COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 December 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

TiiE NEW ZEALAND FAIiMEUS' 00-OPERATIVE DiSTll 1 »UTI.NG OOAJPANV, i,lMi';'till. WEEK i \ .rr-»<Mrr Wellington, Dec. 15. Supplies of new potatoes are ik?w coming in more freely but tlie quantity available is not up to expectations and some consignments . are showing signs of disease. The demand is good and excellent prices are being obtained. Wheat is still firm at recent rates. The market is fully supplied with maize and prices are weaker. Oats are steady but little business doing. l'ollard and bran show no change and there is a probability of Australia again coming in tlio market. There is a good demand for dressed pork and supplies are short. Eggs are scarce and prices remain firm. In view of Xmas requirements there is an excellent demand for poultry and good prices are being realised.. Vegetables.—Choice cabbage and cauliflower is in short supply and prices are higher. Lettuce is in good demand at satisfactory rates. Parsnips and carrots are scarce and meet j keen competition. White turnips are now plentful and slow of sale. _ Spring onions and beetroot are readily bought up at satisfactory prices. The market is well supplied with rhubarb and prices are lower. Nelson green peas are more plentiful and prices have declined. Fruit.—Strawberries are in excellent realised. Cherries and gooseberries meet keen competition at satisfactory rates. There is a good demand for Hutt and Nelson tomatoes which are coming to hand more freely and high rates are ruling. "Wheat. Good whole Fowl, 7s bushel. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Oats.— Feed 4s per bushel; specMaize.—ss 9d per bushel, ial quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s Gd per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. Prime New Potatoes.—2d; medium lid Cabbage.—Choice 8s to 10s; medium 6s 6d per sack. * Maize 6s '10d per bushel Onions.—Best 10s Beetroot.-—Bs per sack Pumpkins. 14s per sack Carrots.—Best 10s Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—ss 6d to 6s 6d per case. Spinach.—ss per case. Pumpkins.—l4s per sack. Spring Onion.—9d hunch. Asparagas.—6d to lOd bundle. Nelson Green Peas.—lOd per peck. Hutt Green Peas.—ls 3d per peck. Hutt Hot House Tomatoes. —Is Id per lb. Tomatoes.—ls to "Is Id per lb. Parsnips.—l6s per sack. Asparagus.— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4e 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 pei bushel. Russian Barley Cape Seed.—ss per bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 6d per bushel. Barley meal.—£B 10s per too. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs. Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's. 12s; 50's, 6s <sd. This i 3 the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf. £0 15s to £6 per ton. MolLasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.— £3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tans, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50. and 5s per 251b bag. Eggs,—Fresh Is 6d per dozen. Poultry.— Light Table Hens, ss; Heavy Hens, 6s; Cockerels, Gs; heavy Cockerels, 7s to 8s; Good heavy Ducks 9s; Indian Runners, 7s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb. Superphosphates, £8 10a per ton. Candles, 25's 16b 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, 1b 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.-—Choice, 10s to 12 s ; medium, 8s per sack. Onions.—£lß per ton. Rhubarb.— 4s to 7s dozen bundles. Turnips.—White, 5s per sack. Spring Onions.—lOd bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3e to 4s cwt. Apples.—Dessejrt, Choice Sturmers, 15s case. Lemons—l6s per cn*e. Gooseberries. '2Jd per lb. Strawberres.—-Is 6d punnet Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Cherries.—Local, 30s; Choice 40s per crate. Dressed Pork. —Vo'a to 90's 6|a to 7d : 90'b to 100's 6|d to 6|d; baoonere dozen. Beeswax.—ls ®d p»r lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb.