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Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 February 1917, Page 1

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..1. .• v,, .> ,J.„< .•> !/ •■ J, (»"Of'l-UA'i'iVii D ■ 111 ii ing .xmpant, limited. "*~ WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, 2. aro coming in freely, and excellent prices hare been realised for special Hutt lines. Others are realising lair prices. Wheat is firm and a fair amount of 'buaiaess its being aone. There lias beet; a considerable quantity ot inaize ofiiring and price lias deoiine<l. Euir jusiness is being done in oats, recent t ,rices being maintained. bollard ai'd bran show no change. There is t fair demand for dressed poult but owing to the very hot weather prices ire slightly lower. Eggs are scarce and higher in price. Pollardi is in good •demand realising fair prices. Linseed old cake meal ior stock feeding is selling well. Vegetables.—Mauj of the consignments of green peas arriving are of inferior quality and hard to quit but good lines meet excellent demand. Choico cauliflowers -ire in short supply and satisfactory prices are ruling. French beans are, offering freely at failrates and consequently cabbages are easier in priot. Good lettuce meets .keen competition. Turnips, parsnips and earrots are selling well at satsifaotory 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 l satisfactory prices are being realised. Nelson tomatoes are arriving in large quantities and 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 7s 6d per bushel. Prime New Potatoes.—Hutt special 13s, others 6s to Bs. Turnips.—"White, 2s 6d per sack. Cabbage.—Choice 3s 6d, 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. Aspnragas.—6d to lOd bundle. Nelson Green Peas.—ls 2d per peck. Hutt Green Peas.—ls 9d per peck. 'Hutt Tomatoes.—3s 6d per i case. Nelson Tomatoes.—2s 6d per § case Parsnips.—6s per sack. Parsnips.—los per sack. Asparagus.— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats. 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oat«, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped. sg, 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.—£7 • 10s per ton. Poultry.—light table hens 3s 6d; heavy hens ss; cockerels from 3s; heajvy 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 6d. This is the best and cheapest Stock' Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 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 tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per. hundred ; 9s per 50, and fia per 251b Bag. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 9d per dozen. Superphosphates, £8 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d: chests, 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, French Beans.—4s per part sack. Broad Beans 3d per lb. Spring Onions.—ls per bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Nectarines—sb 6d per £ case. Cherry Plums.—ls 6d to 2s 6d per £ case. Apricots.—7s to 8s per J 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 per J case; cooking, 4s to 5s per full case. Peaches.—7s 6d. Burbank Plums.—3s to 4s per i case. Gireengages.—ls 2d. Grapes Is 6d per lb. 'Nectarines. 5s per £ case. Ogon Plums. Is 6d to 2s 6d per J case.

Lemons—l6s per cite. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Swawberres.—ls (id punnet I'efirs.—Choice Vicars 4b 6d to 5s 6d j isal oase. I ChtTiies.—Local Choice 2s per lb. J Cherry l J lums.—2s to 3g por £-case. ; Api icots.—7s per i case. I Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's Gd; 90's to 100's Cd ; baconens 5d ; choppers (heavy) -4d per lb. Houey.—od pei- lb. Beeswax.—is 6d per lb. Fungus 5d to tJd per ib. Walnuts. —<9d ib.