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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 August 1916, Page 1

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oooriiUAiiVJ«i jjiri'iKiUU'i\Y elUmjton, July 28. iiiu puiabo liiaiiiot continuum dull, IJi'iteo OOII4J weaJtei' tkaiu last ivpuit. Oats a.ie stationary ami tail" •jUisinosa (imiig. U ht*ic allows a. fciimiiiy weaker ieudeiio,y <und fair qiiiiiiDiues are ottering, i'oluu'd is sLiii I'oiiiuig lroin Australia aud is Lielag quoted at lower ratcss. l v uis will p.ojiioiy have tilt; etiect oi uriugmg down the price of the ioual product. JJraii is steady at recent rates. There .s still an exceileiit demand for prime drctjsod porkcre, at good prices. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired for. iiggs are in very short supply, and ui»3 price allows a sharp advance. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feeding as in good demand. Vegetables.—All green - vegetables are realising high prices, end the demand is in excess of the supply. Carrots ami white turnips are plentiful; parsnips are in fairly good demand, ana only small quantities offering. ALarrows and pumpkins are bringing prices. Swedes are plentiful and prices low. .Fruit.—Choice dessert apples and pears are scarce, and are bringing good prices. First cjass cooking aaples are also in short supply, and*'are readily bought up at satisfactory pticee»J- Walnuts are scarce, and tor . _. Wheat—Good whole '£$«SrX 5s 31 a bushel; 10-ak Maize—Local, 5s " Id7per, bushel. Oats.—Feed, 3e 9d per bushel. Special quotes for large lote. '-■■%'■ "Oats—Crushed, 4e 2d per buehel. Seed Oate, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, Oβ, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Dune, 4s 6'd per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Cape Seed JJarley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley feed.—3e 6d per buehel. Uarley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Polind—£B 10s per ton. Small iote, £8 15s. Rice Pollard—£7 per ton. Bran.—£6 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and .Nuts, £11 10s per tou. IOO's," 12e; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best aud cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pei ton. Mollasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 26s per oewt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5e par 251 b bag. £b 10s per ton. Candles, 25's ltis tkl per box. • Tea, b- and 10-pound tins, Is Bd, chests, Is (id to Is lOd lb. Potatoes—£B to £8 10s pel , ton. Cabbage, choice, 10s to 12s; medium (Jc> tu 7s per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 14& to l(Js; medium 8s to 10s pel , sack. Carrots, -is Ud to 5s (id ; others 3s tid to 4s od. Turnips White, Is to 2s per sack. Onions, £7 10s pei ton. Leeks, (id to 9d per bundle. Spinach, Is 6d to to 2a per case. Beetroot, 3e od to 4s bd per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d. per bunch. Mario wfa, 2s bd to 3s tid per case. Swedes, 2s bd to 3s (id per owt. Pumpkins, tie to 7a per sack. Apples—Choice dessert, 8s to 10s pei case. Apples—Cooking, 6s to 8s per case Lettuce, 8s to 10s per case. Pears—Choice Deesert, 10s to 12» por case. Lemons—£l Is per cage. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90'e 6*d vi. 7d; 90'e to 100's 6|d to 6|d; bacoueo od; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's 6id. Eggs—i<'resh, 2e per dozen. J^ggs—Preserved, Iβ 5d to Iβ 6d. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—9d pear lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3e to 6d; heavy hena 4s to ss; cockerels to 4e; heavy cockerels 6s to 7e; goo,: heavy ducks 6e 6d to Vβ 6d; India) Hunnere 3e 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Iβ to Is Id per lb; iitnlid to Iβ per ib live weight.