COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 November 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

« I IJFJ NEW ZEALAND FARMERS 00-OPEHATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO.u I'A.\ V, LIMITED. r,-ir.£K'i \ .1!' Wellington, -\ov. 17. Old potatoes are firm in price but transactions are small; most supplies held are Austral inn .grown. .New potatoes have advanced) sharply duri.i,* Ciio last lew days. Values should, however, steadily dccli'ne • as new season's supplies a.nrive. There 'ias been a sharp advance in tvhoit -whien has lvsen 6d per bushel during the week. Maiize is also 'liigli-er, doubtless in sympathy with wheat. Oats are firm, but very little bus/.'ness is passing. Pollard l and bran are steady. On account of the weather dressed! pork is not in such keen demand and prices show a declining tendency. Eggs are firm and likely to u-ise in price. Honey is dull of sale. There is an abundant suppl yof spring cabbage arriving and values have declined. Cauliflowers are in good supply and prices are much lower. There is an excellent demand for choiiee .lettuce and high prices auei ruling. Choice 'table carnots and w'hi.te turnips are bringing high prices. Celery, spring anions and leeks cause keen competition. The demand remains good for rhubarb which is fairly plentiful. Choice .Nelson green peas are in good demand but inferior lines are ha.rd to quit. Strawberries, passions, and gooeelberries are arriving in small parcels and causing keen competition. The

first of the season's. local cherries have arrived and Tealizedi the record price of 2s per lb. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 6s 6d bus. Maize.—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.— Feed 4s per bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—S&ed 7s (id per bushel. Potatoes.—£l3 per ton. New potatoes.—2Jd to 3d per lb. Cabbage.—ss to 7s; medium 4rs per sack. Carrots.—Best 14s per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce 3s Odi to 5s fid. Spinach.—ls 6d case. Beetroot.— 7s. Spring onions.— 9d to ls bunch. 'Asparagus.—4d to Od bundle. Nelson Green Peas.— ls -to Is 8d peok. Hutt hothouse tomatoes. — Is 2d per lb. Nelson tomatoes.—lOd per lb. Parsnips.— 15s per sack. 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:— Asparagus.—ls to ls 6d per bundle. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 5s 5d bu6. ten sack lots 5s Id. Oats.—Crushed 4s 4d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbiljß, 4s; Dana, 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.—£s 10s 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, £11 103 per ton. 100's, 12b; 50's, 6s 6d. Thia 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. Quicklipie.—ln 281b air-bight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Superphosphates, £S 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is 8d; chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 14e to 18s; medium 6s to 10s pea - sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s 6d' to 3s' 6d per sack. Lettuce—ss to 6s. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes —3s to 4s cwt. 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 haf case. 6d; choppers heary 4d per lb. Eggs.— Fresh Is 3d to Is 4d pe' Dreaaed Pork.—7o'a to 80's 6ld to 7d ; SO'b to 100' a 6)d to 6Jd; baooners dozen. Beeswax.—ls fid par 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, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest stock food ablePoultry -Xiifitht table hens 3s to 4s: Heavy hens 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Cockerels 4s 6d to 5s 6d; heavy Cockerels. 6s to 7b ; Good heavy ducks 7s 6d to 80 fid; Indian runners 4s to 5s per pair; Turorkoy gobblers, 1* to Is Id per lb;-Bene jg lid to 1« per lb Sj"t« woijM.

2nd September, 1916. NOMINATIONS FOR SPRING MEETING. Our®.—Advt. Award, name as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20b ; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n'a. not exceeding £25 fid.