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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 August 1916, Page 1

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♦ r Aimioitcy CO-UPiiltAiiYE DISTItIBIiTLNU COMPAxNI, liiAU'iiiD. YVKEKLY RJilv'Ul Wellington, August 4. There lias been liair bumsiness doing iu the potato market and prices have remained stationary siuw iast report. OaLa have shown u weakening tendency una vol',); little business is doing. Wheat, is olloi'iug freely and the tone of the market is weak. Aiaizo li»is again declined in price. As anticipated in our last report tlie supplied of pollard from Australia at lower prices iitiv6 had the clieci oi reducing quotations for the iocui-article. i>ran has ujbo lallen in price Tiie demand for prime dressed poiii continues good. Honey it> stuite and readily bought up. .liggs are tsuil in very short supply and last weeii's aavance hao been maintained. Lutoecii oil cuke meal is being largely availed oi' tor stock feeding. Vegetables.—Cabbage and cauliflower are still realising high prices aud the deiiiaiid ia good. Carrots and white turnips are now coming in ireely and prices have declined. Parsnips are in short supply and realising good figures. Pumpkins and Marrows tare plentiful and fail price* are realised. Swedes are hard to quit. I'ruit:—On account oi bad weutlier and delay in dipping supplies of fruit ave short. Choice dessert applets ana pears are in keen demand and bring excellent prices. Cooking apples arc also iu short supply and prices are high. Walnuts are scarce and keenly inquired lor. Wheat.—Good whole fowl, 5s 2d IU-sk lots 5s Id. Maize—Local, 5s per bushel. Oats —Crushed, 4a 2d per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed—/s pel" bushel. Oats—Crushed, 4a 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4a 3d; Gar tons and Sparrowbitis, 4s; Duns, 4s fid per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d per bushel. itussian Cape Seed Barley.—6s 6d per bushel. Barley i<'eed.—3a fid per bushel. Barley meal.-— £8 10s per ton. j i'oliard—£B 10s per ton. Small lots £8 Ids. itic.e Pollard—£7 per taa. Brian—£s 16s per toil. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and -Nuts, £11 10a per ton. 100' a, 12s; oj'a, tis tid. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.— Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pet ton. MolWbes.—in casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per ©cwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. (Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, &» per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred j 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, JUS 10s per ton. Candies, 25's lbs 6d per box. Tea, 0- and 10-pound tins, Is Bd. chests, is Od to Is lOd lb. Potatoes—£B to £8 10s per ton. Cabbage—los to 12s per sack; medium j oi to is pei' sack. Cauliflower—l6a to 18s per sack; uit>diiim 10s to 12s. Carrots, 4s 6d to 5» 6d; others 3s tkl . to 4s tid. Parsnips—l2s to 14s per sack. Turnips— White, 2s to bs per sack. Lettuce tie to 8s per case. Onions, £7 10b per toil. Leeks, fid to 8d per bundle. Spinach, Is fid to to 2s per case. Beetroot, 3s fid to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per bunch. , Marrows, 2s fid to 3s fid per ease. Swedes—2s to 3s per cwt. Pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack. Apples—Deesert, choice, 10b to 12s per ciase. Apples—Cooking, 6s to 8s per case. Pears—Choice dessert (winter IS el is J 13ts 6d to 17s fid per ease. Lemons—£l Is per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to 7d; 90's to 100's 6Jd to 6|d; baooners 'id; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln GO'S 6^d. JLggs—Fresh 2s per dozen. Eggs—Preserved, la 4d to Is 6d. Beeswax.—ls 8d par lb. Fungus—fijd to Id per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to 0s 6d; Cockerels 4s fid to 5s 6d; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7b ; Good heavy ducks 7s fid to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; bens lid to Is per lb Hn weigh!,