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Levin Daily Chronicle, 17 May 1917, Page 1

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! 'HF v i-'\V '/ (>.!. •. V > FA !>•i C/» • »{ i. M'. I- - :..|v( n.JurTI\ : < <,-,<(• «. VY i 'Mi'! I'.T, WiiEKi.'.; RKPOiiT Wellington, May 4. The potato market is very firm and good business is being done. There is no change in the wheat market beyond the additional. £d in the fixed Government price. Maize is in good demand and prices continue firm. Recent quotations for oats are being maintained and fair business is doing. Pollard is stiH scarce and a certain amount of business is now being done with the Australian market. Bran is offering freely. The supply of eggs lios improved and the price remains firm. Poultry is in short supply and there is a keen demand for dresred pork ( and larger supplies enn b;> dealt with. Choice lines of cabbages and cauliflowers are now in better enpply and prices are lower. Green peas and French beans are scarce and realize high prices. Lettuce is in good demand. There is a fair enquiry for swedes at satisfactory rates. Pumpkins and marrows are plentiful. Carrota and parsnips are in fair supply and good prices are being realized. Beetroot, spring onions, leeks, and celery are in good demand. Th€re is somewhat of a glut of apples at the present time owing no doubt to the lack of shipping facilities; large supples have reached the market during the week and prices show a considerable decline. Tomatoes are in fair supply and meet with excellent demand at high rates. Choice dessert and cooking pears meet ready sale at satisfactory prices. 'Grapes are selling well and there is a good demand for quinces. Potatoes.—Prime Hutt 7s 6d to 8s per cwt; Canterbury £7 10s per ton. Cabbage.—Choice 7s 6d to 10s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice 7s 6d to 16s 6d Carrots.—Best 5s per sack. Onions.—Local £9 per ton. Turnips.—White 8s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice 2s 6d to 5s 6d case French beans.— 4d per lb. ' Beetroot.— 6d per bunch. ■ Spring onions.—7d per bundle. Green pens.—2s per peck. Parsnips.—ss to' 7s per sack. Marrows.—4s to 6s per sack. Swedes.—4s per cwt. Hutt tomatoes.—6s to 8s per half lase. Apples 4s 6d to 7s 6d. Apples.— Cooking 3s 6d to 5s 6d. Quinces.—4s per bushel. Grapes.—ls 2d per lb. Pears.—^Ghoice' dessert 6s" 3d ' per half case; medium 4s per half case. Pollard £8 to £8 10s per ton. Carrots.—(Beet 6s 6d per sack. Onions.'—Local £8 10s per ton. Turnips.—White 10s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s 6d per case. French beans.— 2d per lb. Beetroot.—4£d per bunch. Spring onions. 6d per bundle Green peas.—ls 9d per peck. Parsnips.— 9s per sack. • Marrows.'—3s per sack. Butt tomatoes. —is per half case Nelson tomatoes. —3s 6d per half case Apples Choice dessert 6s 6d to 7s 6d per- full case. • 1 , Apples.—Cooking 4s to 5s per full case. Grapes.—le 2d per lb. Pears.—Local choice dessert 4s 6d per half case; medium 3s 6d. Wheat.; —Good- whole fowl 6s 9d to 6s . 10J per bushel. Maize.—ss 6d per bushel. • .Oats. —Feed 4s 6d per bushel. Special quotes for large lots.. Oats.—Crushed, 4s 9d per. bushel. , Seed oats..—Algerian, dressed [and, ..clipped, ss; others 4s 7d; Gartons and Sparrowbills 4s, 8d; Duns 4s 9d. Russian barley, Cape, seed.—6s per busihel. ... BarJey, feed.-—ss per bushel. Barley meal.— £7 15s per ton Pollard.— £8 per ty>n. Bran.—£s lGs per tonLinseed oil cake. Slabs, meal and nuts £i 3 per ton of 2Q(io lbs. 100's I3s; 50's' 6s 9(|. ; sheaf"£6 to £6 l(Js per ton. • . Molasses.—ln casks: 28s per cast. '■ Straw.—£3 lbs per ton ex "store. 3>ressed pork.—7o's to SO's 6Jd; ,00's to • 100*6, 6d; babbners sd; clioppers (heavy) 3d to 4d' per lb.' .' ' | Honey.—sd to 6d per lb;' " Eggs.—Fresh.—2s 8d"to 2s 9d. i Meat and bono meal.—lßs per 100 i, ' 10s per SP; an.dj- 6s jgd per-251b"bag. ,

Greengages.—Bs per half ease. Gi;i[;e,s. —Is <jd per lb. -Nojiai iiio.-!.—lis per half cuse. Munis.—;is Od per liait case. berrUe.T—3J per lb. Ooo&ebcl r.i'a. —ilu pur lu. ■-•i> ■ n i.i-M - -i.; i) i p-iiuiot CiKi-i ioa.—i.uc.u Cboicf 2s per lb. Pears. — Local W.B.C. choica dessert 3s 6d per half case. Medium 2s 6d per half case. Pollard.— £7 15s to £8 per ton. lilackberries.—3£d per lb. • Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per i-case. Honey—6d per lb. Beeswax.—ls 8d per lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—Bd ™er lb. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, 6d to 6Jd; 90's to 100's, Cd; Baconers, sd; Choppers (heavy), 3d to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales held each Wednesday evenings or Thursday Thursday. Pigs should arrive on noon.. "lilue Bell" Arsenate of Lead.—Al list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur.—2s per gallon, in casks. Vapourite (Sbrawson's). —Kills all soil insects. 25s per cwt. ; los per ,-wt Basic Slag.—£7 '10s per ton. Superphosphate.—£7 5s per ton. • Waingawa Manures and W.M.E. fJoy's, as per price list. Tea.—s and 101b boxes, Is 8d to 2s 2d; Chests, Is 6d to 2s lb.