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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1916, Page 3

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•6. i AJ.OlrJ.lti DLbi Klij t I'iN G CO., Liu. U EKEL 1 KJii'U'il 1. U elliugtou, July 26.

Hie potato market continues dull, i-r.ies L»eiiilj slightly weaker tluun la*t r-poit. UaU are stationary ami fair 'jiieinetis doing. Wheat shows a ■iiigntiy weaker tendency aaul fair quantities are offering. Pollard is st;i: from Australia and is bei.ig quoted at lower rates. This will probably have the effect of bringing down tlie price of the looal product. -Bran is steady at recent rates. There is (still an excellent demand for prime dressed porkers, at good prices. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired for. liggs ale in very short supply, and tlio price shows a sharp advwnce. Unseed oil cake meal for stock feeding ■is in good demand. Vegetables.—Ail green vegetables are realising high prices, and the demand is in excess of the suppfy. Carrots and white turnips are plentiful; parsnips are in iairly good demand, ana only small quantities offering. Marrows and pumpkins are bringing lair prices. Swedes are plentiful and prices low. i''ruit.—Choice dessert apples and pears are scarce, and are bringing good prices. First ojuss cooking apples are alvj in short supply, and are readily bought up at satisfactory prices. Walnuts are scarce, and keenly enquired for Wheat—Good whole fowl wheat 5s •'M a bushel; 10-sk lots 5s Id. Maize—Local, os Id per bushel. Oats— -Crushed, -Is 2d per bushel. Pol In rd—L'B 10s per ton. Small lot*. £8 los. Kkv I'ollard—£7 per ton. Potatoes £8 to £8 10s per ton. I umips White. Is to 2s per sack. Apples -Choice dessert, 8s to 10s per case. Apples—Cooking. 6s. to 8s per case, fresh. 2s per dozen. Eggs- Preserved, Is 5d to Is 6d.