WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 4 March 1909, Page 6

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

(Special to The Marlborough Express.)

WELLINGTON, March 3. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Company, Ltd., report as follows: — Maize, 5s per bushel. Wheat, whole fowl, 4s 9d per bushel. Barley, Cape seed, 3s 9d per bushel. Barley, feed, 3s 6d per bushel. Oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d per bushel. Oats, seed Sparrowbills, Gartons, Duns 2s 9d, Algerians 2s 9d per bush-

el. Oats, crushed, 2s 6d per bushel. Hay, prime, £3 10s per ton. Straw, £2 10s per ton. Bran. £4 10s to £4 15s per ton

Pollard, £7 10s per ton. .Sucrosine, 200's £7, 100's £7 5s per ton.

Linseed Oil Cake, genuine, 15s per cwt.

Prime Oatensheaf Chaff, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton. Potatoes, blight free, £4 peri ton. Onions, £5 per ton. Butter, separator, pats 9£d, dairy pats 8d to B£d per lb.1 Eggs, fresh, Is 8d per dozen, wanted.

Honey, 60's sd, 14's s*d per lb. Beeswax, Is 6d per lb; good demand. Fungus, 4|d per lb. Walnuts, 5d per lb. Bacon, factory, slides 7£d, rolls B£d, hams 8d per lb. Porkers, 70's to 90's 4d to 4|d, 90's to 100's 4d, baconers 3Jd, heavy pigs 3d per lb; good demand. Cabbage, 6d to 9d per sack. Cauliflower, Is per sack. Carrots, table, 2s to 3s per sack. Green peas, lOd per peck. Rhubarb, Is per dozen. Peaches, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per halfcase.

Nectarines, 3s to 5s per half-case Plums, 3s to 4s per half-case.

Apples, dessert, 6s to 7s per case. Apples, cookers, 4s to 4s 6d per case.

Tomatoes, 2s 6diper half-case. Poultry.—Table roosters 2s 6d to 3s 6d, cockerels 3s 6d to 4s, table hens 2s 6d to 3s; ducks 4s, all at per pair.