COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

nil*. AiiiW /.jiijlLiA.NiJ i< AltALLl&i' CAJ-Ol'iiHAllVK UibiitiiSUliiSU OOAII'AM, WiJiKIA Kki>'.:i VV wiliAgtdu, July -d. ' j.at; poiuto marKoD tiouuuues dull, pricoa allgliUy weaker tliiuu. litst lopoit. Cuts are sl/atiouury iiua lair ULlfclllLViS UolUg. U IitVIL siiows U biiguuj wuuliur tendency aaui fair ijuaiuiuos arc oltoruiy. i'oiiartl is siiil coining 110111 xlustraiia and is being (luoiou at lower rates. Tttis wili prouaOJy nave tlio ollect ol bringing Uown the price ol the local product, lirun is steady at recent rates. There .3 still an excellent demand for prime dressed porkei'ts, at good prices. Honey is" scarce and keenly enquired for. ■kgjis are in very short supply, aind tlio price shows a sharp advaace. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feeding .n in good demand. Vegetables.—All green vegetables are realising liigli prices, end the demand is in excess of the supply. Cairots and white turnips are plentiful; parenipfc are in fairly good demand, ana only small quantities offering. Marrows and pumpkins are bringing fair prices. Swedes are plentiful and pi ices low. l'juit.—Choice dessert apples and peara are scarce, and are bringing good prices. First ciass cooking apples are al.s j m short supply, and are readily bought up at satisfactory prices. Walnuts are scarce, and keenly enquired for Wheat—Good whole iowi wheat 6s 31 a bushel; 10-sk lots 5s Id. .Maize—Local, os Id per bushel. Oats.—■ Feed, 36 9d per bushel. Special quote for large lots. Oats—Crushed, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oata, Australian.—Algerian, dressed) and clipped, os," others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilte, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Cape Seed Barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Pollard—£B 10s per ton. Small lots, £8 15s. Uice Pollard—£7 per ton. Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and -Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's. 12s; 50's, (is 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £o 10 to £6 pei ton, Mollasaes.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, ,28s per oewt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b au-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, £& lite per ton. Candies, 25'b ltis 6d per box. Tea, (j- and 10-pound tins, Is Bd. chests, Is (id to Is lOd lb. Potatoes—£B to £8 10s per ton. Cabbage, choice, 10s to 12s; medium Go to i's per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 14s to 10s; medium 8s to IDs per sack. Carrots, 4s tid to 5s (id ; others 3s till to 4s 6d. Turnips White, la to 2s per sack. Onions, £7 10s pei ton. Leeks, (id to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is 6d to to & per case. Beetroot, 3s tid to 4s (kl per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d. per bunch. Marrows, 2s (id to 3s tid per case. Swedes, 2s tid to 3s tid per cwt. Pumpkins, tis to 7s per sack Apples—Choice dessert, 8s to 10b per cas«. Apples—Cooking, tis to 8s per case. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Pears—Choice Dessert, 10s to 12s por case. Lemons—£l Is per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 9Q'» 6Jd to 7d; yO's to 100's to 6Jd; baoouo'e <ici; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's 6§d. —Fresh, 2s per dozen. liggs—Preserved, is 3d to Is tid. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.— 9d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 3s (id; heavy hens 4s to ss; cockerels 3e to 4s j heavy cockerels tis to 7s j good heavy ducks tis 6d to 7s tid; Indian Kunners 3s tid to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to la Id per lb; hens"" lid to la per lb live weight.