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Levin Daily Chronicle, 1 March 1917, Page 1

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THE X iiW ZEALAND cc>. (>P£RATIVE 1) IS 111 I BUTfNt; COMPANY, UiU'iXD. WEEKLY REPORT. "Wellington, l''cb. 23. Potatoes are coming to ha ml more freely and prices are easier. The wheat market is uncertain, prices quoted in the south beiiiij "eneraily < qual to the rate fixed by the Government. Oath are firm in price and supplies are short. Seed Algerians particularly are in good demand. There is a good demand for dressed pork at recent rates. liggs are very 6carce and the price lias reached 2s per dozen this week. All poultry is in good demand at recent rates. Vegetables.— Supplies of choice green peas are short and in very good demand, high values being realized. There is an improved demand for choice cabbage only. A few lines of choice cauliflower are offering and these meeting keen competition. Lettuce is in very good demand. There is fair enquiry for carrots, parsnip's and white turnips. jSpriug onions are selling well and marrows arc realizing good prices. There is an improved demand for swedes since last report. Fruit.—Desert 'and. cooking apples are plentiful and prices show a marked decline. Dessert and cooking pears are also selling at low rates. Tomatoes are in fair supply and realizing satisfactory prices. There is a good demand for greengages, nectarines and plums. Grapes meet fair demand at recent rates. Vegetables.

Wheat. Good whole Fowl, 6s lOd to 7s. Pollard.—£7 15s per ton. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s 6d per bushel. Potatoes.—Prime Hutt 12s to 13s per cwt; others 7s to 9s per cwt. Wiiite Turnips—3s per skCabbage.—Choice 4s per sack; medium 2s 6d per sack. Beetroot.—6d per bunch. Pumpkins. 14s per sack French Beans.—3d per lb. Broad beans.- 5s to 7s part sack. Carrots.—Best 3s per sack. Leeks— Is 3d per bundle. Lettuce.—Bs per cast. Pumpkins.—l4s per sack. Spring onions.—ls Id per bundle. Asparagas.—6d to lOd bundle. Green peas. 2s per peck. Hutt Green Peas.—ls 9d par peck. Hutt Tomatoes.— 3s to 5s per half case .

Nelson tomatoes.—3s per half case

Fruit. Parsnips—Bp per sk. Parsnips.—7s per sack. Asparagus— 6d to 9d bundle. Oats.— : Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss. others 4s 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Peas Seed.—6s fid pot bushel. Russian Barley Cape per bushel. Maize.—ss 6d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 4s 4d per bushel. Barley Feed.—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Meal.—£7 15s per ton. Poultry.—Light Table Hens, 3s 6c! ; Heavy Hens ss; Cockerels from 3s: heavy Cockerels 7s to 8s; Good heavy iDuoks 7s; Indian Runnel's, 6s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb ; Hens, lid to Is per lb live weight. Bran.— £5 10s. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. 100's, 12s; 50's, 6s 6d. Thia is the beet and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 15s to £6 per ton. Molasses.—ln casks 30s. 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 5s per 251b bag.

Eggs.—Fresh, Is 9d per dozen. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25's 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and 10-pound tins, Is 8d : chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lbCauliflower.—l3s per sack. Onions.—Local £9 per ton. Rhubarb.—3s to 5s per doz bundles Turnips.—3s per sack. French Beans.—4s per part sack. Broad Beans 3d per lb. Green Peas—2a per peck. Marrows.—3s per sack. Nectarines 5s 6d per £ case. Cherry Plums.—ls 6d to 2s 6d per £ case. Apricots—Choice dessert, I'ls per. i case. Burbank Plums 4s to 5s per § case. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle Swedes.—3s per (cwt. Apples, choice dessert.— 3s to 4s per full case. Apples, cooking.—3s to 4s full case. Peaches—Choice dessert 3s to 4s half case. Burbank Plums.-r-3s to 4s per £ case. Greengages 8s per half case. Grapes.—ls per lb. Nectarines—6s per half case. Plums, October purple.— 6s per half case. Plums, Blue Diamond.— 5s to 6s per half case; others 4s 6d per half case. Raspberries.—7s per bucket. Lemons—l6s per curb. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strawberres—ls 6d punnet Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb.

Pears.—W.B.V. choice dessert 4s per lialf case; medium 2s 9d per half ca.se. Pollard.—£7 15s . per ton. jJlackberries. —3ad per lb. Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per J-case. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's 6d; 90's to 100's (id ; bacon ere sd; choppers (heavy) 4d per lb. Honey.—sd pea- ib. Beeswax—ls 6d per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d par lb.