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Levin Daily Chronicle, 30 January 1917, Page 1

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-rO j YH 15 MKW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-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 faia* 'business passing. Maize is slow. 'Fair business is being done in oats and recent prices being maintained. Pol lard and bran show no change. There 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 caike meal for stock feeding is being used in increasing quantities with excellent results Vegetables.—Green peas arc in better demand, and prices have improved. French beans are eagerly bought .up. Cabbages are lower in price owing to largely increased supplies. Only a few good lines of cauliflower are offering and these meet with keen competition. There is an .excellent demand for first-class lettuce. There is a fair demand for carrots, turnips and parsnips. Rhubarb is slow of sale. Spring onions, mint and parsley are selling readily, and there is a fair demand for swedes.

Fruit.—'Fruit arriving daily from Motueka and Hawke's Bay is of good quality and meets ready sale. Apricots, peaches and Bui-bank plums" show an improvement, and prices are good. Only small quantities of green, gages are offering and prices a're 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 Its per ton. Oats.'— Feed 4s per bushel; speoMaize.—ss 9d per bushel Spec ial quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Prime Potatoes.—Hutt, 12s per cwt: others 8s to 9s per cwt. Turnips.—White, 2s fid per ■ sack. Cabbage.—Choice, 4s to ss; medium 3s. Maize 6s '10d per bushe] Onions.—£ls per ton. Beetroot.—6s per sack. Pumpkins. 14s per sack French Beans.— per lb . Broad beans.— 5s to 7s pai-t 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. Asparagas.—6d to lOd bundle. Nelson Green Peas.—ls 2d per peck, Hutt Green Peas.—ls 6d per peck, Hutt Hothouse Tomatoes.—lOd lb. Nelson Tomatoes.—los to 12s per i case. Parsnips.—los per isack. Asparagus.— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbitis, 4s; Duna, 4s 6d per huahel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d per 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. 100's, 12e; 50's, 6s 6d. This is the beet and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. MoUosses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food. 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s per 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 hens, 6s; cockerels from 3s; good heavy ducks 8s; Indian Runners 6s per pair. Superphosphates, £& 10s per ton. Candles, 25'e 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and lft-pound tins, Ifi 8d: chests, 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. Freinoh Beans.—2sd per lb. 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 i case. Apricots.—7s to 8s per i case. Burbank Plume.—4s to 5s per J case. Eggs.'—Fresh, Is 7d per dozen. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedies—3s to 4s cwt. . Apples.—l>assejrt, Choice Sturmers, 15s case. Peaches.—3s to 6s. Black Currants.—7s per } case. Grapes.—ls 6d per lb.

Lemons—lds per case. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Straivberres.—ls Gel punnet Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6cJ haf case. Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per -J—case. Apricots.—los to 12s i-case, others 5s to Cs. Dresstid pork.—7o's to 90's Gd; 90\s to 100's Gd ; baconern scl ; choppers (heavy) 4d per lb. Honey.—sd per lb. Beeswax.—ls fid per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d per lb.