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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 November 1916, Page 1

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THE NEW ZEAT,ANT) FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, Ll.ttlTm TTEEK) \ <U'PO«T Wellington No. 10. Potatoes have again shown a very sharp advance since last report. Supplies in the south are scarce and shipments continue to arrive from Australia and meet a ready sale at increased prices. The wheat market is excited and a sharp .advance has taken place. Maize also has increased lu price. Oats are firm at recent rates and business , rather dull. Fact- business is passing in pollard and bran and prices are stationary. There is a- keen demand for prime dressed pork which is in very short supply. Eggs continue to be in excellent diemand at the same rates as last week. Vegetables.— There is an .improved demand for spring cabbage and only limited supplies pre! now availabile. Well packed lines of choice cauliflower are in short supply and realizing high rates. Swedes are scarce and prices luigh. Parsnips, table carrots and white tumips are in very short supply. Spring onions, leeks and celery are in excellent demand. The market ~s well supplied with rhubarb ami prices are lower. Only small quantities of ■Nelson grown peas are coming to hand and prices have advanced. Fruit.-—Strawberries and gooseberries are arriving in small quantities and are keenly enquired for. [Dessert and cooking apples are scarce and high prices are ruling. 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 os 8d bus. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Wheat. —Good whole fowl 5s 5d bus. ten sack lots 5s 4d. Maize—Local grown. 5s per bushel. Oats.—Feed 4s. Special quotes for large lots. Partridge 7s 6d per bus. Oats.—Crushed 4s 4d per bushel. Seod Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped. ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and SparrowbiDs, 4s; Dun*, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seod.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s 8d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3b 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per toD. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton; small lots £8. Rice Pollard £7 per ton; small lots £7 ss. Rice Pollard.—£7. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. IDO's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Mollaeses.—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, £8 10s per ton. Candles, 25V 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Potatoes.—£l2 per ton. New potatoes. 2Jd to 3d per lb. Cabbage.—ss to 6s; medium 3s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Carrots. —Best 10s to 12e; others 5s to 8s sack. RhubaTb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Lettuce.—4s to 6s per case. ■Nelson Green Peas.— 9d to Is 6d peck. Hutt tomatoes.—9d to Is per lb. Onions, £7 IDs per ton. Leeks.—9d to Is bundle. Spinach.—Bs to 4s. Lettuce—ss to 6s. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s "8d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedie6—3s .to 4s cwt. 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—l 66 per case. Rhubarb.—'los to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Dressed Pork. —70' a to 80' a 6td to 7d; 90's to 100*8 BJd to 6Jd; baooners 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. ■ Honey.— In 60's 6Jd to 7d. Eggs.— Fresh Is 3d to Is 4d pe T dozen. Beeswax.—ls fld p*r lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb. Linseed Oil Oake —Slabs, Mea and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs • 100's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is th« I best and cheapest stock food proo.ar

able. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to 5s 6<iCockerels 4s 6d to 5s 6d; heavy Cockorels, 6s to 7a; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8a 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, la to Is Id per lb; henr lid to li par lb rive weigh*.