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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, JbiMITED. WEEKLY REPOKT. Wellington, 30th June, 1910. \ ege-tabies.—Choice cabbage is in good demand ut satisfactory prices. Cauliflowers art slightly weaker, uultig to linger supplies arriving. Lettuce is keenly bought up at liigii rates. Carrots and white turnips are more plentiful and puces are weak. Parsnips are in good demand. Tlie demand for marrows and pumpkins is better unci prices have improved. Swedes are hard to quit. Potatoes are lirm at late rates. Oats are stationary. Wheat has hardened and prices show a tendency to increase. Good business is being done. Pollard and bran show little change; if anything the market is sligntiy weaaier. Pork still is in very good dem'and and the demand is far from satisfied. There is a good enquiry for honey. Choice dessert apples are in excellent demand and good prices are realized.. Cooking apples are in fair demand. Choice dessert pears are rea- j lizing good prices. Walnuts are en- 1 quired for. The alterations in prices from -ast week are as follow;— Wheat.—Uood whole Fowi, 5s ikl per bushel. 10-iik lots 5s la Maize.—Locai, 5s (id per bushel. Oats.—l'eed;, 3s 3d per bushel. Special quotes for large lots. Oats.—Crushed 3s Yd per bushel. .Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerians, Algerians, drees*xl and dipped, f »; Gar tuns arid tiporrowbiiis, 4s; Duiii:, 4» 'Jd i'a'iridge Peas seed.— J >s itussian barley Cape seed.—ss per bushel. Barley.—Feed 4s (id. Barley Meal.—£B per ton. Fine pig feed. Pollard.—£B 5s pel' ton. 4»mai»r lots, £8 10. ltiee Pollard.— £7 10s per' ton. Bran. —£5 10s per ton. Linseed oil cake.—£ll 10s per ton; 100's 12s, 50's 6s tki. tile best and cheapest stock food procurable. Chaif.—Oaten Sheaf, £6 10s to £o per ton. Molasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock lood, 28s per 5 cwt. oaaks extra. Sucrosine. —£8 10s per ton. Straw.— £3 lUs per ton. (Juickliiuu. —In. 281b air-tight tius, 3s per tin. Meat and bone meal.—lis per 1U0; Us per oO and 5s per 251b bag. l'otatoes.—£t> to £7 per ton. Cabbage—Choice SJs to 10s; medium (is to 7s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, lbs to £1; j medium, 8s to lUs per sack. Carrots.—Beet, (is to 8s; others, 4s to os sack. Onions.—£s 10s per ton^ Turnips.—(is to tos per sack. Lettuce.—(is to ts per case. Leeks.—Od to yd per bundle, cpiuach.—3s to -is per ease Beetroot.—3s tki to 4s od per sack. . Spring onions.—3d to Od bunch. French Beans. —4d to od per lh. Marrows.—2s bo 3s per case. Swedes.—3s to 4s per owt. Parsnips. —8s to 10s per sack, i'liuipkins.—4s (id to os (id per sa'jk. Apples.—Dessert, choice 6s 6d to 7 s (id per case. Apples.—Cooking 4s (id to 5s 6d per casj. Pears.—Choice Dessert, t/s to 10a per case. Tomatoes.—Hutt, 7s to 8s 4-oase. Lemons.—£2 2s 6d per case. Passions.—6s per i-case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to fiO's titd to tJO's to 100's tki to 6|d; baooners 6d; choppers (heavy) 4d par 'b. Honey.—ln 60's 6Jd per lb. Honey aeotions. —8s per doseu. Eggs.—Fresh 2s 6d per doaaa. Egsp.—Fresh 2s 6d par doaen. Beeswax—ls 6d per 10. Fungus.—6|d to 7d per Lb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—Light itythie hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4s to 6s; cockjireis 3s to 4s; heavy cockerels 5s to 6s; good heavy ducks 6s 6di to 7» 6d; indue runners 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers la to Is Id per lb; hens lid to Is per lb lire weight.