WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 91, 16 April 1908, Page 2

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

PRICES CURRENT. s^Special for "Marlborough Express.") , WELLINGTON, April 15. The N.Z. Farmers' Co-operative .Distributing Co. Ltd., report as follows: Maize, 3s 6d per bushel. Wheat, fowl, 5s 4d to 5s 6d per bushel. Uarley, feed, 4s 4d per bushel. Barley, Cape seed, 4s 9d to 5s per bushel. Barley, Cape feed, 3s lOd per bushel. Oats, 3s to 3s 3d per bushel. Oats, crushed, 3s 6d per bushel. Oats—Seed Duns, Sparrowbills,1 CJartons, 3s 6d, Algerians 3s lOd per bushel. . Cocksfoot, Akaroa,9d per lb. Ryegrass, perennial, 5s 6d per bushel. Horse beans, crushed, 5s 2d per bushel. Hay, English-grown, £7 10s per ton.

Straw, .£2 15s per ton. Bran, £6 10s per ton. Sucrosine 200'.s 16s, 100's 8s 6d :per bag. Prime oaten-sheaf chaff, £5 15s per ton.

Potatoes, whites £6 to £6 10s. Onions, £7 to £7 10s per ton. Butter, separator Is Id, milled Is, dairy pats Is per lb. Eggs, fresh, 2s per dozen; good demand. , Honey, 6O's4|d per lb. Beeswax, Is 6d per lb. Fungus, 4£d per lb. Walnuts, 5d to 6d per lb. .Workers, 70!s to . 90's 4£d, 90V to 100's 4£d, heavy pigs 3d per lb. Cabbage, 8s per sack. Rhubarb, 3s per dozen. Carrots, table reds, 5s per sack. Tomatoes, 4s per half-case. Apples, dessert, 6s 6d to 9s per case. Apples, cookers, 6s to 6s 6d per case. I'ears, dessert, 5s 6d per case. < Pears, cookers, 4s 6d per case, ' Quinces, 3s 6d per case. Poultry-—Table roosters ;2s to 4s, ipockerels 4s to ss, table .hens 3s -to 3s -|d; ducks 5s to 6s;:geese 6s to 7s, «.-•. at per pair; turkey gobblers lOd, h^ns 9d live weight." . :