COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL

THE Miff ZEALAND FARMERS 00-OI'ER ATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED.

WEEKLY REPOUT HeUmgion July 21. I lie poUuu market. iiais Oeen very duir tiuriiijj i-nc pusi week and pricus have iiooiiuoa sHgiuly. inure is very lituv uiiniuetw «iojiijr iu oato, wiicii silow a B.ijjiitly weaker louo. Wheat is iirm at rccont ratus and lair business doiii£. i i.ilard and Uran ale steady iit lafct \.ooK'e meets. An excellent demand rxisl.-j lor prime dressed pork and good prices are being realized,. Ike market is practically bare of lioiiuy wliicli is keenly enquired for. Linseed oil meal tor stock feeding is ill good demand. Cabbage, cauliflower and iet-tuco continue Lo realize high prives uud are in short suppty. Carrots und white turiiUis are plentiful and prices iower. Rursuips are in good diemand and larger supplies would meet ready sale, sale. fc\rales arc plentiful and prices low. Tomatoes arrived 111 large quantities from llaratonga, but only tiietlines met with good demand. Choice dessert appies are scarce, aud meet ready sale at high prices. Cooking apples m!so are m short supply, ana there is keen competition for well-packed lines. Choice dessert o <aiH are realising fancy price Walnuts are .source and keenly enquired lor. Wheat.—Good whole l' owl, 5s 4d per bushel. Ten sack 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 Oate, Australian. —Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s tid per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pet bushel. Russian Cape Seed. Barley.— l 6s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£S 10s per ton. Pollard.— £8 15a 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, I'is; 53's, tis fid. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £o 10 to £6 pei ton. Xloiki&kes. —In casks. Splendid stock lood, 26e per oewt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 2blb air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and o& per 2olb bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 10s tid per box. Tea, 0- and 10-pound tins, Is i>d. chests, Is Od to Is lOd lb. Potatoes, £8 10s to Jj\) per ton. Cabbttge, choice, 10s to 12s; medium tio to 7s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, life to 10s; medium 6s to 10s per sack. Carrots, -is Od to 5s 0d ; others~3s tid to 4s Od. Turnips, 2s to 2s Od per bundie Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks, tid to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is Od to to 2s per case. Beetroot, 3s (id to 4s Od per sack. Spring onionti, Is to Is 3d per bunch. Marrows, 2a Od to 3s Od per case. Sweden, 2s Od to 3s Od per cvvt. Pumpkins, 0s to 7s per sack. Apples—Dessert, Choice, 12s 'o 14* per case. Apples—Cooking,os to 8s per cust. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Petirs—Choice Dessert, 10s to 12s por case. Lemons—£l Is per caee. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6|d to 7d; 90's to 100's Gid to 6id; baconets Od; choppers heavy 4d pei' lb. Honey.—ln 60' a SJd. Lggs.—Fresh Is 0d per dozen, liggp.— Preserved la 3d to Is 4d Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—fid per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 3e 0d ■ heavy hens 4s to ss; cockerels 3s to 4s j heavy cockerels Oa to 7s; good heavy ducks 6s 6d to 7a Od; Indian Runners 3s 0d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb; hens lid to la per lb live weight. I