COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 982, 28 February 1910, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPOKT. Special to the Wairarapa Age. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report:—There are indications that poultry keepers may look for cheaper wheat this season, on account of large supplies of discoloured grain now harvested. Cocksfoot is offering in large quantities, and sellers are anxious to quit at present much reduced rates. Chaff is easier, and is now offering at £3 (country stations). Fotatoes, best Hutt £B, medium, £4 10s to £5. others £3 per ton; butter, best separator, printed wrappers 9d, separator bulk B£d, dairy pats 8d to S£d; cheese, best factory mediums old 6d, new s£d to s£d per lb; loaf, 6Jd per lb; dressed pork, 70's to 90's 3Jd, 90's to 100's 3d, baconers 3d, choppers, heavy 2d; our weekly porksalas held each Friday during summer; eggs, Is 6d to Is 7d per dozen, good demand; bacon, factory sides G£d, rolls 7£d, hams 7d per lb; tallow, tins 22s cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels, 5s 6d for good birds; small, 3s 6d; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s 6d to 4s; small, 2s 6d to 3s; ducks, large 6s, small 3s 6d to 4s per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 49 per bushel; whaet, 4s 8d to 4s lOd per bushel; barley, ieed 3s per bushel; barley, Cape 3s. per bushel; horse beans, 4s per bushel; partridge peas, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel; Prussian blue peas, 5s 6d per bushel; barley meal, special quality £5 153 per ton; sharps £6 per ton; bran, £4 10a per ton; chaff, prime oaten sheaf £4' per ton; hay, prime £3 15s to £4 per ton; sucro aine, £6 10s per ton, straw, wheaten £2 5s per ton; straw, oaten £2 2s 6d per ton;, linseed oil cake, genuine £l3 per ton; oats, feed 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel; oats, seed, Cartons, Duns 2s 9d per bushel; oats, crushed 2s 7d per bushel; machine dressed cocksoot, 6£d to 7d per lb; farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 6d per lb; perennial ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per, bushel.