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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 May 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LiD. weekly~report. (Special to " The Horowhcnua Chronicle.") For tho convonienco of tho farming community, " Tho Chronicle " is reprinting from day to clay, daring the autumn season, tho quotations of prices current as is.-ii.jd by tho Farmers' Distributing Company : —■ WELLINGTON, April _d. Tho market- for potatoes and onions is in tho same position as when last reported. Vegetables of all kinds aro in good demand at fair prices, with slackening supply. Wo havo onqufries for about half-ton of garlic at 4d 'per lb, There has been .a slight improvement in tho valuo realised for apples and pears, and wo hope to report a further advance next week. Grapes aro keenly enquired for. Eggs aro still in short supply, and preserved oggs to-day sold -at Is sd, with good enquiry. Poultry is in poor demand. Oats aro firm, with advancing values. Wheat ami Maizo unaltered. We aro at tho present time doing a very largo trado in horse and cow covers, which wo supply at from 20s to 235, made of tho best material and by the best workmanship. Tho ID per cent, basic slag which wo havo to offer our clients is of tho highest grade, and wo should bo glad to mako special quotations for quantities, as we hnvo con eluded a purchase on very advantageous terms. Potatoes, medium, ,£! 10s to £5 10s; others, C' 3 per ton. Onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 4d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 5s Gd to 7s; ordinary, 2s Gd to 4s Gd per sack. Cauliflower, choice, 10s; others, 5s Gd to 7s per sack. Oreo nppas, lOd per peck. Carrots, TTutt, 8d dozen. Turnips, white. Gd to 8d dozen. Swedes. 2s to 2s 0d per sack. Vegetable marrows, Is per sack. Pumpkins, 3s to 4s sack. Pio melons. 4s to 5s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 3s Gd : fair, Gd to Is Gd per case. | Spinach, best. 2s to '2s Gd per case. French beans. 5s r>er half-wick. Cucumbers, outside grown, 7s Gd per banana case. Spring onions, 4d dozen bundles. Tomatoes, round, 4s Gd to 0s; TTutt. 3s to Is Gd : others. Is Gd to 2?t Gd pel' half-case. Apples, cookers. 3s; small, 2s to 2s Gd case. Market rrlutted. ppl es, Cox's Oranrte, 7s Gd to 0 s ; dessert, well coloured. 4s Gd to Gs; others, 3s Gd to 4s per case. Pears, dessert, Gs to 7s; cookers, large, 4s Gd ; small. 3s fiTi to Is per ro. c o. Rhubarb. 2s Gd doz bundles. Grapes, best TTutt-, Is 3d; best Nelson, Is per lit. Padish. 4d dozen bundles. Putter, separator, lOd; dairy, 0d to n.Jtl per lb. Cheese, best factory riiediums, s',d to 5.1(1 per lb: loaf, Old to 7d per lb. "Dresstvl pork, 70's to AO's Id, 00's to 100's to Id; baeoners, 3d: (hoopers (benvvV 2d to 2-fd. Our wreklv pork sales hel deaeh Thursdav during winter. Eggs, 2s to 2s 2d; preserved. Is Id to Is Gd per dozen. Scarce. Paeon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7{d ; hams, Bi}d per 11). TToney. 4d to 4'd per lb. Beeswax, Is Id to Is Gd per lb. Fungus, keen demand at 5Jd per lb. Walnuts, 51 d. Tallow, tins, 21s ewt. Wool, sheepskins and liidos, speciial sale on. May 13. 1010. Poultry, cockerels. 5s Gd for good birds: small. 3s to 3s Gd : table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s Gd ; small, 2s to 2s 0d : ducks, large 5s to fis ; small, 3s to 3s Gd per pair: tonrkey gobblers. Od per lb; hens, 8d per lb lire w'eight. Maize, 4s bushel. Wheat. 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel. Parlev, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Parley, Cape seed. 3s Gd bushel. Morse beans, 4s Gd to 4s Od bush. Partridge peas, 4s Gd to 5s per bushel. Prussian Blue Peas, os Gd per bushel. Parley meal, special quality, £5 10s per ton. Sharps. £5 15s per ton. Pollard. ;C5 10s nor ton. Bran. CI 5s to CI 10s per ton. Chaff, oaten shoaf, CI 15s to £5 5s ner ton. TTay, prime C 3 15s to C 4 per ton. Sucrosine. GO 10s per t-on. Straw, whoa ton. tl 10s per ton. Straw, oaten, £2 7s Gd per ton. Linseed oil cake (genuine), CI3 per ton. Oats, feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per Oats, seed, Snnrrowbills, Gartens, Duns, 2s Od : Algerians. 3s. Oats, crushed, 2s Od bushel. Cocksfoot, machine dressed, ("Jd to 7d per lb. Cocksfoot, farmers' dr>s;ed, Gd lh- i oil p* TVr. rypsrn&s, 'Is fid 1 Italian ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. ' Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20s ner ton, delivered free at any railwav station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £•') per ton. ~ , t iri Tlasic Slag, high grade, 10 pei cent, CI 10s per ton.