Wholesale produce prices

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3052, 13 April 1917, Page 10

Wholesale produce prices

Messrs. Laery and Co.> Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices, as follows:—Fowl's wheat, prune, 6d. yd. per bushel; fowl's bariey, 4s. Bd. per bushel; (Jape barley, os. per bushel; Prussian blue peas, 17s. 6d. per bushel; Partridge peas, Bs. tid. per bushel;, maize feed, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. per bushel; crushed maize, os. 9d. 1 per bushel; eliaif, oat sheaf; £610s. per ton; hay, clover, £5 per ton, hay, meadow, £4 los. per ton; Hour, in sacks, £16 ss. per ton; oatmeal, £23 per ton ; pollard, £7 los. per ton; bran, £5 os. to £0 10s. per ton; pig meal, £6 per ton. Bacon (all best factory): Sides, -Is. OJd. per lb.; rolls, Is. ljd. per lb; hams, Is; lid. per lb.; shoulders, per lb. Cheese (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. per lb. Linseed meal: 100's, lis. 6d.; 50's, 135.; 20's, 13s. 6d.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed gronnd cake, 12.- 6d. per cwt.; whole linseed, 265. per cwt.; rice meal,. £0 10s. por ton; barley pollard, £7 per .ton; onions, £8 los. per ton; potatoes, white-skinned table, £6 15s. to £7 10s. per ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per pair; cockerels, ss. to 7s. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), 7s. 6d. per pair ; ducks (Indian Runners), ss. per pair. Butter (prime bulk), Is, 4d. per lb. Turkeys (gobblers), Is. 2<l. per lb. live weight; turkeys, (hens), Is. per lb. live weight. Eggs, fresh, 2s. 7d. per dozen; new laid, 2s. 9d. per dozen. *