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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 September 1916, Page 1

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING OOMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKTV AEPORT iVeilington, Sept. 1. Southern potatoes have again advanced iu prices and indications 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 6carce and keenly enquired for. There hue been a largely increased demand for eggs at prices given in last report. Unseed 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, sale at reduced rates. Table carrots and white turnips are in fair demand. Lettuce is in short supply andi choice lines bring excellent prices. Parsnips "are 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 arf scarce and are keenly sought aftor at high rates. Walnuts are scarce. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 5s od bus. ten sack lota 5s 4d. Maize— Local grown. -5s per bushel. Oata—Feed, 3s 8d per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed —7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed., 4b 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian'.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duna, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per taD. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lots £B.' 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'e, 6a 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff. —Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. MoUasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 2slb 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. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. 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 14s; medium 8s to 10s 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 8d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4a. Beetroot, Ss 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 pei- clase. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Cooking 8s to 9s. j Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to 7d; 90's to 100's 6}d to 6Jd; baooners 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's 6id. Eggs—Fresh, Is Id per dosen. Beeswax.—ls fid per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Linseed .. Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 2000155. 100'b, 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 fid to 5s 6d; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8a 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hen? lid to la per lb Sri weight.