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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 August 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

luii.NiiW aiiALA.M) i'AiIALL/ito UiSTKIiiUT- ✓ iiSU OOjMI'AiN Y, Liili iiiD. WJtifiii) I AEK'li'f Weilnigtuii, An;;. 25. ino putaiu market suotva u slightly U. IIR-I- nUii oUl>i»iUa uppoar Lu ue luiiKT miuiL. Uliual luia udvuiieuu in pi ico and uaio arc il any siiylul,v hi mcr. .Uaizo is uuchuugeu. There nils Ooou a mi ciiei' duuliuc in olio pr.w ui ]>uiiunl ami bran. I here is au uxcelieiu demand lor yuvli and supplies aro siioi't, »a(>kiuctoi°j' prices being realised. -Homy is ecarcc and Keenly enijuiiod for. Jiggs iiave been airivmg in large and prices ahovv a considerable drop dumig llie past week. Linseed oil cake meal is being extensively ustid as a slock luod and an excellent demand exists. Vegetables.—Tlio demand ior cauliflowers continues; good and well packed lines are eagerly bought up at high prices. Choice Savoy cabbage is meeting with steady demand at slightly reduced rates. There is a lair demand ior pumpkins and marrows and choice table carrots and white turnips are now bringing lair prices. Lettuce" is in short supply, and the demand good ior choice inies. i'aionips are bringing ' high rates. Swedes are slow. Sprsng onions and leeks are selling ireely. A good demand exists tor celery. fruit.—There is still a good demand ior choice dessert and cooking apples, and the demand exceeds the supply. : Go»d lines of desaert pears are eagerly bought up at high rates. Walnuts are scarce. Wheat.—Good whole i'owl, os 2d IU-sk lots os id. Maize-- Local grown, 5s per bushel. Oats—Feed, 3b 8d per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed—in per bushel. Oats—-Oruehedi, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed; and clipped, os, others 4s 3d; Gar tons and Sparrowbilfc, 4s j Duns, 4s (id per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pel bushel. Eusaian Barley, Cape Seed—4s (3d per bushel. Barley Feed*— 3e 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Pollard—£B per ton. llice Pollard £7 per ton; email lots £7 sa. Bran, £5 os per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's, 12s; 53's, 6s (id. This is the best and cheapest Stock i'ood procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pei ton. XloHawies.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28e per oewt. Casks extra. Straw.—• £3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—-In 281b air-tight una, 3s pe>- tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; Vs per oil; and 5s per 2oib bag. Superphosphate.-., .Cli IDs per ton. Caudles, -o's itis (ki per box. Tea, 0- anu Impound tins, Is Sd, chests, is Od to is llki lb. Potatoes—Southern, £U to £'J lUs. Cabbage—iOs to per sack; weaiuui Os to 16 per buck. Cauiillower—ids to itte per sack; medium IDs to 12s. Carrots, is tkl to oi> Od; others 3s (id to 4s Ikl. Parsnips—l3s to 14s per sack. Turnips—White, 2s to 3s per sack. Lettuce <is to Us per cube. Onions, £7 lUs per ton. Leeks, tid to Ud per bundle. Spinach, Is tkl to to 2s per case. Beetroot, 3s tid to 4s (id per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per bunch. Marrows, 2s Od to 3s (ki per case. Swedes—2s to 3s per eivi. Pumpkins, (is to 7s per sack. Apples—l>ebseit, choice, 10s to 12s pe,- oase. Apples—Cooking, 6s to & per case. Pears—Choice dessert (winter -Nelisj 15« tid to 17s tid per case. Lemou»—£l Is per case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to iiG's tifd to 7d; 90's to 100' a ti|d to (ijd; baconers tid; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—lu 60's Sid. Lggs—i'ietth, Is id per dozen. Eggs—Preserved, Is 4d to Is sd. Beeswax.—ls 6d per ib. Fungus—6 Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts-—9d per lb. Linseed Oil (Jake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 lUs per ton of 20001bs. lUU's, 12e; 50's, tis (id. This is the best and cheapest stock food procurable. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s tid to 5s 6d; Cockerels 4s tid to 5s tid; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to oe per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id pen* lb; hens lid to la per lb lire weight.