COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

. 9. — * NEW ZEALAND JUAKvUERfc' OCMJJ--ERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO.. LTD. Wellington, May 15. Potatoes are arriving in large quantities from tlie South, and values have declined. Wheat and oats are stationary, and fair quantities are being sold. Pollard and bran are extremely (scarce, and prices have shown a sharp increase. Chaff is selling, iveli at recent rates. Pork is in excellent demand and the market is not fully supplied;. Honey is wanted. Molisses tor stock feeding is in very ijood demand. Linseed oil oake is being used by farmers in increasing quantities throughout the province for all classes of stock. Owing to the prohibitive price of copper sulphate (about 80s per owt.), Jime sulphur solution is being largely used as a Wight Kpec-i+io. with very Bati*factory results. Cabbage and cauliflowers are coming to hand in small parocls, andi cause keen competition. Well -packed lines of lettuce are bringing good, prioes, but inferior lines are hard to quit. Oarrots, whit® turnips, and parsnips ate in good demand, and satiefactory prices are realised*. Marrows and pumpkins are plentiful. French beans are scarce, and bringing higher prices.

Swi«» are selling well. iomatoos ire coming to hand in moderate quantities and fair prices are realised. Choice dessert apples are scarce, and a good demand exists for well-packed lines. Cooking apples are in Getter demand and prices have inproved. Choine dessert peers are keenly sought .or, and high prices are realised. Wata its are enquired for. Wheat. —Good whole Fpwl, 5s 3d per bushel. 10-ek lots 5s Id Maize.—Local, 5s 3d per bushel. Imported, os bushel. Oats.—Feedi, 3s 3d per bushel. Special quotes for large Io<t«. Oats.—Crushed 3b 7d (per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian. —Algerians, Algerians, dressed and clipped, *>s; Gartons and 1 Spwrowbills, 4s; D.u;s 4* f»d Pii"i ridge Peas seed.—'is • |«w I»s R:i> an Barley Cape so - ' '• ! 'por. bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 3d per bushel. Barley Meal.—£B per ton. Pino pig feed. Pol.Wd.—£B 5s per ton. 6mal«T ' lots, £8 10. Rice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£s 10s per ton. Linseed Oil Oake.—Meal and Nuts £11 lOh per ton of 2000 lbs. This is the best and cheapest stock foodi procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf. £5 10s to £6 per ton. Molasses In casks. Splendid stock iood, 28a per o cwt. uasks extra. Wuorosinc.—£B 10s per ton. Wtraw. —£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —la 281b air-tighi. tins, 8s per tin. Meat and bone meal.—l7b per 100; Ds per oO and os per 251b bag.' Potatoes.—£6 to £7 per tflta. I Cabbage.—Choice, 12s to 14a; uiedi im 4s 6<Ji to 5s txl per sack. ' . Cauliflower.—Choice, 18s to £1; medium, 8s to 10s per sack. Carrots.—Beet, 6s to 8s; others, 4s to 5s sack. Onions.—£s per ton. Turnips.—White, 4s to t* per ack. Leeks.—Cd to Ckl per bundle, tipinach.—3e to 4s per case Beetroot.—3s 6d to 4s 6di per aacK. Spring onions ikl to (id buncli. French Beans.—4d to 5d per lb. Marrows.—2s to 3s per case. Swedes.—4s to 5s per case. Pumpkins.—4s 6d to 5s (id per sack. Apples.—l>essert, Choice, 7a 6d oße (id per case. Apples.—Cooking, 4s 6d to 5s 6<J per case. Pear».-JOhoice Dessert, Us to 10s per case. Tomatoes.—Hutt, 7s to 86 J-oase. Lemons.—£2 2e 6d per case. Passions—6s per f-case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90' a OJd .to 6Jdi; 90's to 100's 6d to 6sd; baooners 6d; choppers (heavy) 4d per >b. Honey!—ln 60's 5Jd per lb. Honey sections.—Bs per dozen. Eggs.—Fresh 2s 6di per dozen. Eggs, Preserved Is 7d to Is 8«1. Bee9w»x.—la 6d per lb. Fungus.—6Jd to 7d per Lb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—Light tlable hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4s to ss; cockereis 3e to >4s ; heavy cockerels 5s to 6s; good heavy duoks 6s 6di to 7s 6d; .n-------cWam runners 3a 6d to 4s 6d per pair; tnrkev gobblers Is to Is Id per ft; hens lid to Is per lb live weight.

\\ AiKANAE SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams Ltd. report having held their monthly sale at Waiianae on Tuesday when tney had a good' yardiing oi both aheop and cattle. AM stOtk sold freely and taw were keenly competed for. (Quota-tions.—4-year etwee in lamlb 29e; fat weithei's 29s 7d, 29s 9d to 31li K ItT; !at ( ewem 27s 3d; store ewes 10s 4di. Fat and forward bullocks £13 10s; light *at; cows £6 16s to £7 15s; tat heifers £6 j to £10 12s 6d; empty heifers £4; store * cows £3 Is to £4 7s tid.; cows cioso j to profit £9 5s to £10; springing cows £5 to £7; bulls '£5 ss; weaner® 18s fid to 255. OLKARiINGSALK AT MANAKAI . I N«w Zealand Loan ami Mercantile j company, Limited. iep rt having .;ou-1 ducted a clearing i-ale at Manakau m Saturday and Monday last, on o couott of Mr Chas. Bell. Thoy offeren on Saturday a herdi of 110 Dairy coiws in good condition, and mostly spring oalwrs, and considering that no dates of ctaJving wore given, the herd realised excellent prioes. The following are average of prioes realised.— Sound: eowis, £6 16s, £7 se, £7 15, £8 10s, £9 ss. £9 15s, £10, £10 15s, £11, £11 10s to 411 15s; cows sound in three quarters £6 iss, £7 to £9 10s. Enpty cows in "milk £5 15s. £6 to £8; spring caiWing Heifers £5. £7 lis to £8. 18-month heifers, £3 4b to £3 17s 6d, Bulls £7, £7 12s 6d to £10 10s, Bows to farrow €2 17s 63 to £3 12s. Boars £1 17s 6d. j Store pigs £1 Is to £1 10s. j On. resuming on Monday they oftoi- ■ edtho sheep, horses, and sundries which j also sold at goodi prioes. 4-tooth to i f.m. ewes in Lamb 275, 27s 5d to 27s 9d. Mixed ago ewes in lamb 20s 2d. fat ewes 28b; fat and forward ewes 24s Id; cull ewes 18s Id; rape lambs , shorn 17s 6d.; mixed ehorn lambe smail j 11® 2d to 14s lid, horses i-dr aught mares unbroken 3-yeara £22 10s; 3-year I draught mare unbroken £29 Ida; light mares £7 10s; yearling colt £6, .'so Agricultural Machinery at high prices.' ÜBVIN SALF i Messrs Bslgety and Company Limit- i ed report having held their usual we-jk-1 ly sale in the Levin yards on Wednesday, the 17th instant, when they offer-' ed to a good attendance of buyers a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. The bidding aU through was spirited, and keen competition took place for all . lots offered. A special entry o>f t2O sound mouth ewes offered on account of Mr Gordeti Hair commanded considerable attention, and after spirit»3 Middling these were sold under th"e hammer at 27s lOd. We had some exceptionally good lots of fat ewes in tho fat

pens, and all lots found. ready buyers. The principal sales wea-e as auder:—tolieep prime fat ewes 30b, a lis to 3d6 ; light weight fat lambs 17s ud to 18s (3d; forward store ewes 17s id to 20s 8d ; medium shorn lambs 12s. Cattle.—A line of 21-year steei'B offered on account of Mr Gordon Hair made from £8 to £8 6s; medium weight . fat cows £8 10s to £\i; heavy weight fat cows £13; mixed yearlings £3 be to £3 10s weaner ateens 36s to 425; forward empty' cows £5 lss to £6 • 0s; 18-month steers £5 9s to £5 12s ; kl-; 2i-year steers £7 17s 6d; empty cows and heifers £4 IVe 6d; cows in milk £6 5s to £7; bulls 2s 6d to £o 10b.