COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 September 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEK f \ ilTT'O'.'T I'Veiiington, Sept. 1. Southern potatoes have again advanced in prices and indications are that high value.s will bo maintained. Wheat has advanced sincc last report. Oats are stationary and fair business doing. The market is dull for maize which has declined slightly in price. Consequent upon the decline there has been a largely increased demand for pollard and; 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. Linseed oil caks is being extensively used as a stock food and an excellent demand exists. Choice cauliflowers are in excellent demand and well packed lines are bringing good prices. Choice savoy cabbage meets with ready sale at satisfactory rates. ' Pumpkins are very plentiful and are meeting with fair .vale at reduced rates. Table carrots and white turnips are in fair demand. Let tuce is in short supply and 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 5s 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s <3J. Maize—Local grown. 5s per bushel. Oat6—Feed, 3s Sd per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed—7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed., 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oata, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d ; Gartons and Sparrovvbilis, 4s; Duna, 4s Gd per bushel. Partridge Poas Seed.—6s 6d pet bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s Sd per bushel. Barley -Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.— £3 IDs 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. 100's, 12s; 53's, 6s fid. Thin is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chalf.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 toa. Mollflsses. —In casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 28lb air-tight tins, 3s per tin". Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b Bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. j Candles, 25's IGa fid per box. j Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d; 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 1-ls; medium 8s to 10s sack. Carrots, 4s 6d to os 6d; others 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Turnips—White, 2s to 3s per sack. Lettuce.—3s to 6s case. Onions, £7 10s per ton. . Leeks, 6d to 0d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4s. Beetroot, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per bunch. Marrows, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per case. Swedes—2s to 3s per cwt. Parsnips.—Bs to 10s. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12s per oafie. 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 6Jd to 6|d; baoonere 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60'g 6|d. Eggs—Fresh, Is Id per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—fid per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs. 4 100's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest stock food procurable. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Cockerels 4s 6d to 5s 6d; haavy Cockerels, 6s to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb ; hen? lid to la per lb iir« weiahfr.