THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 November 1916, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED.

•vriiEKl * rtK"»rn?T Wellington, Nov 22. Old potatoes are firm in pricc, but transactions are small; most suppl'Jes held ar© Australian grown. New potatoes have returned to normal during the laet few days. Values should, however-, steaduly decline as new seaeon's suplicH arrive. There has been a very sharp advance in wheat, which has 'risen Gd per bushel d'urJng the week. -Maize is also higher, doubtless in sympathy with wheat. Oats are firm, but very little business passing. Pollard and bran are steady. Oji account of the wanner weather, dressed pork is not in srieh keen demand, and prices show a declining tendency. 13ggs are linn. Honey is dull of sale. Poultry is in exceptional demand, and fancy prices are being realised.

\ egetablee.—There is an abundant supply of spring cabbage arriving, and valnves have klecimed. Cauliflowers are in good supply, audi prices are much lower. There is an excell.ii demand! for choice lettuce, and fair prices are ruling. Choice table carrots and white tiiTiiips are bringjjig high prcies. Celery, spring onions, and leeks eain-se keen competition. The demand remains good for rhubarb, which i!s fairly plentiful. Choice Nelson green peas are in good demand, but infer.or lines are hard to qiut. i' i'u it).—Strawberries, passions, and Gooseberries are arriving in small parcels, and) causing keen competition. Local cherries are arriving in large ciuantities, and meet with good demand. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 6s Gd bus. Maize—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.-—• Feed 4s per bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l3 per ton. New potatoes.—2Jd ... *r Cabbage.— 6s to 8s; medium 4s per sack. Maize Cs lOd per bushel Onions £12 per ton. Clarrots.—Best 14s per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d pea- bundle. Lettuce.—3s (xj to Ss 6d. Spinach.—ls 6d case. Beetroot.— 7s. Spring onions.— 9d to Is bunch. Asparagus.—ld to 9d bundle. Nelson Green Peas. — Is to Is 8d peck. Butt hothouse tomatoes.— Is 2d per lb. Nelson tomatoes.—lOd per lb. Parsnips.— 15s per sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4s Gd per bushel. Seed Oata. Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped. f>«. oth«n» 4o 3d : Gartons and Sparrowbiliß, 4s; Buna, 4s 6.1 per bumhel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d per bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—Sd per bashel. Barley Feed 3s 6d per bnshel. Barley meal—£s 10s per ton. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs. Meal and Nuts. £11 10b per ton. IDO'n. 12s; 60's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £8 per ton. Mollaeses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food. 28a per 5c wt. 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. Eggs.—Fresh Is 5d per doxen. Poultry.—Light table liens, ss; heavy hens, 7s; Cockerels. Cs o 7s; heavy cockerels. 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks, 9s: Indtian Runners, 7s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; liens, lid to Is per lb live weight.

Superphosphates, £6 10s per tin. 3 Caudles, 25's 16s 6d per box. '■ Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, la 3d: citesta, Is 6d to la lOd lb. '< * Cauliflower.—Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. White 2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Lettuce—os to 6s. Spring onions.—9d to le 2d bunch. Marrows.—os' 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples—Dessert, choice, 10s to 12e pe.- case. Apples.—Dessert, choice 10s to 13s. Apples.—Choice dessert 12s to 14s per case. Lemons—lfis per case. Rhubarb.—>los to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4e 6d to 5s 6d haf case. : choppers heavy id per lb. Dreasad Pork.—Vu's to 90's 6Jq to 7d: 90'b to 100' a B|d to 6W; baooti« r s dozen. Beeawauc.—l» Bdp»r lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb.