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Levin Daily Chronicle, 26 June 1917, Page 1

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TEfE TV K'»V ZEALAN D FARMERS CO-OPKRATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITS. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington,. June 22. The market has been well supplied with potatoes, but prices aro remaining about the same. Who at has in accordance with the Government arrangements advanced id per bushel. On account of shortage of space from Australia oats are very (firm. Maize is fairly plentiful recent prices being maintained. Brnn and pollard are still hard to obtain and the market is very firm. The imported eggs are about oxhausted and local supplies are inclined to rise in price. Dressed pork is still coming forward slowly and all lines meet with good demand. Poultry is engorly sought after at satisfactory prices. •Cabbages are coming forward little mor* freely and are meeting with good prices. ' Cauliflowers are scarce and good lines aro realizing high prices. Only hothouse beans are nowavailable and these bring record prices. Fair lines of lettuce have been coming forward and prices are in accordance. The supply of swedes is satisfactory and fair prices are ruling. Pumpkins are short but marrows are in good supply. Parsnips and carrots still met with ready sale, also beetroot, celery and spring onions. Choice lines of dessert apples are bringing high prices but as the quality of cooking apples coming forward has boen inferior in many cases prices are muclh lower. Choice lines of cooking and dessert pears have been scarce and recent rates are being upheld. Grapes are in very short 'supply. Potatoes.—Prime Hutt £6 to £'G 10s. Cabbage.—Choice, 10s per sack. Cauliflower.—2os to 255. Carrots—Best ss. " Onions.—i Local £11 10 s per ton. Turnips White 5s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice 2s to Gs per case. French beans.—lid per lb. Parsnips.—7s 6d per sack. •Marrows.—3s to 4s per sack. Swedes.—3s 6d to 4s Gd per sack Hutt tomatoes. —14s per half' case. Pumpkins.— 5s to 6s Gd. per sack. Artichokes.— l£d per lb. Celery.—ss per dozen. Leeks.—Bd to Is per bundle. Kumcras.—Bs to 10s per case. Apples.—Dessert 7s Gd to Os per case Apples.—Cooking 3s Gd to Gs. Grapes.—2s 6d per lb. "Pears—Local W.8.C., choice dessert 8s to lCte per half case. Pears.—Cooking 7s 6d pe/ case Pollard.—£B 10s per ton. Carrots.—Beat 6s 6d per sack. French beans.— 2d per lb. ißeetroot.—Bs per sack. Spring onions.—Bd per bundle. Green peas.—ls 9d per peck. Butt tomatoes.—4s per half case Nelson tomatoes. —3s 6d per half case Hutt Rhubarb. '10s per dozen. Apples.—Choice dessert 7s per half case.

Apples—-Cooking 4s to 5s per full case. Grapes.—2s 6d per lb. Pears.—'Local W.B.C. clioicc dessert 9s to lis per half case. Pears.—Cooking 9b per full case. . Wheat.—Good whole ! fowl 6a Od to 6s lOd per bushel. . - Maize.—ss 9d per bushel. Oats— Feed 4s 6d per busliel. Oats.—Crushed 4s 9d" per bushel. Oats.—Crashed, 4s 9d "per bushel. Seed| Oats.— Australian.— AOjgeirians dressed) and clipped, to arrive ss; others 4s 9d; Gartons and Sparrowbills 4s 9d j Duns 4s 9d per bushel. " Russian barley, Cape. Seed. Gs per bushel. . ■ Barley, feed.—ss per bushel. Barley meal.—£7 15s per. ton. ;•• • Pollard.—£B per ton. Bran.—£s 10s per .ton... • Linseed oil cake.—Slabs,. meal ~ flvd nuts £13 per ton of 20001 bs; lOQ's 13s; 50's 6s 9d. j . Chaff.—Oaten sheaf £7 per ton. . Molasses.. In casks, _28s per cask. : Straw.—£4 per ton ox store. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90'sGjd; 90's to 100's 6d; baconers sd<; choppers (heavy) 3d to 4d per lb. Honey.—3d to 6d per lb. Tggs.—Fresh 2s 9d per dozen. Meat and bone meal.—lßs per 100, 10s per 50; and 5s 6d per 251b bag. Greengages.—Bs per half case. Grapes.—ls 6d per lb. Nectarines—6s per half case. Plums.—3s 6d per half case. Blackberries.—3d per lb. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strawberres.—ls 6d punnet Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Pears.—Local W.B.C. choice' dessert 3e 6d per half case. Medium 2s Od per half case. Pollard.— £7 15s to £8 per ton. Blackberries.—3Jd per lb. ' • ■Cherry Plums.—2s to ,3s per J-case. Honey—6d per lb. Beeswax—la 8d par lb. -Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d *»er lb. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, Od to Oid; 90's to 100's, 6d; 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. "Blue Bell" Arsenate of Lead.—At list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur.'—2s per gallon, in caaks.

Vapourite (St/rawson's). —Kills all soil insccts, 25s per cwt.; 15s per ,-owt Basic 81ag.—£7 '10s per ton. Superphosphate.—£7 5s per ton. Waingawa Manures and W.M.E. Ooy's. as per price list. Tea.—s and 101b boxes, la 8d to 2a 2d; Chests, Is 6d to 2s lb.