COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEK!V AEPOKT iV'eilington, Sept. 1. Southern potatoes have again advanced in prices and iiidicatioiis are that high values will be maintained. "Wheat has advanced since last report. Oats are stationary andi fair business doing. The market is dull for maize which has declined slightly in price. Consequent upon the decline there lias been a largely increased demand for pollard andi bran, last week's values being maintained. Dressed pork is in very short supply and meets keen demand at excellent prices. Honey is scarce and keenly enquired for. There has been a largely increased demand for eggs at prices given in last report. £Tinseed oil caks is being extensively used as a stock food and an excellent demand exists. Choice cauliflowers are in excellent demand. l and well packed lines are bringing good prices. Choice savoy cabbage meets,with ready sale at satisfactory rates. Pumpkins are veiy plentiful and are meeting with fair sale at reduced rates. Table carrots and white turnips are in fair demand. Let tuce is in short supply andi choice lines bring excellent prices. Parsnips "arc selling well. _ Swedes are slow. There is a good demand for spring onions, leeks and celery. Choice dessert and cooking apples are in short supply and well packed lines are bringing high prices. Dessert pears are scarce and are keenly sought after at high rates. Walnuts are scarce. Wheat.—Good whole fowl os 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s 4d. Maize— Local grown. 5s per bushel. Oats—Feed, 3s 8d per bushel. Partridgo Pea Seed—7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed., 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns t 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s 3d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lots £8. Rice Pollard £7 per ton; small lots £7 ss. Rice Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£s. Linseed "Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. l'OO's, 12s; 53's, 6s fid. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Mollagses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks'extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 231b air-tight tana, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25'b 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is Sd; chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Potatoes.—£9 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 10s to lis; medium 6s to 7s sack. Cauliflower.—l2s to 14s; medium 8s to 10b sack. Carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; others 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Turnips—White, 2s to 3s per sack. Lettuce.—3s to 6s case. Onions, £7 10a per ton. Leeks, 6d to 9d per bundle. Spinach.—l3s to 4g. Beetroot, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per bunch. Marrows, 2a 6d to 3s 6d per case. Swedes—2s to 3s per cwt. Parsnips.—Bs to 10s. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12e per case. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Cooking 8s to 9s. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to 7d; 90's to 100's 6}d to 6|d; baconers 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60' a 6Jd. Eggs—Fresh, Is Id per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6id to 7d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 2000165. 100's, 12s; 50's, 6e 6d. This is the best and cheapest stock food procurable. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to Ss 6d; Cockerels 4s 6d to 5s 6d; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d .to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblen, la to Is Id per lb; hen? lid to Is per lb StTi weight.