COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

I'HJi MiiiVV ZJSALAND jL'AIiiVIERS' CO-OPERATiVE DISTiiIIIUTING OOMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY REIVUT The potato market it> still tirw, j,ti 1 uW'iug to tile pruvaiencu oi oJigiit, supare shoro us> regaicLs good iwee. X'ilvre is every indication I-U«t •• present iiigii prices wiil be maintained. Outo also arc linn, and quantities oitiunig art# restricted. Wlieat is stationary ; pollard and/ bran have increased slightly in price. Largequantities have recently landed from Australia. i'ork is in excellent demand at good prices. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired for. Linseed oil meal for stock feeding its becoming very popular for ali classes of stock. Line sulphur solution is being largely used as a blight speciiic with very satisfactory results Vegetables.—Cabbage and cauliflowers are realising very high prices the demand beiug good and the supplies short. Carrots and parsnips are selling weil at satisfactory rates. White turnips are plentiful and prices are lower. Marrows -and pumpkins are in good demand and at fair prices. Swedes are very dull of sale. I'ruit.— There ie an excellent demand for choice dessert and cooking apples at good prices. Choice dessert peare are also keenly competed for at satisfactory rates. Walnuts are scarce and the demand much in excess of the supply. Wheat.—Good whole l''owl, os 4d per bushel. Ten sack lots 5s 2d. Maize.—Local, 5e 3d per bushel. Oats.—'Feed, 3s 9d per bushel. Speciai quotes for large lots. Oats.—Crushed 4a per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed) and clipped, os, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pet bushel. Russian Cape Seed' Barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—-£8 10s per ton. Pollard £8 15s per ton. Small lots £9. Rice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake. -Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. lOO's. 12s; 50's, 6s (3d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pei ton. Molltii^eti. —In casks. Splendid stocK lood, per oevvt. CasKs exira. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281 ban-tight uns, per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 25ib bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 2o's l(ss tkl per box. Tea, (j- and 10-pound tins, 1s Bii, chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Potatoes, £8 10s to £'J per ton. Cabbage, choice, 10s to 12s; medium 0s to 7s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, lJs to ltis; medium 8s to 10s per sack. Carrots, Is (id to 5s 6d; others 3s (3d to 4s 6d. Turuipe, 2s to 2s Od per bundie, Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks, fid to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is (id to to 2s per case. Beetroot, 3s (id to 4s Od per sack. Spring onioois, Is to Is 3d per bunch. Marrows, 2s (id to 3s (id per ease. Swedes, 2s tid to 3s Od per out. Pumpkins, (is to 7s per sack. Apple#, tleesert, choice, (is to lis peacase. Apples.— Cooking 4s to as per case. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Pear*, —Choice dessert 8s to 9s per case. Lemons.—l(js per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 80's 6£d to 7d; 90's to 100's 6id to 62<1; baoouert, (id; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's Sid. Eg#;.—l'resh Is 6d per dozen, liggp.—Preserved Is 3d to 1b 4d Beeswax.—la 6d per lb. Fungus—6|d to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to -3s 0d; heavy hens 4s to ss; cockerels -3s to 4s; heavy oockexels tis to 7s; (gooa' heavy ducks 6s 6d to Vs (xl; Indian' Runners 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb; hens lid to Is per «b live weight.