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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 November 1916, Page 1

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« THRNEW ZEALAND FAKMEK3' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITm -SVEKK) V rJTiP'ORT 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 6ale at increased prices. The wheat market is excited l and a sharp advance has taken place. Maize also has increased in price. Oats are firm at recent rates and business ' rather dull. Fair business is passing in pollard and bran and prices are stationary. There ob a keen demand for prime dressed pork which is in very short supply. Eggs continue to be in excellent diem and at the same rates as last weefe. Vegetables.— There is an improved demand for spring cabbage and only limited supplies janei now available. Well packed lines of choice cauliflower are in short supply and realizing high rates. Swedes are scarce and prices high. Parsnips, table carrots and white turnips are in very short supply. Spring onions, leeks and celery are in excellent demand. The market is well supplied with rhubarb and 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 5s 8d bus. 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. Oats.—Feed 4s. Special quotes for large lots. Partridge Peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bus. Oats.—Crushed 4s 4d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartoos and Sparrowbilis, is; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pel bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B IDs per ton. 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. 100's, 12s; 60's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable;" Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £8 per ton. MoUasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tans, 3s per tin.

Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred; 9s per 50, and 6b per 251b Sag. Superphosphates, £8 106 per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, la 8d; chests, la 6d to la lOd 11>. Potatoes.—£l2 per ton. New potatoes. 2Jd to 3d per lb. Cabbage.—ss to 6s; medium 3s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 14b to 18a; medium 6a to 10b per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Carrots.—Best 10s to 12s; others 5s to 8s sack. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 6ack. Lettuce.—4s to 6s per case. •Nelson Green Peas.— 9d to Is 6d peck. Hutt tomatoes.—9d to Is per lb. Onions, £7 10k per ton. Leeks.—9d to Is bundle. Spinach.—Ss to 4a. Lettuce—ss to 6s. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagae.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Parsnips.—los to 15s per Back. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to. 12e pea- case. Apples.—Dessert, cihoioe 10s to 13e. * Apples.—Choice dessert 12s to 14s per case. Lemons—l6e per case. Rhubarb >10s to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4« 6d to 5s 6d haf case. . Dressed- Pork. —70"a to 90's 6ld to 7d; 90' a to 100*8 6}d to 6|di: baooners 6d; choppers heavy 4d per lb. I Honey.— In 60's 64d to 7d. . Erkb.— Fresh Is 3d to Is 4d pe' dozen. Beeswax.—la Id per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts. —9d par lb. Unseed Oil Oake—Slabs, Meal and nuts, £11 10s per ton of 20001bs. • loo's, 12s; 60's, 6s 6d. This is the g best and cheapest stock food prooar-

able. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s; Heavy hens 4s 6d to fls 6d,- Cockerels 4s 6d to 5s 6d; heavy Cockerels, 6s to 7s; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 8a 6d; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hew lid to Is per lb Uro weiebt.