COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 53, 14 February 1902, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN FRUIT REPORT. Messrs Moritzson and Co., of Dun edin, report for the past week : Tomatoes, moderate supply, 6s to 6s 6d ; plums, 3s ; apples, dessert, 4s ; cookers, 3s 6d ; apricots unchanged ; peaches, 3s to 4s ; raspberries in tins 4d ; cucumbers, 4s 6d.

George Thomas and Co. report the following wholesale soiling prices on the Wellington produce marken Wheat, 3s 8d per bushel; oats, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel ; barley, 2s 6d per bushel ; maize, 3s per bushel; flour, .£8 10s per ton - pollard, 105 s per ton r bran, 95s per ton ; oatmeal, £l4 10s per ton ; chafi, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton ; Canterbury hay, .£4 IQs per ton; field beans, 3s 6d per bushel : field peas, 4s 3d per bushel ; potatoes, £2 10s to ,£3 ; ryegrass seed, 4s per bushel ; cocksfoot seed, 2gd to 3gd per lb ; onions, Canterbury" £7 10s, local £5 to £6 per ton ; butter, prime 8d per lb, dairy 7d to 7|d; cheese, 5d to factory ; hams, 7gd ; rolls, 7 5cl ; fowls, 2s 6d to 3s per pair ; roosters, 3s 6d per pair ; ducks 4s per pair ; turkeys, hens 8s per pair, gobblers 9s to 13s a paii- ; geese, 5s per pair ; fresh eggs, Is 4d ; cabbages, Is to 3s per sack ; green peas, 3d to 4d per peck ; beans, Id per lb.

The following is the last fruit market report of MrNewton Ring, of New Plymouth :—Apples 1 s to 2s 3d per box apples in cases 3s to 4s, plums Is 9d to 2s 6d for 181 b boxes, larger boxes 2s to 3s 9d, peaches, small 3s to 5s 6d, peaches, choice, up to 7s 6d, nectarines 5s to 7s 6d, gages 5s to 7s, tomatoes 2s to 4s, cucumbers 2s to 3s 9d, grapes 9d to lOd.

A farmer in the Inglewood district is of opinion that too little salt is given in animals’ food, and attributes the splendid appearance of his herd and his horse teams to the beneficial effects of salt as an addition to the ordinary diet. He says, “My horses look better, and work better, and eat less hard feed than any of my neighbours’ horses.”