THE MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 124, 21 November 1914, Page 3

THE MARKETS

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Distributing Co. report prices in Allen-street as follows: — Vegetables.— Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton, new lid per lb ; cabbage, choice 3s to 4s, others 2s to 3s per sack ; cauliflower, choice 9s to 12s, others 5s to 6s sack ; carrots, choice 6s to Bs, others 4s to 5s sack; onions, £15 per ton; parsnips, choice 8s to 10s per sack ; peas, Nelson 2s 6d to 2s 8d j turnips, white 3s to 4s per sack ; lettuce, choice 3s to 4s, others 2s to 2s 6d per caee ; rhubarb. 4s to 6s per dozen bundles j spring onions, 6d to 9d per bundle ; mint, Is 6d to 2s per dozen bundles ; .parsley, Is per dozen bundles; asparagus, 6s to 7s per dozen lib' bundles. Fruit.— 'Strawberries, choice Is 6d to Is 9d per lb ; apples, dessert 16s per case; gooseberries, 2£d to 2£d per lb. Poultry — Light table hens 3s to 3s 6d, heavy hens 4s to ss, cockerels Is 6d to Ss ; good heavy ducks Bs, Indian runnel's 5s 6d to 7s per pair ; turkey gobblers lOd per lb, hens 9d per lb live weight. General*-Dressed pork, 70's to 90's 6d, 90's to 100's s|d, baconers s£d, choppers (heavy) 3|d per lb ; butter (separator^ lOd per lb; honey, 4d, to 4^a per lb ; honey sections, 6s to 6s 6d dozen ; cheese, best factory mediums, 6£d per lb ; eggs, fresh, Is 2d per dozen ; beeswax, Is 4d per lb; fungus, s^d per lb. Produce — Wheat, 6s per bushel ; wheat (second quality), 5s 9d per bushel; maize, 5s '6d per bushel ; oats, feed, 3b sd, Duns 3s 5d per bushel ; feed barley, 4s 3d per bushel ; feed peas, 4s 9d per bushel ; seed oats, Algerians 3s 9d per bushel, Gortons, Sparrowbilis, Duns, Storm Kings, 3s 9 per bushel ; flour, sacks 28s 6d, 100's 14s 9d, 50's ?s 9d; pollard, £8 2s 6d (5s less for ton lots) ; bran, £6 10s per toh j barley meal, £7 5s per ton ; pure pea meal, £8 per ton j sucrosine, £7 per ton in 200's ; quick* lime, in 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin ; linseed oil cake, nuts or meal, genuine, 13s 6d per cwt ; meat and bone meal, 17s per 100, 9s per 50, and 5s per 251b bag ; chaff, oaten sheaf} £5 15s per ton ex store ; straw ; £3 6s per ton ex store ; seed maize, Hickory King and White Horse Tooth 7s per bushel ; rape, B.L.E. 37s 6d per cwt; Western' VVolths rye 8d per pound ; Sutton's seeds, as per their list ; Bilston basic slag, £5 1 per ton ; Mount Lyell super, £5 per ton ,