COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 June 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE .NEW ZEALAND I'AItMERS CO-OP.tiK ATIVE DISTIUB UTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, May 26. Potatoes are coming in fairly iarge quantities and tiio demand l ifi good, i'rices axe firmer. Oats bare iacr««u»oil slightly in price and considerable business hau beau uouo. Wheat shows a sligntly weaker tendency. Pollvd and bran are scaxco aiud prices firm at late rates. Fair business in passing in chail. Pork is in good deimiandi at satisfactory piiicec. Cabbage and oauli flower are in fair supply and cause keen competition. Well-packed lines ol lettuce are bringing good prices, but iiiiorior lines are Hard to quit. Carrots, white turnipsj and parsnips are in good demand and satisfactory prices are realized. Marrows and pumpkins are plentiful. Choice do sort apples are in lair supply, and < good demand exists for well paesec Hues. Cooking apples are in battel demand and prices have iinprov ;d. j Choice aesert pears are Jteenljy sought for and liigli prices are realized. v\'a.inuts are enquired for. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, os 3d per bushel. IU-tik lots 5s la Maize.—Local, 5s 3d par bushel, imported, os bushel. Oate.—T'eodj 3s 3d per bushel. Special quotes for large lota. Oats.—Crushed 3s 7d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.— AJgeiriaus, Algerians, dressed, and clipped, is; Uartons and' Sparrowbiils, 4s; Daiis, 4> OU Pa" • ridge Peas seed.— lis itt o»s lluo an Barley Cape so;<. <» C 1 per bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 3d per bushel. Barley Meal.—£B per • con. Fine pig toed. Pollard.—£B 5$ per ton. Suuuaer lots, £8 10. liice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£s 10s pel' ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Meal and iN'uts £11 10s per ton ol 2000 lbs. This is the best and cheapest stock foodi procurable. Chaif.—Oaten Shoal, £5 10s to £o per ton. Molasses.—ln casks. splendid stock iuod, 28a per 0 cwt. oasks extra. Sucrosino—£B 10s per ton. •Straw,— £3 Ills per ton. Quicklime. —in 2iilb air-tight tius, 3s per tin. .Meat and bone meal.— 17b per !00; Us per o0 and os per 2olb bag. i'otatoes.—£6 to £7 per ion. Cabuage.—Choice 6s to iOs; medium Is <jd to 56 (ki per sacK. Cauliflower.—Choice, 18s to £1; medium, 8s to 10s per sack. Carrots.—Best, 6s to 8s; others, 4s bo ob sack. Onions.—£s per ton. Turnips.—White, 4s to da per ack. Leeks.—(id to Ski per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4s per case Beetroot.—3s 6d to 4s (id per sack. Spring onions—3d to (id buncn. Trench Beans.—4d to 5d per lb. Marrows.—2s to 3s per case. Swedes.—4s to 5s per case. Pumpkins.—4s 6d to os Od per sajk. Apples.—Dessert, choice 6s (id to "'is (id per oaso. Apples.—Cooking 4s to 6s per Avars.—Clioico Uessert, as to 10s per case. Tomatoes.—Hutt, 7s to 8s (-case. I .onions.—£2 2s 6d per case. J.'assious.—6s per 4-case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to 6jd ; UO's to 100'e 6d to 6id; baconors 6d; choppers (heavy) 4d per lb. Honey—ln 60's 5Jd per lb. Honey sections. —& per dozen. Eggs.—Fresh 2s 6d per doaen. Eggs, Preserved Is 7d to Bd. Beeswax.—ls 6d per ib. Fungus.—6id to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb.

Poultry.—Light hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4s to 6b; cockerels 3e to 4s; heavy cockerels 5s to be; good heavy duoks 6s 6di to 7s 6d; .n----ddan runners 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to le Id per lb; hens lid to Is per lb lire weight.