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Levin Daily Chronicle, 6 February 1917, Page 1

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XHiS XEVi" ZKALANU I'AKMJLUis' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING OOAJPANY, UAIiTKD. WJEEKLY -REPORT. Yv'elLiiigtou, Februat* 2. i'o.atots are coining in freely, and excellent prices have been lealised for special Jiutt lines. Others are realising fair prices. "Wheat is firm and a tail- amount -of business is being Uone. There lias beet, a considerable quantity 01 uiaize ofiaring and price lias declined. 1' air business is being done in ciats, recent k/ rict>s being maintained. -Pollard and bran show no change. There is \ fair demand for dressed park but owing to the very hot weauiier prices ire slightly lower. -Kggs are scarce and higher in price, i-'oilardl is in good demand -realising fair prices. Liiistvd old cake meal for stock feeding is selling well. V egetaibfee.—Maiij of the consignments of green peas airriving are of inferior quality .and iu hard to quit but good lines meet excellent demand. Choice cauliflowers .ire in short supply and satisfactory prices are ruling. French beans are offering freely at fair rates and conodquently cabbages are easier in pricx,. Goad lettuce meets keen competition. Turnips, parsnips and fcarrots 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 there si good demand for all varieties; Peaches, apricots and greengages are mostly enquired for and satisfactory prices are being realised. Nelson tomatoes are arriving in largo quantities >and prices are lower. Local dessert and cooking apples are now comingin and meet ready sale at good prices. Maize.—ss 6d per bushel. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, Gs lOd to 7s. Pollard.—£7 i(js per ton. Oats.-— Feed 4s per bushel; speoPartridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Prime -Xew Potatoes.—Hutt special 13s, others 6s to Bs. Tumips. —White, 2s 6d per sack. Cabbage.—Choice 3s Cd, medium 2s pr sack. Onions—£ls per ton. Beetroot.—6s per sack. Pumpkins. 14s per sack French Beans—2Jd per lb j 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 par peck. Hutt Tomatoes.—3s 6d per J case. Nelson Tomatoes.—2s 6d per j case Parsnips.—6s per sack. Parsnips.— 10s per sack. Asparagus — 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.—-Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dreßsed and clipped. ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4a 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.—£7 10s per ton. Poultry—light table hens 3s 6d; 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; hens 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; 50's, 6s (3d. This is the best and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff—Oaten Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. Mollflsses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 28s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. -Eggs.—Fresh, Is 9d per dozen. ; Superphosphates, JO3 10s per ton. | Candles, 25's '16s 6d per box. f Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is 8d: | :hests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. * Cauliflower.—Choice 9s, medium 7s \

per sack. Onions.—£l4 per ton. Rhubarb.—3s to 5s per doz bundles Turnips—White, 2s per sack. .Ft en oh Beans.-—4s per part sack. Broad Beans 3d per lb. t Spring Onions.—'ls per bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Nectarines—ss 6d per J case. Cherry Plums.—ls 6d to 2s 6d per i case. Apricots.—7s to 8s per J case. Burbank Plums—4s .to 5s per \ case. Asparagaß—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4a cwt. Appl©s.—Cox's orange, 6s pen - J case; cooking, 4s to 5s per full case. Peaches.—7s 6d. Burbank Plums.—3s to 4s per J case. Greengages.—ls 2d. Grapes—l s 6d pea- lb. (Nectarines. 5s per £ case. Qgon Piums. Is 6d to 2s 6d per i case.

Lemons—l6s per case. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strawberres.—ls 6d punnet Pears.—Choice Vicars 4b 6d to 5s 6cJ haf case. Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per J-case. Apricots.—7s per i case. Dressed pork.— 70's to 90's Cd; 90's to 100's (3d; haconers sd; olioppers (heavy) 4d per lb. Honey.—sd pea* lb. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. >. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d par lb.