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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1916, Page 1

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llir-; M-;\V ZKAI.AXD KAKY.KIU-CO-OI'KRA TIYK DLSTK IIiUT- I ING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKII A E PORT Wellington, Sept. 1. Southern potatoes have again'advanced in prices and indications are that high values will be maintained. "Wheat has 'advanced since last report. Oats are stationary and. 1 fair business doing. The market is dull for maize which has declined slightly in price. Consequent upon the decline there hue been a largely increased demand Tor 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 de- , maiid exists. Choice cauliflowers are in excellent demand 1 and well packed lines are bringing good prices. Clioicc savoy cabbage meets with ready sale aL satisfactory rates. Pumpkins are very 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 and. choice lines bring excellent prices. Parsnips lire 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 .'carce 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. • Oate—Feed, 3s 8d per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed—7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbil«s, 4s; Duns, 4s Gd per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Parley, Capo Seed—4s Sd por bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per toD. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lote £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; 50's, Os (3d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Molksses.—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, 17e per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, JBS 10s per ton. Caudles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 0- and 10-pound tins, Is 3d; elicsts, Is Od to Is lOd lbPotatoes.—£9 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 10s to lis; - medium 0s to 7s'sack. Cauliflower.—l2s to lis; medium 8s to 10b sack. Carrots, Is tid to 5s 6d; others 3s 6d t-o 4s 6d. Turnips—White, 2s to 3s per sack. Lettuce.--3s to 6s case. Onions, £7 10a per ton. Leeks, Gd to 9d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4s. Beetroot, 3a 6d to 4s Gd per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d per bunch. . Marrows, 2s 6d to 3s Gd per case. Swedes—2s to 3s per ewt. Parsnips.—Bs to 10a. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12s per case. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Cooking 8s to 9s. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 80's 6Jd to 7d; 90's to 100's to 6|d; baooners Od; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.—ln 60's 6|d. Eggs—Freeh, la Id per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus—6Jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs. j 100's, 12s; 50's, 6s Od. This is the j best and cheapest Btock food procurable. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Cockerels 4s 6d to 53 6d; heavy Cockerels, 6s to ' 7a ; Qood heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to So per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; henr lid to la per lb lir§ weight.