggs.—Eresii, is -Jkt per dozen, iieutiwax. —Is Od per lb. Euugus.—(i|d to 7u per lb Walnuts.—Bd to 9d per lb. \Xheat.--Splendid quality. -5s /d per bushel; os 6d- lor o sack lots. Maize.—ls lid per bushel; -is lOd .■. r 10 sack lots, -Uaijse.—Hickory King 6s 6d or 6s io: sack lots. Pure Barley Meal.—£7 per toa. Pure Pea Meal. —£10 lUs per ton. Oats.—Prime Gartons 3t> Sd per bushel. Special quotations few larger lots. Oate.—Crushed iJs lid per buahal. Feed barley.—4s Dd per bushel; 'Is Od for ten sack lots. 'Feed peas. —5s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats.—Storm King, Duns, 4« 6d; Algerians, 5a to & 8d; Gartons, 6d per bushel. Pollard.—£B 15s per ton; os ton less for ton lots. I Bran.—£6 I6s per ton 5s ton leas for ton loi». . Rice Flour.—£B per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.— Meal and nuts (genuine) 14s cwt. Ton lots £13 10s. Chaff—Oaten sheaf £7 15b per ton; os ton less for ton lots. Straw ohatf.—Oaten £3 15s; wheaten £3 So . Sucrosine.— £7 10s per ton. Straw.—£4 5s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, to per tin. Meat and Bone Meal—l7b per 100; & per §0, and 6s per 251b bag. "Blue Bell" Arsenate ot Lead at list I I rates. I "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur at fist rates.