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Levin Daily Chronicle, 24 July 1917, Page 1

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!'H K v t'W '/. !•' Ar, \VI > PA!■VI!• :< - CO OI'KU \ !'! V'!.- I)iS ri-> 1 nn INiJ WMPAW, LIMITED. WEEK i.Y REPORT. Wellington, June 22. The market has been well supplied with potatoes, but prices aro remaining about the same. "Wheat has in accordance with the Government arrangements advanced id per bushel. On account of shortage of space from Australia oats aro very ifirm. Maize is fairly plentiful recent prices being maintained. -Bran and pollard are still hard to obtain and the market is very firm. The imported eggs are about exhausted 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 eagerly sought after at satisfactory prices. Oal>biage3 are coming forward a .ittle mora freely and are meeting ■with good prices. Cauliflowers are scarce and good lines are realizing high prices. Only hothouse beians are now available and these bring recorjl 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 applqp coming forward has boen inferior in many cases prices are much 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 £G to £6 10s. Cabbage.—Choice, 10s per sack. Cauliflower.—2os to 255. Clarrots.—Best ss. Onions.—'Local £11 10s per ton. Turnips.—"White 5s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice 2s to Cs per case. French beans.—lid per 15. Parsnips.—7s 6d per sack. Marrows.—3s to 4s per sack. Swedes.—3s 6d to 4s 6d per sock. Hutt tomatoes.—l4s per half case. Pumpkins.— as to (is Cd. per sack. Artichokes ljd per lb. Celery.—ss per dozen. Leeks.—Bd to Is per bundle. Kumeras.'—Bs to 10s per case. Apples.—Dessert 7s Cd to 9s per case Apples.—Cooking 3s 6d to 6s. Grapes.—2s 6d per lb. Pears—Local W.8.C., choice dessert 8s to ICte per half case. Pears.—Cooking 7s 6d pe/ case Pollard.—£B 10s per ton. Carrots.—Beet 6s 6d per sack. French beans.— 2d per lb. Beetroot.—Bs per sack. Spring onions.—Bd per bundle. Green peas.—ls 9d per peck. Butt tomatoes.—4s per half case Nelson tomatoes.—3s Cd 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. choice dessert 9s to lis per half case. Pears.—Cooking 9s per full case. Wheat.—Good whole fowl Gs 9d to 6s lOd per bushel. Maize.—ss 9d per bushel. Oats— Feed 4s 6d per bushel. ■ Oats.—Crushed 4s 9d per bushel. Oate.—Crushed, 4s 9d per bushel. Seed) Oats. —Australian. —A-l|ae | ria.ns dressed and clipped, to arrive ss; others 4s 9d; Gnrtons and Sparrowbills 4s !}cl; Duns 4s 9(1 per bushel. Russian barley, Cape Seed.— (5s per bushel. Barley, food.—os per bushel. Barley meal. —£7 15s per/ton.

Pollard.—£B per ton. Bran—£s !tOs per ton. Linseed oil cake.— Slabs, meal and nuts £13 per ton of SOOOlbs; 100's 13s; oO's Cs 9d. Chuff. —Oaten slieal £7 per ton. Jrolasses. In casks. 28s per cask. Straw. —£-1 per ton-, ex store. Dressed pork.—7o's to OO's GJd; OO's to 100's. Gd; baconers od<; choppers (heavy) 3d to 4d per lb. Honey.—3d to 6d per lb. Tggs.—Fresh 2s 9d per dozen. Meat and bono meal.—lßs per 100, 10s per 50; and 5s 6d per 251b bag. Greengages. —8s 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 3s Gd per half case. Medium 2s 6d 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. Beerorax—ls 6d par lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—Bd ner lb. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, 6d to GJd; 90's to 100's, Gd; Baconers, sd; Choppers (heavy), 3d to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales. held eacli 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 casks.

Vapounto (Straw-son's).—Kills all soil insects, 25s per ewt. ; 15s per ,-«\vt Jiasic Slag.— £7 '10s per ton. Superphosphate.—£7 os per ton. Waingawa. .Manures and W.M.E. 1 sity's. as per price list. ' Tea.—s and 101b boxes, Is 8d to 2s 2d; Chests, Is Cd to 2s lb.