COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THJS NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE distributing COMPANY, LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to Hie wJhronioe.? Wellington, March'H. All good lines oil potatoes sell readily at current rates, and the market is steady. \\ u recommend North Island clients to lorwa.rd their crops early and before the Southern supply is available. Wheat and oats are lower in price, and the demand is weak. Pollardi and hraai have, we think, touched bedrock and ha.'v e hardeniiTg tendency. Large sales chaff are taking place, ana the quality is generally very good. The demand lor pork is better, with higher values.. Honey is wanted. Grass seects are in lair demand, Western Wolths ryegrass being particularly enquired for tor green l'eed sowing. Splendid lines of English-grown ryegrass are meeting with excellent sale. Vegetables.—Cabbage is coming to ill and all restricted quantities, and cause keen competition. Cauliflower is very scarce, and only small consignments are reaching the market, Jor which high prices are realised. \\ ellpacked lines of lettuce are meeting with good demand. Carrots, wliu turnips, and parsnips are in short upply, and bring high prices. Marrows and Pumpkins ai'o arriving in lair quantiticß, and fetch good prices. \jhoice green peas are Keenly bid lor, and letch high prices. Swedes are in lair supply, and fetch good values. Fruit. —Mutt- tomatoes are cTmirog to hand in moderate quantities, and prices are better since our last report. Plums and peaches are in fair supply, and realise good prices. Pears are meeting with ready sale at fair values. Apples are arriving in large consignments, and only better class lines meet with ready sale. Lemons are in short supply, and cause high prices to bo realised. Wheat.— Good whole fowl os 6d perbualiel; 10 sack lots 6s 4d. Maize.—os (id per bushel. Oats.—Feed, 3s 8d per bushel, especial quotations for large lots. Oats.—Crushed 4s per bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians, 4s 3d ; Gartens 4s, Sparrowuills 4s, Storm Kings 4s 6d, Duns 'Is bd per bushel. Russian Barley Cape Seed. —4s «jd Barley Feed.—us per bushel per bushel. Barley Meal.—£'J 10s per ton. Fine pig teed. ' Pollard. —£7 10s pel- toil; £7 5s lor ton lots. Rice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£s per ton Linseed Oil Cake. —Meal and Auto Genuine 14s per cwt. Ton lots £13s 10s Chair.—Oaten chaff .Co 10s to £0 per ton. Sucrosine.— £8 10s per ton. Sta.iv. — £3 per ton. Qu'mklime. — In 281g tins 3s per tin. -Meat a.nd Bone Meal.'— 17s per 100; 9s per 50 and 5s per 251b bag. Blue Belli Arsnate ol Lead at ist rates. Vapourite (Stra"wson's).- —lvilss all soil insect s2ss per cwt; 15s per iewt. Superphosphates.—i-'G 10s per ton. Potatoes.—£7 to £8 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice spring 10s to 14s. others Is Gd to 5s tkl per sack. Cauliflowers.—Choice 10s to 2s; medium 4s to 6s per sacfc. Carrots.—Rest 5s to 6s; others -is to 3s Od. sack. Peas.—Choice Is 6d to 2s per peek. Onions.—£s per ton. „ Turnips.—White Is to 6s per sack. Leeks.—6d to 8d per bundle. Lettuce. —7s (3d to 8s Odi per case. Spinach.—2s tid to 3s (id per case. Beetroot.—3s to 4s per sack. Spring Onions.— (xl to 9d bunch. French Beans.—ld to 2d per lb. Marrows.—3s 6d to 4s cwt. Swedes.--3s to os per asck. Pumpkins.— 8s (s<l to 10s Gd per sack FRUIT. Apples.—Dessert Choice 5s 6d to 6s od per case. Apples.—Cooking, 4s to os per case. Plums.—3s 6d to 4s 6d per |-case. Poaches.—Choice, 7s 6d; others -is to 5s per J-case. Pears.—Local, \V.|8.0., 4s to os per i-ease. iToma.toes. —Hutt, 3s 6d to 4s <xl per i-ease. Lemons.—3ss per case. Passion fruit.—6s per case. Walnuts.—7d per >b. GENERAL. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's, 6d to 6id; 90's to 100's 6d; baconers &jd; choppers (heavy) 3Jd to 4d per lb. iioney.—ln 60'Sj 5d per lb. Honey.—(Sections 7s bd per dozen. Eggs. —Fresh, 2b per dozen .. Ueeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus.— 6Jd to 7d per lb. Poultry—light Table Hens, 3s to 3s 6d; Heavy Hens, 4s to 6s; Cookerels, 3s to 4s; heavy Cockerels, 5s to 6s; Good heavy Ducks, 7s 6d to 8s; Indian Runners, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; Hens, lid to Is per lb live weight.