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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 September 1910, Page 1

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N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LiiJ. weeklFreport. (Special to "The Horowhenua Chronicle.") For the convenience of the farming community, "The Chronicle" is reprinting from day to day, daring the. autumn season, the i;>iofcar tions of prices current as issaed ty the Farmers' Distributing Company WELLINGTON, Soptembar 1. Australian potatoes are now comin ginto this market, so that no further rise in values is looked for, provided Australian rates do not advance. Seed up4o-da)tes from youth are. still selling freely, with excellent quality assured. The onion market is somewhat fully supplied, but advancing values in •Melbourne should ease off the supply that has lately been coming from there. Cauliflowers slumped in values at the end of last week, but have now firmed again. Choice cabbage is in splendid demand at high prices, but ordinary are selling slowly. Carrots and swedes are very slow of sale. Florced rhubarb fiiotn the Hutt has met a ready sale during the week ;U from Gd to lOd per lb. Apples are in oxcolleut demand. We still want much larger supplies of porkers, fungus, beeswax, and walnuts. Honey is very slo wof sale. Egs have touched bedrock, and today have sold at lOd. We predict an advance shortly, as the -bakers are now operating ibr tlieii winter reserves. Business is particularly good, and the prospeots for the coming season couild hardly ■be brighter. Potatoes, prime, £9 por ton. local, £6. Potatoes, seed, specially selected. Canterbury up-to-dates-, £8 per ton. Onions, Australian, £7 per ton. local, £G 10s. Pickling onions, local, 7s owt. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage, choice, 5s Gd to 9s; otdinar.v, 3s to 4s fid per sack. Cauliflowers, choice, 7s Gd to 8s Gd; others, 3s to 4s Gd sack.

Carrots, Hutt, Go doz, and 3s pei sack. Turnips, white, 6d dozen. Swedes, 2s to 2s Gd sack. Vegetable mnnws, 2s to 2s Gd per sack. Pumpkins, 3s to 3s fid sack. Pie melons, 3s t o4s per sack. Lettuce, choice, 4s Gd to Gs Gd; fair, 2s Gd to 3s per case. Spinach, host, 3s fid to 'Is Gd pei case. Spring onions, lOd doz bdls. Apples, cookers, largo, 4s Gd to 8s; small, 3s to 4s case. Apples, dessert, well coloured, 7s to 9s Gd; others, 4s to 5s Gd per case. Butter, separator, lOd; dairy, 9J-d per lb. Cheese, best factory mediums, Gd per lb; loaf, 7d per lb. Dressed pork, 70's to 90's sd; 90's to 100's 4.] d; baconers, 4<l to -lid; choppers (heavy), 2J-d to 3.} d. Eggs, fresh, lOd to lid per d'oz. Market full. Bacon, factory sides 7d, rolls 7Jd; hams, 9d per lb. Honey, 4d to 4Jd per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Fungus, keen demand at s}d per lb.

Walnuts, to 5Jd per lb. Tallow, tins, 23s cwt. Wf.nl, sheepskins and hides. special sale on September 9, 1010. Poultry: Cockerels, 5s Gd to fis Od for good birds; small, 3s 6d; table roosters, 4s to ss; table hens, 3s fid; small, 2s fid ; ducks, large, 5s to fis fkl ;sm'nll, 3s 6(1 per pair; tur ; key gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s 9d per bushel. Wilient. 3s lOd ; special, 4s bush. Barley, feed, 3s 3d per bushel. Barley, Cape seed, 3s 6d bushel. Horse beans, 4s 9d bushel. Partridge peas. 5s bushel. Prussian Blue Pens, C| per bushel. Parley meal. £fi per ton. Pollard. £fi ]0s per ton. Oat pollaid 2s Gd sack of about flOlbs.

Brail, £4 10s to £4 15s per ton. Chaff, oaten sheaf ,£5 10s to £515s per ton. Oaten straw chaff, £3 15s ton. Hav, prime, £3 15s to £4 15s per ton. Straw, wheat-en, £2 10s per ton. Straw, oaten. £2 7s 6d per ton. Oats, seed, Sparrowbills, Gortons, Duns. 2s 9d; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. Oats, feed 2.s 4d to 2s 8d bushel. Oats, crushed 2s 8d pen bushel. Cocoanut oil cake, Bs per cwt. Linseed oil cake (genuine), £13 per ton. Suerosine, £6 10s per ton. Lime, crushed, agricultural, 20s per ton, delivered free at any railwav station in truck loads. Superphosphates (best), £5 per ton ; 5s less for ton 'or more. Basic Slag, high grade, 19 per cent, £4 10s per ton.