WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 69, 14 December 1917, Page 10

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Alien Street, report wholesalo pj;icos as follow: —Feed barley, os. per bushel, maize, feed, 6s. sd. to 6s. 6d. per bushel: crushed maize, 6s. lOd. poi bushel; oats, seed, 4s. od. to'4s. 6d. per bushel; oats, Dun, 4s. 9d. pei bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £8 to £8 55.per ton, sacks in; bay, lucerne, £6 pel ton; flour, in sacks, £17 per ton; Cowslip calf meal, 100's, £19 10s. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £24per ton; fowls, ss. to 6s. per fair; ducks, 6s. to 7s. 6d. per pair; butter, Is. to Is. Id. lb. pats; butter (prime bulk), Is. Id. pet lb.; eggs, fresh Is. sd. to Is. 7d. per dozen; turkeys (dead weight). Is. 3d., to Is. 6d. per lb.; dressed pork, choice, 70's to 90's. 7d. to 7}d. per lb.; 90's to 100's, 6Jd. to 7d. per lb.; bacon pig§, choice, 6d. to 6Jd. per lb., choppers (heavy), 4Jd. to 3d. per lb.; sucking pigs, choice, 9d. to lOd.'pei lb.; beestvax, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per lb., bacon (all best factory), sides, Is. Id., per lb.; rolls, Is. 2d. per lb.; hams, Is. 2d., per lb.; shoulders, lid. per Ib.j cbeose (factory), medium. IOJd. per lb.; linseed meal, 100's, £13 15s. pei ton; whole linseed, 245. per cwt.; ric6 meal, £7 7s. 6d. per ton; onions, 17s. per cwt.; molasses, casks, 325. 6d. cach, casks free. -

A point for dairy' farmers to match, especially at the present, is that they secure sufficient milk cans, to tide over the steel shortage., A. J. Parton, Carterton, advises us that he has a small supply of .steel, and can accept orders for a limited number of canß. Promptness in ordering is advised.—Advt.