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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 October 1916, Page 1

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITM). WEEKTI REPORT Wellington, Bept. '29. Southern .potatoes liave firmed slightly since last report and fsvir 'business is passing. Wheat is still firm at recent rates - and oats have advanced slightly .since Inst report. There is little enquiry for maize and 110 change in price. Recent prices for pollard l , and bran are being maintained and of spring cabbage are coming in from is still in very short supply and the demand continue® unsatisfied. Honey is scarce. Eggs continue to be in excellent demand and prices remain the same as last week. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feeding is being ns;:d in increasing quantities with Satisfactory results. Vegetables.— Fairly large supplies of sprin gcabbage are coining in from the Hutt and country distracts and well packed lines aire bringing good prices. Choice cauliflowers are in short supply and' high rates are ruling. Choice lettuce meet with ready sale at satisfactory prices, but inferior linos are hard to quit. Swedes are slow. A good demand continues for parsnips which are realizing high priccs. Table carrots and white turnips are bringing fair prices, and celery, spring onions andi leeks are also selling well. Rhubarb is now arriving in large quantities and meets with a good demand at satisfactory rates. A few Nelson green peas have been Bold during tho week. I and liavo realized fancy prices. Fruit.—Choice dessert and cooking apples are in good demand and high prices are being maintained. Choice peal's are scarce and are eagerly bought up at liigh rates. Asparagus.—ls to Is 8d per bundle. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 5s 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s 4d. Maize—Local grown, 5s per bushel. Oats.—3s Dd per bushel. Special quotations for large lots. Partridge Pea Seed—7s per bushel. Oats—Crushed., 4s 2d per bushel. ( Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, s#, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilfe, 4s; Duna, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s Sd per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per toB. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lots £8. Rice Pollard £7 per ton; email lots £7 ss. Rice Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£s. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pei ton. Mollasses—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, JX 10s per ton. Candles, 26' a 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, 8s to 10s; medium 4s to 6s per sack. Cauliflower.—los to 15s; medium 6s to 8s per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Carrots.—4s to ss; others 3s to 3s 6d. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s (3d to 3s 6d per sack. * Lettuce.—4b to Gs case. Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks, 6d to 8d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4s. Beetroot, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss to 6s per sack. Swedes—2s to 3s per cwt. j Parsnips.—los to 15s per sack. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12s per case. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Choice dessert 12s to 14s per case. Lemons.—l6s per case. Rhubarb—los to 15s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice dessert Vicars 5s to 6a half case. 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.— In 60's 6Jd t-o 7d. Eggs.— Fresh Is 3d to Is 4d per