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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 November 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTHIBUT- - TNG (XOJPAN Y, LIMITED. t;i:eki is ,?tc-'Otrr Wellington, Nov. '24. Okl potatoes are firm in price, but transactions are small; mo-t supplies held are Australian grown. New potatoes liave returned to normal during the last few days. Values should however decline as the new season's supples arrive. There lias been a very sharp advance in wheat which hats risen (3d per bushel during tlio last fortnight. Maize also is higher, doubtless in sympathy with wheat Oats are firm but very little business passing. Pollard and bran are steady. On account of the warmer weatner dressed pork is not in such keen demand, and prices show a declining tenJ dency. Eggs are firm. Honey is dull of sale. Poultry is in exceptional demand and fancy prices are being realized. Vegetables.-—Choice spring cabbage still continues to arrive in large quantities and values are much lower. La'ige consignments of cauliflowers are coming into the market, and low prices are obtained. Choice lettuce is realizing high prices. Goodi table carrots and parsnips are in excellent demand. Celery., spring onions and locks cause keen competition. Rhubarb is more plentiful and prices are weaker. Choice green peas fetch high pi - ices bnt inferior lines are slow of sale. ■Fruit.—Strawberries, passions and gooseberries are arriving in larger quantities and realize satisfactory prices. Lfucal cherries are arriving in larger quantities and meet with good demand. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 6s 6d bus. Maize.—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.-— Feed 4s per bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7,s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. New potatoes.—2d to 2|d. Cabbage.—Choice 5e to 7s; medium 4s per sack. Maize Cs '10d per bushel Onions.—£l3 per ton. Carrots.—los per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d iper bundle. Lettuce.—3s to 6s per case. Spinach.—ls 6d case. Pumpkins.— 12s per sack. Spring onions.— 9d to Is bunch. Asparagus.—4d to 9d bundle. Nelson Green Peas.—ls to Is 6d. Hutt Green Peas.— Is lOd to 2s per peck. Hutt hothouse tomatoes.— Is 2d per lb. Tomatoes.—ls to Is Id per lb. Parsnips.—l2s per sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped. sa, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sp&rrowbitis, 4s; Dun*, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—Bs 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Capo Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£s 10s per ton. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's, 12e; 50's. 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £8 pei ton. Molloeses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28e per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 231b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5a per 251b bag. Eggs.—Freeh Is od per doxen. Poultry.—Light table hens, ss; heavy liens, 7s; Cockerels, 6s o 7s; heavy cockerels, 7s to 8s; good lieavy ducks, 9s; Indian Runners, 7s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hens, lid to Is per lb live weight. Superphosphates, £8 10s per ton. Oandles, 25'g 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s petr sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.— 4s to 7s dozen bundles. Turnips.—'White 3s 6d( to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bumcn. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedies—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—D'essert, choice Stunners 13s per case. Lemons—l6s per case. Gooseberries.— 2d to 2£d. Strawberries.— Is 3d to le 7d. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.'—Local : ls to Is 2d. fid: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dreaeed Pork. —7u's to 80's 6Ja to 7d; 90's to 100' a 6Jd to 6|<l; baoonere dozen. Beeswax Is 6d par lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb.