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Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 February 1917, Page 1

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S UE MIW ZEALAND FARMEIW CO-OPERATJ. >'E LiSTlilßU'illS'G OOiii'AMY, LliliTKl). WEEKLY REPORT. \\ 2. tomatoes aro eaiimijj in freeiy, and oxceiidiit pi ices have been loaiuecl for special Muit lines. U'diers are realising i'air prices. Wheat is firm and a lair amount of buaruess is being aone. 'there iiiis boot, a considerable quantity or maize ottiring and price lias declined!. i'a'ir jusinc&s is being done in cabs, recent prices being maintained. .Pollard a.yd brail snow 110 change. Hiere its i lair demand dor dressed park "but" owing to the very liot weather prices ;re slightly Imvor. Eggs are scarce and higher in price. JL'oiiai.di is in good demand realising fair prices. L'instvd old cake meal tor stock feeding is selling well. Vegetables.—Maiij of the consignments of green poas arriving- are of inferior quality and aiwi hard to quit but good lines meet excellent demand. Choice cauliflowers .ire in short supply and satisfactory prices are ruling. French beans art? offering freely at fair rates and consequently cabbages are easier in prio<«. Good lettuce meets keen competition. Turnips, parsnips and carrots are selling well at satsifactory prices. Spring onions and celery are selling freely. Swedes are slow. Fruit.—Stone fruit continues to arrive in large consignments and tihere si good demand for all varieties; Peaches, apricots and greengages are mostly enquired for and; satisfactory prices a.re being realised. Nelson tomatoes are arriving in large quantities iand prices are lower. Local dessert and cooking apples are now coming in and meet ready sale at good prices. Maize.—ss 6d per bushel. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, 6s lOd to 7s. Pollard.—£7 iOs per ton. Oats.-— Feed 4s per bushel; speoPartridge peas.—Seed 7* Cd per bushel. Prime New Potatoes.— Hutt special 13s, others 6s to Bs. Turnips.—White, 2s 6d per sack. Cabbage.—Choice 3s (id, medium 2s pr sack. Onions.—£ls per ton. Beetroot.—6s per sack. Pumpkins. 14s per sack French Beans.—2Jd per lb Broad beans.— 5s to 7s part sack Carrots—Best, 5s per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d per bundle. 'Lettuce.—6s 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 9d per peck. .'Hutt Tomatoes.—3s 6d per J case. Nelson Tomatoes.—2s 6d per i c-ase Parsnips.—6s per sack.

Parsnips.—los per isaek. Asparagus— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.—'Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilfe, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.--6s Cd pei bushel. Russian Barley Cape Seed.—ss per bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Meal.—£7 lOs per ton. Poultry—Light table hens 3s Cd; heavy hens ss; cockerels from 3s; heavy cockerels 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks 7s; Indian .runners 5s per pair; turkey gobblers Is to Is 'Id per lb; liens lid to Is per lb live weight. Bran—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs. Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. IDO's, 12s; SO's, 6« 6d. Thia is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. MolLasees.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime.—ln 381b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5a per 251b Bag. liggjs.-JTresh, Is 9d per dozen. Superphosphates, £8 10s per ton. Candles, 25'e 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-po'und tins, Is 8d: chests. Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 9s, medium 7s 1 ■ per saok. | Onions.—£l4 per ton. Rhubarb.—3s to 5s per doz bundles Turnips.—White, 2s per sack. French Beans.—4s per part sack. •Broad Beans 3d per lb. Spring Onions.—ls per bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. i Nectarines—sa 6d per | case. Cherry Plums—ls 6d to 2s 6d per J case. Apricots.—7s to &s per 5 case. Burbank Plums.—4s to 5s per i case. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—Cox's orange, 5s pea- i case; cooking, 4s to 5s per full case. Peaches 7s 6d. ' Burbank Plums.—3s to 4s per } case. Greengages.—ls 2d. Grapes —Is 6d per lb. 'Nectarines. 5s per J case. Ogon Plums. Is 6d to 2s 6d per I case.

Lemons—l6e per case. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strawberrcs.—ls 6d punnet Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6c] iiaf case. Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per i-case. Apricots.—7s pur i case. .Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's Od; 90's to 100's 6d; bacone.iß sd; choppers (heavy) 4d per lb. Honey.—sd per lb. Beeswax.—ls 6d p»r lb. Fungus 3d to 6d per lb. Walnuts —Pd per lb.