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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1916, Page 1

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TUP; NF.W y.EAzSxi) FARMERS' CO-OI'IiUATIVE DISTRIBUTING (XKMPANY, LIMITED. . "CTIvEKI J .=? Iv'OHT Wellington, Nov. 24. Old potatoes are firm in price, but transactions are small; mott supplies held are Australian grown. New putalccs have returned to normal during the last lew d'ays. Values should however decline as tile new season's supples arrive. There has been a very sharp advance in wheat which liae risen (3d per bushel during the 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 weatlier dressed pork is not in such keen demand, and prices show a declining tendency. «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. Large consignments of cauliflowers are coming into the market, and 1-ow prices are obtained. Choice lettuce is realizing high prices. Goodi table carrots and parsnips are in excellent , demand. Celery, spring onions and I leeks cause keen competition. Rhubarb is more plentiful and prices are weaker. Choice green peas fetch high prices but inferior lines are slow of sale. Fruit.—Strawberries, passions and gooseberries are arriving in larger quantities and realize satisfactory prices. Local 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 foT large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. New potatoes.—2d to 2id. Cabbage.—Choice os to 7s; medium 4s per sack. Maize 6s '10d per bushed Onions.—£l3 per ton. Carrots.—los per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—3s to 6s per case. Spinach.-—4s 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,' ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Buns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.--6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4a Sd per bushel. Barley Feed.—3a 6d per bunhel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per ton. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's, 12s; 50's. 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff. —Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pet ton. Mollasses.—ln cask*. Splendid stock food. 28e per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s , per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17e per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5a per 251b hag. Eggs.—Fresh Is od per doxen. Poultry.—Light table hens, ss; heavy hens, 7s; Cockerels, 6s o 7s; heavy cockerels, 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks, 9s; Indian Runners, 7s per pair"; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hens, lid to Is per lb live weight. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, is 6d to la. lOd 11>. Cauliflower.—Choice 14s to 18s; medium 6s to 10s per 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 buncn. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—Dessert, choice Stunners 13s per case. Lemons—l6s per case. Gooseberries.— 2d to 2Jd. Strawberries.— Is 3d to Is 7d. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.'—liocal Is to Is 2d. 6d: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dreased Pork.—Vo'a to 90's 6}a to 7d; SO's to 100*8 6)d to 6|<l; bsooners dozen. Beeswax Is 6d per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb.