COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 168, 3 July 1911, Page 11

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY PRODUCE REPORT. Wellington. June 30. The New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd n report as follows ■ Potatoes show every sign of a decided weakening in values, and from reliable reports we gather that farmers are holding back supplies to an extent unwarranted by the season s outlook. AA’e therefore look for a sharp decline during the next month or so. Seed Up-to-Dates are, however, maintaining their values and the demand is very good. Onions are very slow of sale . Eggs have fallen considerably and sales are slow, buyers holding off .expecting further decline. AA’e think, however, that values will remain at present quotations for a week or so. A r egetables are in excellent demand, Cauliflower especially realising fancy prices. Pumpkins have also reached high values. Both apples and pears arein excellent demand. Butter is exceedingly scarce. Potatoes.—Prime £5/10/- per ton Up-to-Date Seed Potatoes—Specially selected, Canterbury £6/10/- per ton. Onions —Australian Brown Spanish £6 per ton Cabbage—s/- to 11, 6 per sack. Carrots—3/6 per sack.

Swedes. —1/6 to 2/6 per sack. Cauliflower —10/- to 23/- per sack. Marrows —5/- to 6/- per sack. Turnips—AVhite, 6d to 8d doz. Lettuce—l/- to 2/6 per case. * Pumpkins—s/6 to 7/- pei* sack. Pie Melons —8/- to 8/6 per sack. Dessert apples.—7/6 to 10/- per case. Cooking Apples—s/- to 7/6 per case. Butter—Separator, 11-ld; dairy, lid per lb. Cheese—Best factory mediums, s|d per lb; loaf, 7d per lb Dressed pork.—7o’s to 90’s 4f; 90’s to 100’s 4.1 d; baconers, 4|d; choppers (heavy) 2ld ; suckers sld to 6d. Eggs—Fresh, 1 '6 per doz. Preserved Eggs—l/l per doz. Bacon —Factory sides 7d, rolto 8d ; hams, 91d per no. Honey—4d per lb. Beeswax. —l/5 per lb. Fungus—4d per lb. AA'alnuts.—6d per lb. Tallow’—Tins, 23s cwt. Poultry—Cockerels, 5/6 for good birds ; table roosters, 5/-; table hens 3/6 to 4/-; ducks 5/- to 6/-; turkey gobblers 9d per lb ; hens 71d to 8d per lb live weight. Maize —3/6 per bus. Wheat—4 -to 4/4 per bus. Barley (feed) —3/3 per bus. Barley (Cape)—3/10 per bus. Pollard.—£7/10/- per ton. Bran—£6 per ton. Molasses Fodder—£s/10/- per ton. Cha^—Oaten Sheaf, £6/10/- per ton. Hay.—Prime £5 per ton. Sucrosine —£6/10/- per ton. Straw—AVheaten, £3/10/- per ton Linseed Oil Cake—Genuine, £l> per ton. Cocoanut Oil Cake—B/6 per cwt. Oats —Feed, 3/2 per bushel. Oats —Seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, 3/3; storjn kings, 3/6; duns, Algerians, Dressed Australian 3/10 per bus. Oats, —Crushed 3/4 per bushel.

Lundon, Stewart and Co., Ltd.* report the following prices at therrweekly sale. Pigs: AVeaners 5/6 to 9/- ,slips 9/- to 13/- .light porkers 24/-. Poultry : Hens 2/6 to 5/-, cockerels 2/6 to 4/6 per pair. Prime table potatoes 10,/- to 12/- .medium 6/- to 8/6, pig potatoes 2/6; pumpkins 2/6 to 3/-; maize 4/- to 6/6, all per sack : apples 3/3 to 4/3; pears 2/3 per half-case ; horse carrots 2/6 per sack ; onions Id per lb ; maize (husked) 10/6 per saclc All other produce at satisfactory prices.