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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

T tiJii NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' 00-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY REPOUT. Wellington, 30th June, IUIO. Vegetables.—Choice cabbage is in good demand at satisfactory prices. Ca.uliilowers art) slightly weaker, owing to larger supplies arriving. Lettuce m keenly bought up at high ratoa. Carrots and white turnips are more plentiful and prices are weak. Parsnips are in good demand. The denuuid for marrows and pumpkins is better audi prices have improved. (Swedes are hard to quit.

Potatoes are lirm at late rates. Oats are stationary. Wheat has hardened and prices show a tendency to increase. Good business is being done. Pollard and bran show little change; if anything the market is slightiy weaker. Pork still is in very goodi dem'and aaid the demand is far from satisfied. There is a good enquiry for honey. Choice dessert apples are in excellent demand and good prices are realized. Cooking apples are in fair demand. Choice dessert pears are realizing good prices. Walnuts are enquired for. The alterations in prices irom -aac week are as follow;— Wneat.—Good whole I'owl, 5s 3d buaiuu. 10-ak lots OS iu Maise.—Locai, 5a (kl per bushel. Oats.— 3s 3d per bushel. Speclax quotes for large lota. Oats.—Crushed 3s VU per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerians, Algerians, dressed and clipped, Gartons and< Sparrowbills, 4s; Daiii, 4a 'JU I'a' tridge Peas seed.—'>s i-ei l*s Russian barley Cape seed.—os per buahel. -Barley.—.Feed 4s 6d. Barley Meal.—£B per ton. fine pig teed. Pollard.—£B 5s per ton. Smauer lots, £8 10. It ice Pollard.— £7 10s per ton. Uran.—£o 10s per ton. Linseed oil cake.—£ll 10a per ton; 100's 12s, 50's 6s tid. I lie best and cheapest stock food procurable. Cliali.—Oaten Sheaf, £0 10s to £0 per ton. Moiaaaes.—ln casts. Splendid stock loud, iJHs per 0 cwt. ua&ks extra. Suoroaiiit.'.—£B 10s per ton. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. (Julickliuie.—ln 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and bone meal.—l7s per 101); Us per oO and us per 2ulb bag. Potatoes.—£6 to £7 per ton. Cabbage—Choice to 10s; medium 6s to 7a per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 18s to £1; medium, 8s to lUs per sack. Carrot's.—Best, lis to 8s; othere, 4s to ds sack. Onions.—£s 10s per ton. Turnips.—6s to as per sack. Lettuce.—Us to 7s per case, lieeks.—(id to 9d per bundle. ■Spinach.—3s to 4s per case Beetroot.—<3s tkl to 4a od per aacK. Spring onions.'—3d to 6d buncn. French Beans.—4d to 5d per lb. Marrows.—2s to 3s per case. Swedes.—3a to 4a per cwt. Parsnips.—Ba to 10s per sack. Pumpkins.—4s tkl to 5s tid per saok. Apples.—Dessert, choice 6s 6d to 7 b 0d per oaae. Apples.—Cooking 4a txl to 5« <kl per caso. Pears.—Choice Us to 10s per oa^e, Tomatoes.—Hutt, 7s to 8a J-case. Lemons.— £& 2s tid per case. Passions.—6s per i-caae. Dreaaed Pork.—7o's to 80' a 6|d to 6id; UO's to 100's (id to did; baooners 6d; choppers (heary; 4d per ?b. Honey.—ln 60'» 6|d per lb. Honey seotioos.—Be per doseot. i£ggs.—fresh 3s Od per do«au. Eg^».—i<'roak Sb 6d par doMD. Beeswax.—ls 6d per ib. fungus.—6|d to 7d per tb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—Light t t(»ble hens 3a to 3s 6d; heavy heos 4a to 6s; oookjrajto 3s to 4s; heavy cockerels 5s to tts; good heavy duoka 6a 6di to 7s 6d; >ndiiam, runners 3a 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers la to la Id per lb; hens lid to Is per lb live weight. j j j | i