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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1916, Page 1

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Till? NEW ZEALAND KAKMERS CO-OPERATIVE DISTIIIBUTI.\G CO-UI'ANY, UlimiD. WEEKf 1 rtEPOUT Wellington Sept. 15. Southern potatoes have been iirm ill rccont ratos but now ishow a .slightly weaker tendency. Wheat .shows 110 change and oats have tinned! slightly since last report. Maize remains dull ol' sale and there is no change in price. There i.s good business doing in pollard and bran, recent prices being maintained. Dressed pork is in short supply and the demand keen. Honey- is scarce. There is an excellent demand for eggs, which are firm at last week's rates. Linseed oil cake meal for stoek feeding is being used in increasing (|iiantitie.s with (satisfactory results. Cair'ifloweifi have been coming to hand in much larger quantities and consequently prices are lower, although choice lines. are bringing good prices. Spring cabbage is plentiful and, wellpacked, lots are ren.lising fair prices. Oioice lettuce are in good demand. Swedes are slow of sale. PaiMiips. celery, spring onions timl leeks are selling freely at satisfactory rates. Small consignments of rhubarb have arrived from, the Hutt during .the week and caused keen competition. Choice.dessert audi cooking apples are .-.till ill short supply and well graded lilies are bringing high prices. Dessert pears are scarce i.md keenly sought alter. Wheat. — Good whole fowl 5s 5d bur,, ten sack lots 5s 4d. Maize—Local grown, 5s per bushel. Oats—Feed. 3s 8d per bushel. Partridge Pea Seed—7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed, 4s 2d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, os, others 4s 3d ; Gartons and Sparrowbilie, 4s; Duns, 4s Gd per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pel bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s 5d per bushel. Barley Food.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.— £8 10s per ton. Pollard.—£7 los per ton; small lote £8. Rico Pollard £7 per ton; small'lots £7 ss. Rice Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£s. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and A T uts, £11 10s per ton. 100's, 12s; 50's, (is (3d. This is the beet and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton Mollusßes.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per sewt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. I Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, &s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b hag. Superphosphates, £8 10s per ton. Candles, 25's IGa 6d per box. Tea, G- and 10-pound tins, la 3d; chests, Is Gd to Is lOd lb. Potatoes.—£9 10s per ton. Cabbage.— Choice Gs to 8s; .medium to -lis per sack. Cauliflower.—los L<j 12s; medium on to Gs Carrots.—4s to ss; others 3s to ."Its Gd. Rhubarb.—lßa per dozen bunches. Turnips—White, 2s to 3s per sack. Lettuce.— 2>s to 4s case. Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks, 6d to 9d per bundle. . Spinach.—3s to 4a. Beetroot, 3a Gd to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions, Is to Is 3d, per bunch. Marrows—3s (kl to -Is 6d per case Swedes—2s to 3a per uwc. Parsnips.—Bs to 10s. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12s pe.' case. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Choice dessert 12s to 14s per case. Pearfi.— Choice dessert, Winter Nclis B.s to S',s per half ease. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 64d to 7d: 80'b to 100's 6Jd to 6Jd; baooners f>d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.— In CO's GJd to 7d. Eggs.— Fresh Is 3d to Is -Id- per dozen. Boos wax.—ls 8d par lb. Fungus—6ld to 7d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts. £11 10s per ton of 2000!bs. 100's, I2s; 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 : hs?vv Cockorels, Cs to 7a; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8a fid; Indian runners 4s to per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hen? lid to Is per lb fcVe weight.