COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

• THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. "WEEKJ * REPORT Wellington, October 30. Southern potatoes are still very high in price and supplies appear to be ' short. Shipments are still arriving from Australia. Wheat and oats are firm at recent rates. Maize shows 110 change. Good business is doing in pollard and bran at recent rates. Dressed pork is still in short supply and the demand keetn. Supplies of honey are now available and there is a fair demand. Eggs continue to be in excellent demand at the same rates as last week. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feediin.g is being used) in increasing quantities with satsfactory results. (Large consignments of spring cabbage are arriving and values have declined. Choice cauliflowers are in short supply and realizing high prices. Choice lettuce are in fair demand. Swedes are scarce and high rates 'ruling Parsnips, table carrots and white turnips meet with good demand at satisfactory rates. Celery, spring onions, and leeks also are selling well. The market is well supplied with rhubarb and satisfactory prices are being obtained. Nelson green peas are arriving daily and meet with ready sale. Choice dessert and cooking apples are in excellent demand and high prices are being maintained. Choice dessert and cooking apples are in excellent diemand and high prices are being maintained. 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 are as follow:— Wheat.—Good whole fowl, 5s odi to 5s 6d per bushel. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 5s 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s 4d. Maize—Local grown. 5s per busbel. Oats—'Feed 4s per bushel; special quotatons for la'rge 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 Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed. —3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per toD. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; Bmall lots £8. Rice Pollard £7 per ton; email lots £7 ss. Rice Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£4 15s to £5. Linseed Oil Cake.-.-Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10b per ton. 100's, 12e; , 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £8 per : ton. | Moltosses. —In casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 381b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; Ss per 50, and 5a 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. Pb-tatoee.—£ll per ton. New potatoes. 2Jd to 3d per lb. Cabbage.—6s to 7s; medium 3s to 4s sack. Cauliflower. —Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s per sack. Onions. —£9 10s per ton. Carrots.—Best '12s 6d to 14s; others 63 6d, to 8s 6d. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. ■

Turnips. "White 2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Lettuce.—4s to 6s per case. Nelson green peas.— Is to Is 6d per peck. Hutt tomatoes. —9d to Is per lb. Onions, £7 10s per ton. Leeks.—6d to 8d per bundle. Spinach.—3s to 4a. Beetroot. —5s to 7s Gd per sack. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagae.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedles—3s to 4s cwt. Parsnips.—los to 15s per sack. Apples—Dessert, cHoice, 10s to 12e per da«e. Apples. —Deesert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples. —Choice dessert 12s to 14s pei case. Lemons —16«s per case. Rhubarb.—'los to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d | haf case. Dressed Pork.— 70's to 90' a 6|d to 7d; 90' a to 100's 6Jd to 6Jd; baooners 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. Honey.— In 60's 6Jd to 7d. g Eggp.— Freeh Is 3d to 1b 4d pe r

dozen. Becawax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus od to fid per lb. Wahiuta.—Ski per lb. Linseed Oil Cake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs. 100's, 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 6c! ,• Cockerels -is 6d to 03 6d ; Cockerels, 69 to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8s 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hen? lid. to ls per lb «v» waiyit.