COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, ijlillTED. "WEEK J i f?lv'o(rP Wellington,- Dec, 1. There are now very few old potatoes arrivtiig. New potatoes are coming in more plentifully and realize satisfactory prices. Tlio price of wheat still shows a tendency to advance. Maize is firm at recent rates. Oats show a sWghtly weaker tendency and fair business doing. Pollard and bran are steady. Dreseed pork is in fair demand and" prices slightly lower. Eggs are scarce and price remains firm. Honey is slow of sale. Poultry is in exceedingly good demand and realising fancy prices. Vegetables:—Choice cabbage* 'and cauliflower show an improved; demand and satisfactory prices are now being realised. Large quantities of lettuce have been coming in and prices are much lower. Carrots, parsnips and wliite turnips are in short supply and bring high prices. Spring onions, leeks and beetroot meet with ready sale. Rhubarb is plentiful and the. demand good. Choice Nelson green peas are keenly bought up but inferior lines are slow of sale. Fruit Strawberries. gooseberries and passions are arriving in small parcels and cause keen competition. Larger quantities of local cherries are now coming to hand andi meet with ready sale. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Wheat.— 1 Goiod whole; fowl, 7s per bushel. Maize.—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.-— Feed 4s per bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. New Potatoes. —l£d to 2d per lb. Cabbage.—Choice 5s to 6s; mediurr 5s to 6s sack. Maize 6s 10d per bushel Onions.—£2o per ton. Beetroot.—Bs per sack Pumpkins. 14s per sack Carrots.—Best, '10s. Leeks.—ls 3d I>er bundle. Lettuce.—2s 6d to 3b 6d per case Spinach.—ss per case Pumpkins.— 12s per sack. Spring onions.— 9d t-o Is bunch. Asparagus.'—4d to 9d bundle. Nelson Green Pea.s.—ls 4d to Is lOcl per peck. Hutt Green Peas.—■ Is lOd to 2s per peck. Hutt hothouse tomatoes.— 1b 2d per lb. Tomatoes.—ls to Is Id per lb. Parsnips.—l6s 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; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pel bushel. Russian Barley, Cap© Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 0d 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, 12b; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the beat and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.— l Oate Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. MoUfl6Bes. —In casks. Splendid stock food, 2Se per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tiftht tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5e per 251b bag. Eggs.—Freeh Is -ad Per doxen. Poultry.—Light Table Hens, 6s; Heavy Hens 8s; Cockerels 6s to 7s; heavy Cockerels 7s to 8s Good heavy Ducks 9s; Indian Runners 7r per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; Hen® lid to 'Is per lb live weight. Superphosphates, JRJ 10s per ton. Candles, 25' a 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: cheats, Is 6d to lis lOd lb. Cauliflower.'—Choice 8s to 10s; medium 5s 6d 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 la 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 —16s per r.nxe. Gooseberries. —3id per lb. Strawberries. —Is lOd to 2s per lb. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.—Local 30s; choice 40s per crate.- ( fid: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dreieed Pork.—Vu's to ttO's 6ia to 7d: 90'b to loo's 61d to 6|«J; b&eoners dozen. Beeswax.—la 6d P«r lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb.