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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 December 1916, Page 1

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TEE NEW ZEALAND KAllMliKd' CO-Oi'Jill ATI V li D IST 1{ LI) U'lINO WAJI'A.NV, LtillTCU. tVEEK) J ,*E"'OUT Nov. 24. Old potatoes are firm in price, but transactions are small; most supplies held are Australian grown. New potatoes have returned to normal during tho last few d'ays. Values should however decline as the new season's supples arrive. There lias been a very sharp advance in wheat wh'.ch hats risen (id 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 b.ran are steady. On account of* the warmer weatTier 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 spiling 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. .Flruit.— Strawberries, passions and gooseberriesi are arriving an larger quantities and realize• sabist'ac tory prices. Local cherries are arriving' in larger quantities and. meet with good demand. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Wheat.—Good whoie fowl 6s (3d bus. Maize—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.— If eed 4s per' bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s (3d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. iS'ew potatoes.—2d to 2jd. Cabbage.—Choice 5e to 7s; mediium 4s per sack. Maize (3s '10d per bushel Onions.—£l3 per ton. Carrots.—los per sack. Leeks—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—3s to 6s per case. Spinach.—4s Gd case. Pumpkins.— 12s per sack. Spring onions.— 9d to Is bunch. Asparagus.-—4d to 9d bundle. NeJfio2i Green Pens. —Is to Is 6d. Hutt Green Peas.— Is lOd to 2s per peck. Hutt hothouse tomatoes.— Is 2d per lb. Tomatoes.—ls to 1b Id per lb. Parsnips.—l2s per sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Oats.—i Crushed 4s 6d per bushel.

Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and dipped, sa, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Spar Awhile, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peao Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d por bushel. Barley meal.—£s TOs per toD. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 pei ton. Mollasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3a per tin. Meat and.Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. Eggs.—Fresh Is od per doxen. Poultry.—Light table hens, ss; heavy liens, 7s; Cockerels, Cs 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 tiDs, Is 8d: chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. 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 64 to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions 9d to Is 2d buencn. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—Dessert, choice Stumers 13s per case. Lemons—l6s per case. 'Gooseberries 2d to 2sd. Strawberries.— Is 3d to Is 7d. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.—(Local Is to Is 2d. fid: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dreased Pork.—7o's to 00's 6Ja to 7d; 90's to 100's 6}d to 6Jct; baoonera dozen. Beeswax.—la fid per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb.