COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 February 1912, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

NIC NY ZEALAND FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO. WEEKLY REPORT. (Spcoiiil to t-lio "Horowliemia Clifoniclc.") WELLINGTON, Feb. 2. Potatucs advanced about 15s per ton during the week, and remained isu lor a low days, but have now tome back again to the closing prices of last week. "We do not advise our clients to hold. A-few 1 Auckland onions arc coming in, but tlio quality is inferior. Good lines would lind ready sale, hut values lniifet decline considerably during tlio noxt week or two. FRUIT. A fair sized shipment of Sydney pears reached us on Wednesday, and met an excellent sale. Very small lots now arrive from Australia as supplies tiliere of all fruits nro very scarce. Local apricots, nectarines, and greengages make very fail- prices, and poaches are firmer. Plums are at bedrock, and apples are now weaker. Tomatoes are still maintaining high values, and are in short supply. VEGETABLES. - French beans and good cauliflower always command satisfactory sale. Swedes, good lettuce and cabbage fair demand. Marowfi weaker, and in large supply. Eggs are unchanged. Porkers .slightly weaker. Butter is in splendid demand. Our reports are to the offect that honey will be in short supply this reason, and high prices may be looked for. We have a good sale .for farmers' lots of fat and tallow. Poultry is still plentiful. CLEARING SALE.-On Wednesday last wo held a clearing sale at the Willow Dale Poultry Farm, Lower Hutt, and excellent prices were obtained for all lines, the whole of which wero cleared. For the purebred lots the following figures were realised Black Orpington pullets, Ss to lis Gd: hens, 5s to 6s; "White Leghorn pullets, 7s; liens, 4s to 5s per pair. Potatoes.—Hutt, £4 to £5 10s; others, £4 per ton. Onions.—Globes, £12 per ton. Cabbage.—Fair, 2s to 2s 6d; choice, 3s to 4s per sack. Carrots.—3s 6d per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 7s to 10s per sack. Broad beans.—ls 6d bag. French beans.— to 2;ld per lb. Green peas.—Hutt, 3s (3d to 4s per cental bag. Marrows.—2rs to 3s per case. Rhubarb.—ls to 2s per dozen. ■Swedes.—2s 6d to 3s per cwt. Turnips.—White, 2s 6d per sack. Lettuce.—Fair, 2s; choice, 4ts to per case. Plums.—Burba iik, 2s to 2s 6d ; others, Is 6d to 2s per half case. Greongages.—ss to 5s 6d per half case. Nectarines.—3s 6d to 4s 6d per half case. Passions.—Local, 7s to 8s 6d per

bait' case. Raspberries. —6s 6d to 7s per full bucket. Apples.—Cooking, 3s Gd to 4s per case ; dessert, 5.s to G,s per case. Apricots.—ss Gd to Gs ease. Strawberries.—Gd to 8d per punnet. Ila 11 a lias.—Repacked, 20s. Pears.—Australian, 17s to 18s per case. Tomatoes,to 9s Gd half case. Peaches. - 2s (id to 3s Gd lialfca.se. Cliee>.e.—-.Best factory mediums, 7d ; loaf, 7A<I per lb. Diverted pork. —70's to !)o's, Gd ; DO'ts to 100's, 4:{d to sd; baconers, •lid; choppers (heavy) 3d to 3J. Kggs. - ■Kretdi, lOd to lid per dozen. Butter. —Separator, 1(J<! ; dairy, !J'd to JUd per lb. Bacon.—Factory sides, !)d; rolls, o:|d ; hams, ( Jd per lb. Honey.—3Jd per lb. .Slow of Kale. Beeswax.—ls 4d per lb. Fungus.—4d per lb. Tiiillow.—Tins, 23s per cwt.. Poultry.— Cockerels, 3s Gd to 4s for goo dbirds; table roosters, 3s Gd; table hens, & Gd to 3s Gd; ducks, 4s to os Gd per pair; turkey gobbler, 9d per lb; hens, Sd per lb live weight. Maize.—4« 3d per bus. Ten sack lots, 4s 2d. AVilioai:.—4s 8d per bus. Ten sack lots, 4s 6d. Pollard.— i' 7 IQs per ton. Bran. -£G per ton . Barley meal.—£G 10s per ton. Ton lots, ;C'G ss. Maize meal.—£B 10s per ton. Ton loin, £8 5s per ton. Chaff. -Oaten shoaf, old, £5 to £5 15s; new, £4 10s to £4 15s per ton. Hay.—Prime, £4 10s per ton. Sucrofiine.—£7 per ton. All A. and P. Company's stock foods at manufacturer's prices. Straw.—WTieaten, £3 15s; oaten, £3 15s per ton. Linseed oil cake.—Genuine, £13 per ton. Cocoaunt oil cake.—Bs 6d per cwt. Oats.—Feed, new, 3s: old, 3k 4d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 3is 6d per hushol. Sood, Cape barlev.—4s 4d per bushel. Vnporite destroys wireworms and all other soil pests, 34s per 2-cwt. cak, or 20s per cwt. 12s 6d per 56 lbs. Tea6.—Choicest blends, 6lbs and 101b tins, Golden Tip, Is 6d per lh. Tea.—Ceylon, in 51b tins, Is 4d per lb. Same in 5 tin lots, Is 3d per lb".