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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 November 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

« THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEK! \ 3EPOHT "Wellington, Nov. 24. Old. potatoes are firm in* price, but transactions are small; most supplies held are Australian grown. New ]Jotatoes have returned to normal during the last few d'ays. Values should however decline as the new season's supples arrive. There has been a very sharp advance in wheat whlich h:m risen Gd 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 weatTier dressed pork is not in such keen demajid, 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 low prices are obtained. Choice lettuce is realizing high prices. Goodi table carrots and parsnips are in excellent demand. Celery, spring onions and 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 quotation® for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. . New potatoes.—2d to 2£d. Cabbage.—Choice 6s to 7s; medlium 4s per sack. Maize 6s lOd per bushel Onions.—£l3 per ton. Carrots.—los per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—3s to 6s per case. Spinach.—ls 6d case. Pumpkins.— 12s per sack. Spring onionfi.— 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. Butt hothouse tomatoes.— le 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 Sparrowbiljß, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.--6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s fid per bushel. Barley meal.—£s 10s per ton. Bran.—£4 15 per ton.

Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. IQO's, 12b; Go's, 6a 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Mollaeees.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s par tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred; 9s per 50, and 5a per 251b bag. Eggs.—Fresh Is 5d per doxen. Poultry.—Light table liens, ss; heavy hens, 7s; Cockerels, 6s o 7s; heavy ( cockerels, 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks, 9s; Inddan 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. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, la 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 14b to 18s; medium 6s to 10s peir sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.— 4b to 7s dozen bundles. Turnips.—White 3s 6di 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. Swedies—3s to 4a cwt. Apples.—Dessert, choice Stunners 13s per case. Lemons—l6e per case. Gooseberries.— 2d to 2sd. Strawberries.— Is 3d to Is 7d. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4b 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.'—Local : ls to Is 2d. 6d: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dreaaed Pork.—7o*B to 90's 6Ja to 7d; 90's to 100' a 6}d to 6|di; baooners dozen. Beeswax.—la fid p*r lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb.