COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

— 9 Tlllfi NEW ZEALAND i' AKMiiil»S CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LdMITiiD.

WEEKLY REIV.i'C The potato market i£ still iirm, du 1 owing to tho prevalence oi blight, supare short as regard** good liuec. i'here is every indication 1 iiu ,> resent high prices wi*l be maintained. Outs also are firm, and quantities oilering art) restricted. Win eat is stationary ; pollard audi bran liavo increased slightly in price. Largequantities liave recently landed irom Australia. Pork is iu »xeellenfc demand at good price*. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired lot'. Linseed oil meal tor stock feeding ie> becoming very popular lor all | o!a>ees ot stock. Line sulphur solution is being largely used es a blight specific with very satistactory results Vegetables.—Cabbage and cauliflower* aru realising very high prices the demand being good and the supplies [short, Carrots and parsnips are selling weil >al satisfactory rates. White turnips art plentiful and prices are lower. Mm rows and pumpkins are' in good de mand andi at fair prices. Swedes an very dull of sale. I' ruit.— I here is ai excellent demand for choice dessert am cooking apples at good prices. Choic dessert pears are also keenly compete, for at satisfactory rates. "Walnut i are scarce and the demand much in es cess of the supply. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, 5s 4d pc bushel. Ten sack lots 5s 2d. Maize—Local, 5s 3d per bushel. Oats.—'Feed, 3s 9d per bushel. Specn quotes for large lots. Oats.—Crushed is per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.-Algeria: dressed; and clipped, os. others 4s 3c Gartons and Sparrowbil*?, 4s; Duns,

Cd per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s (5d pel bushel. "Russian Cape Seed Barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per -ton. Pollard. £8 15s per ton. Sma.ll lots £9. Rice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. ■Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.-Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. fOO's. l-'«: 50\s, (is (id. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pet ton. Mollfltses.—ln caske. Splendid stock food, 28e per sewt. Casks exlra. Straws—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 28lb air-bight tins. 3per tin. Meat and Bone Meal. 17s per hundred; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles. 'Jo's Ids 6d per box. Tea, (j- and 10-pound tins. Is 8d . _• chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Potatoes, £8 10s to per ton. Cabbage, choice, ,10s to l'J*; medium fe by 7s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, lis to Ida; nu> dium 8s to 10s per sack. Carrots, is fckl to 5s (3d ; others 3s (id

to 4s 6d. Turnips, 2s to 2e 6d per bund'«>> Onions, £7 10s per ton. Locks,*6(l to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is tkl to to per case. Beetroot, 3s (id to 4s lid per sack. tip ring onions, Is to lt> <3d, pel bunch. .U arrows, "2a tid to iJs bd per case. Swedes, 2s 6d to 3s Od per owt. Pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack. Apples, decsert, choice, 6s to 8s par case. Apples.— Cooking 4s to us per ease. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. PearSj—Choice dessert 8s to 9s per case. Lemons.—ltie per case. Ureased Pork.—7os to 90s 6Jd uo 7d; 90'e to IOCs 6*d to 6Jd; baconers (id; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's ojtd. Ji^ggp.—Fresh Is 6d per dozen. Eggp.—Preserved Is 3d to Is 4d Beesw-ax.-ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6|d to 7d par lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 3e 6d; heavy hens 4s to os; cockerels 3c; to 4s; heavy cockerels 6s to 7s; good heavy ducks 66 6d to 7s 6d; Indian Runners 36 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb; hens lid to Is peer ib live weight.