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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1916, Page 1

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WEEKLY REPOKT

Wellington July 21

ili(j potato luuriit't jiiie oeen voi,y dui» uiiraijr Hie past vvuuk and prices have tlL'oiiuod shgxitiy. Tiieie is very littlebusiness doing 111 oitte, witch show a .s.ighti,) - weaker Lone. w heat is iinn recent rates and fair bu&iucss doiuy;. ruklarti and bran are steady at iaist week's rates. Ail excellent demand exists lor prime dressed pork and good pnees are being realized. The inurkei us practically bare of honey which is keenly enquired for. Liuseed oil meal lor stock feeding is ii good demand. Cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce continue to realize high prives and are in short supply. Carrots and whit© turnips are plentiful and prices lower. Parsnips are in good demand and larger supplies would meet ready sale, sale. Swedes are plentiful and prices low. Tomatoes arrived in large quantities from ilaratonga, but only firstclass lines met with good demand. Choice dessert app>es are scarce, and meet ready sale at high prices. Cooking apples also are in short supply, and there is keen competition for well-packed lines. Choice dessert P aia are realismg fancy price Walnuts are source and keenly enquired for. Wheat.—Good whole fowl, 5s 4d per bushel. Tea Back lots 5s 2d. Maize.—Local, 5s 3d per bushel. Oats.—'Feed, 3s 9d per bushel. Special quotes for large lots. Oats—Crushed, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dreesedi and clipped, os, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s fid pet 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. Small lots £9. Rice Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's. 12«; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, jL'5 10 to £6 pel ton. Molkuststss.—ln casks. Splendid stock lood, 2fcSe per scwi. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10a per tou. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, '3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred; 9s per 50, and 5s per 2olb bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s (kl per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is Bd. clieste, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Potatoes, £8 10s to £9 per ton. Cabbage, choice, 10s to 12a; medium 0c to fs per (sack. Cauliflower, choice, lis to 16s; medium 8s to 10s per sack. CarroUi, -is 6d to 5s 6d ; others 3s 6d to 4b 6d. Turnipe, 2s to 2e 6d per bundle Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks, 6d to 9d per bundle. Spinach, lb 6d to to 2s per case. -Beetroot, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions, Its to Is 3d. per bunch. Marrows, 2a 6d to 3s tid per case. Swedes, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per cwt. Pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack. Apples—Dessert, Choice, 12s r o 14s per case. Apples—Cooking,6s to 8s per case. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Paurs—Choice Dessert, 10s to 12s por case. Lemons—£l Is per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6}d to 7d; 90's to 100's 6}d to 6£d; baeoners ftd; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's Ojd. Eggs.—Fresh Is 6d per dozen. Eggs.—Preserved Is 3d to Is 4d Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4s to sa; cockerels 3s to 4s; heavy cockerels 6s to 7s; good heavy ducks 6a 6d to 7s 6d; Indian Runners 3s fid to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb; hens lid to Is per lb live weight.