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Levin Daily Chronicle, 30 January 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

. THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' 00-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington,. Jan. 19. Supplies of potatoes are increasing, and consequently prices have weakened. However, there is still an excellent demand. Wheat is firm at recent rates and fair 'business passing. Maize is slow. 'Fair business is being done in oats and recent prices being maintained. Pollard and loraii show no change. Thore is a fair demand for dressed pork which is now in better supply, prices being slightly lower. Eggs a/re scarce and remain firm at recent rates. Poultry is in good demand, realising fair prices. Linseed oil cake meal for stock feeding

is being used in increasing quantities ! with excellent results Vegetables.—Green peas are in beti ter demand, and prices have-improved, j French beans arc eagerly bought up. Cabbages aro lower in price owing to : largely increased supplies. Only a j few good lines of cauliflower are offerj ing and these meet with keen competition. There is an excellent demand for first-class lettuce. There is a fair demand for carrots, turnips and pail-snips. Rhubarb is slow of sale. Spring onions, mint and parsley aro selling readily, and there is a fair demand for swedes. Fruit.—Fruit arriving daily from Motueka and Hawke's Bay is of good quality aiid meets ready sale. Apricots, peaches and Burfoa.nk plums show an improvement, and prices are good. Only small quantities of greengages are offering and prices are satisfactory. Choice tomatoes are in excellent demand with good prices. There is a keen enquiry for grapes. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, 6s lOd to 7s. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Oats.'— Feed 4s per bushel; speeMaize.—ss 9d per bushel Spec ial quotations for large lots. ! Partridge peas.—Seed 7s. 6d jut bushel. Prime Potatoes.—'Hutt, 12s per cwt; others 8s to 9s p«r cwt. Turnips.—"White, 2s 6d per sack. Cabbage.—Choice, 4s to ss; medium 3s. Maize Gs '10d per bushel Onions.—£ls per ton. Beetroot.—6s per sack. Pumpkins. 14s per sack French Beans.—2£d per lb Broad beans.— 5s to 7s part sack Carrots.—Best, 7s. Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—3s 6d to 5s per case. Pumpkins.—l4s per sack. Spring Onions.—Bd per bunch, i Asparagas.—6d to lOcl bundle. I Nelson Green Peas.—ls 2d per peck. Hutt Green Peas.—ls 6d per peck. Hutt Hothouse Tomatoes.—lOd lb. Nelson Tomatoes.—los to 12s pel I case. Parsnips.—los per sack. Asparagus.— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.—'Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats. Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss. others 4s 3d ; Gartons and Sp»rrowbiliß, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per buahel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel.

Russian Barley Cape Seed.—ss per bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Meal.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's, 12s; oO's, 6s 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. Molleisses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food. 28e per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s pep tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50. and 5a per 251b bag. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 6d per dozen. Poultry.—Light table hens, 4s ; heavy heavy liens, 6s; coekei'els from 3s; good heavy ducks 8s; Indian Runners 6s per pair. Superphosphates, JX 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is 8d: cheats, Is 6d to Is lOd lb Cauliflower.— 8s to 10s; medium 6s sack. Onions.—£l4 per ton. Rhubarb.—3s to 5s per doz bundles Turnips.—White, 2s per sack. French Beans.—2Jd per :Ib. Broad Beans 3d per lb. Spring Onions.—lOd bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Nectarines 5s 6d per J case. Cherry Plums.—ls 6d to 2s 6d per J case. Apricots.—7s to 8s per i case. Burbank Plums.—4s to 5s per $ case. Eggs.'—Fresh, Is 7d per dozen. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3e to 4s cwt. Apples.—Dessert, Choice Stunners. 15s case. Peaches.—3s to 6s. Black Currants.—7s per J case. Grapes.—ls 6d per lb.