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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1916, Page 1

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//iIiALAAJJ i< AliALlvHii' ili JJioilliJLJU IU\U OUAIi'AiN i, JULMXiJiiii. VVEKIvIA \Veilll4stou, July 2d. liiu potato mariiot continues dun, jmcuct beiiijj weaker tlwui last repoit. Outs, <ue stationary aiid tail' bucmtvw doing. VVliaat shows a tsiigatly weaker tendency am<i fair iiuauuties are i'oharci is stiji coiuaiji iroui Australia and is beiag quoted at lower rates. Tiiis will IJiouabiy liave the eit'ec-t oi bringing down the price oi the local product. Ijruu is steady at recent l'ates. There .s tstill an exceileut deinaiid for prime cheesed porkers, at good prices. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired for. are in very short supply, and Uic; price shows a sharp advance. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feeding Ui in good demand. Vegetables.—All green vegetables are realising high prices, and the demand is in excess of the supply. Carrots and wliite tuinips are plentiful; parsnips are in fairly good demand, ana only small quantities offering. -Marrows and pumpkins are bringing fail' prices. Swedes are plentiful and pi ices loiv. Jj'ruit.—Choice dessert apples and peaio are scarce, and are bringing good prices. First oiass cooking apples are ul,s<) in short supply, and are readily bought up at satisfactory prices. Walnuts are scarce, and .keenly enquired for : Wheat—Good whole fowi wheat 5s 3d a buahel; 10-sk lots 5s Id. .Maize—Local, 5s Id per bushel. Oats.—Feed, 3s 9d per buahel. Special quotes for large lots. Oats—Crushed, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oate, Australian.—Algerian, dressedi and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartona and Spariwbitis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pel bushel. Russian Cape Seed Barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3e 6d per bushel. Barley meal £8 10s per ton. Poliard—£B 10s per ton. Small lots, £8 15s. Hice Pollard—£7 per ton. Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's, 126; 50's, 6s fid. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pet ton. Mollasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per ocwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10a per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, £3 10s per ton. Candles, 2o's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d; chests, Is (id to Is lOd lb. Potatoes—£B to £8 10s per ton. Cabbage, choice, 10s to 12s; medium Ok to 7s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 14s to 10s; medium 8s to 10s per sack. Carrots, 4s 6d to 5s fid; others 3s tid to 4s 6d. Turnips White, Is to 2s per sack. Onions, £7 10s pei ton. Leeks, 6d to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is 6d to to 2s per case. Beetroot, 3s 6d to 4s (id per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per- bunch. -Marrows, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per case. Swedes, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per cwt. Pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack. Apples—Choice dessert, 8s to 10s per case. Apples—Cooking, 6s to 8s per case. Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Pears—Choice Dessert, 10s to 12s P'_t case. Lemons—£l Is per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to 7d; 90's to 100's 6Jd to 6|d; baoonecs (kl; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's 6Jd. Lggs—Fresh, '2* par dozen. l£ggs—Preserved, Is 5d to Is 6d. Beeswax.—ls 6d par lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4s to ss; cockerels 3e to 4s; heavy cockerels 6e to 7s; good heavy ducks 6s 6d to 7s 6d; Indian Wunners 3e 6d to 4e 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb; hens lid to Is per jb live weight.