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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1916, Page 1

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUT- | ING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEK7I r!EPORT Wellington, October 6. Southern potatoes are firmer in prioe since last report, and importations from Australia are now on the .market. Wheat remains stationary. Oats are firm at recent rates and not much business doing; There is a good enquiry for maize and the price is unchanged. Pollard l and: bran are selling well and recent prices have been maintained. The market is practically bare of dressed pork and a keen demand exists. Supplies of honey are now available and there is a fair demand. Eggs continue to be in excellent demand and prices remain the same as last week. Linseedi oil cake meal for stock feeding is being extensively used with satisfactory results. Vegetables.—Spring cabbage is coming in in large quantities and good lines are realizing Pair .prices. Cauliflower are in very short supply and high prices are ruling. Choice letuuce meet ready sale at satisfactory rates. Swedes now show an improved demand. Parsnipe, white turnips and table carrots are in short supply and realizing high prices. Celery, spring onions and leeks are selling well. The demand for rhubarb is good; supplies are increasing and satisfactory prices are being realized. Nelson grown peas have been sold in small quantities during the week. Fruit.—Choice dessert and cooking apples are in good demand and high prices are ruling. - Choice pears are very scarce and eagerly bought up at high prices. The alterations in prices from last week axe as follow:— Wheat.—Good whole fowl, 5s sdi to 5s 6d per bushel. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 5s 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s Id. Maize—Local grown. 5s per bushel. Oaits.—3s 9d 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, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilfe, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. 'Russian Barley, Cap© Seed—4a 6d per bushel. ' Barley Feed.—3s fid per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lots £8. i Rice Pollard £7 per ton; small lots £7 sa. Rioe Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£4 15s to £3. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. lOO's, 12s; 50's, 6s fid. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pet ton. MoUaeses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 28lb air-tight tans, 3s par tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5» per 251b Bag. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d; chests, la 6d to la lOd lb. Potatoes.—£9 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 7s to 10s; medium 4s to 4s 6d. Cauliflower.—Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s par sack. Onions. —£9 10s -per ton. Carrots.—Best 9s to 12s; others 4s 6d to 5s 6d sack. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Lettuce.—4s to 6s case. Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks.—sd to 8d per bundle. Spinach.—9e to 4a. Beetroot.—ss to 7s 6d per sack. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—s6 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedies—3s to 4s cwt. Parsnips 108" 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 '10s to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d Vidf pflap - Dressed Pork.-Ws to. 90's 6|d to 7d; 90's to lOO's 6|d to 6|<i; baconers 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.— In 60's 6Jd to 7d. f Eggs.— Fresh Is 3d to Is 4d I

dozen. Ueeawax.—ls 8d per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs. 100's, 126; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and choapest stock food procurable. Poultry.—Light table hons 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to 5s 6d, Cockerels 4s 6d to 5s od; hdAvy Cockerels, Gs to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s Gd to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hem lid to la per lb live weight. I