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Levin Daily Chronicle, 13 February 1917, Page 1

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e THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, 2. Potatoes are coining in freely, anc excellent prices liave been realised foi spcciall Hutt lines. Others are rea lis'Hg fair prices. Wheat is firm anc a fair amount of buaiacas iis beinj done. There has beet, a cousiderabli quantity of maize oft iring and prict has declined). F'air jusiness is beinj done in oats, recent prices being main taiiied. Pollard apd bran show n< change. There is i fair demand foi dressed pork but owing to the verj hot weather prices t.re slightly lower . Eggs -are scarce and higher in price Pollard is in good demand realising fair prices. Linseed old cake mea for stock feeding is selling well. Vegetables.—Manj. of the consignmentis of green peas arriving are of in ferior quality and hard to quit bul good lines meet excellent demand Choice cauliflowers .ire "in short supply and satisfactory prices are ruling French beans are offering freely at fail rates and consequently cabbages ar< easier in prict-. Good lettuce meet; keen competition. Turnips, par snips and earrots are selling well ai satsifactory prices. Spring onions anc celery are selling freely. Swedes an slow. Fruit.—Stone fruit continues to arrive in large consignments and tiher* __ si good demand for all varieties; Pea ches, apricots and greengages an mostly enquired for and satisfactory prices are being realised. Nelfior tomatoes are arriving in large quanti ties and, prices are lower. Local des seit and cooking apples are now coming in and meet ready sale at good prices Maize.—ss 6d per bushel. Wheat.—Good whole Fowl, 6e 10( to 7s. Pollard.—£7 iOs per ton. Oats.— Feed 4s per bushel; speo Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d pe: bughel. Prime New Potatoes.—Hutt specia 13s, others 6s to Bs. Turnips.—White, 2s fid per sack. Cabbage.—Choice 3s 6d. medium 2s pi 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, H'utt Tomatoes.—3s 6d per $ case. Nelson Tomatoes.—2s 6d per £ case Parsnips.—6s per sack. Parsnips.—los per sack. Asparagus.— Gd to 9d bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4b-Gd per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbil®, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley Cape Seed.—ss pei 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 atfd Nuts, £11 10s per ton.' TOO's, 12s; 53 s, 6s 6d. This is the beat 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 281b air-tight tana, Ss per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17a per hundred ; 9s per. 50, and 5o per 251b bag. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 9d per dozen. Superphosphates, 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. J 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 Is per bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Nectarines.—ss 6d per J case. Cherry Plums.—ls 6d to 2s 6d per 1 case. Apricots.—7s to 8e per J case. Burbank Plums.—4s to 5s per } case. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4a cwt. Apples;— Co x orange, 5s per i case; cooking, 4s to 5s per full case. Peaches.—7s 6d. . Burbank Plums.—3s to 4s per J case/ Gireengages.—ls 2d, Grapes—ls 6d per lb. 'Nectarines. 5s per J case. Ogon Plums. Is 6d to 2s 6d per i case. Lemons—l6s per cnae. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strawberres Is 6d punnet Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. Oherries.—Looal Choice 2s per lb.

Cherry Plums.—2s to 3e per i-case Apricots.—7b per \ case. Dressed pork—7o's to 90's 6d; 90' i to 100's fid; baconere Jsd; clioppers (lieavy) 4d per lb. Honey.—&d per lb. litxMwax—ia SJd i*»r ib. Fungus od to 6d per lb. WaUiuta—Bd per Ib.