WHOLESALE PRODUCE .PRICES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3096, 29 May 1917, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE .PRICES

Messrs. laery and Co., Allen. Street, report irholesale prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. Bd. per bushel; Cape barley, ss. per bushel; bluo peas, 17s. Gd. per bushel; Partridge peas, Bs. 3d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 9d. per bushel; crushed maize, 6s. 3d. per bushel j ohaff, oat-sheaf, £7 15s. per ton; hay, meadow, £5 per ton; flour, in sacks, £16 ss. per ton; oatmeal, .£23 per ton; pollard, -£8 10s. per ton; bran, £5 ss. per ton. Bacon (all best factory)— Sides, Is. l<l. per 1b , .; rolls, Is. 2d. per lb.; hams, Is. 2d. per lb.; shoulders, lid , , per lb. Cheese (factory), medium, 10d. per lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. par lb. Linseed meal—loo's, .El 2 55.; stfs, £\2 155.; 20's, £\3 55.; linseed ]iuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 12s. Gd. per cwt.'; whole linseed, 265. per owt.; rice pollard, £§ per ton; rice meal, £5 15s. per ton; onions, ,£9 to £9 10s. per ton. Potatoes—White-skinned table, £6 ss. to £1. Pig meal, M per ton. All poultry iii very good demand: Hens, -is.

k> ss. per pair; ror.korels, as. to fe. fid. nw pail - . .Duels—l'ekin and Aylesbury, &v (id. per pair; Indian Runners, Bs. jwr pair. Mutter (pviinn bulk), Is. i<\. vw \h. Turkeyj-Gobblei-s, Is. 2d. per tb., livo weight; hens, m<l, per 11)., livo weight. Eggs, fresh, 2s. fid. por doxen; new- laid, 2a. 9d. nor dozen. The depredations committed by C il ''- roriiinn and etubblo quail wore iho subjcot of soma strongly-worded protest-i by delegates to (ho Farmors' CVjnforonco at Auckland. A rnniit was eubmitted from tho Waiinana branch to tho effect that protection Iμ taken off Califomian quail, mid that the importation of stubblo quail bo prohibited, as these birds spread weed seed juid consume quant Hies of Brans and clover seed. Tho remit characterised quail as "the greatest curso tho farmers have to deal with." Mr. J. Boddio remarked Hint for somo timo past lie lmd been uiuiblo to groiv TCpetables mi iiccuunt of tho quail. Other speakers warmly supported tho remit, which whs referred lo the oxecutivo to take action. Now is tho correct timo in have your Milking .Machine and Engine put into thorough working order. By securing the services of A. .1. I'arton you cau bo certain of a conscientious overhaul for a reasonable outlay. Don't have that engine tinkered with. Consult A. J. Parlon, tho Dairying .Machine Expert, Carlerton. What's your address? We'll send a mull.—Advt.