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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 126, 4 June 1910, Page 3

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WEEKLY REPORT

rfu<vfial to Express.] WELLINGTON, June 2. Tl' .- Zealand1 -Farmers' Cooper, ... Distributing Company, - Ltd.. -- ;<oii hs follows: — Pourooes still continue scarce, with Jbardcr.lr.ss values. VY cegetablesLfind a ready nuuket, especially cauliflowers, which vm selling at high, prices. The price of eggs is still receding. Cooking apples are again m plentiful supply, with low prices. Good dessert lines of both apples and pears are in •keen inquiry. Fungus is in excellent demand at high prices. Walnuts are now coming to hand more freely, with a downward tendency in values. Porkers meet ready sale, as also iieavier weights. Maize: 3s 6d to 3s 9d per bush. Wheat: 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bush. Wlioat—Broken, 3s 6d per bushel. Barley (feed).—3s 3d per bushel. Barley, Gape.— 3s 6d per bushel. Horse beans: 4s 6d to 4s 9d per bushel. Partridge peas: 5s per bush. Pnwsiaii Blue peas, 5s 6d per fraahel. i Barley Meal—£s 10s per ton . Sharps—£6 10s per ton. . Bran—£4 15s per ton. . '' . Chaff—Oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 15s PeHay.— Prime, £3 15s to £4 10s per *dn> :- ■ ■■ .•■■'■•'■■ ■ Sucrosine: £6 10s p4p ton. > Straw: Wheaten, £2 10s per ton. Straw: Oaten, £2 7s 6d per ton. Linseed Oil Cake: Genuine, £13 per ton. = Oats—Feed, 2s Bd, to 2s lOd per ■bushel. , Oats:' Seed, Sparfowbills, Gartons, Duns, 2s lOd; Algerians, 3s 3d per 3ms. ' Oats: Crushed, 2s lid per bus. Mael'.i ne-dressed cocksfoot, 6£d to ffdper lb. Farmers' dressed Cocksfoot, od to 43d per lb. c Pei;. ryegrass, 4s 6d to 5s per -friuhel; Italian.ryegrass, 4s 3d to 4s 9d per bushel. Potatoes —Prime Up-to-Dates £6 10s to £7 per ton. Potatoes— Seea, specially selected, Canterbury Up-to-Dates £8 per ton. Onions —£4 to £4 10s per ton. Garlic, 3d per lb. Cabbage-Choice, 4s 6d to 6s; ordinary, 2.3 to 3s Bd'per sack. Cauliflower—Choice, 8s 6d to 12s «Sdi others! 4s 6d +o 6s per sack. Green Peas.—ls per peck. Carrots—Hutt, 8d dozen. Turnips: White, 6d doz. Swedes.—2s to 2s 6d per sack. Vegetable Marrows. —Is per sack. Pumpkins—2s to 3s sack. Pie Melons.—3s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 6s; fair, Is 6d to :^2s 6d per case. Spinach.—Best, 2s 6d per case. French Beans —5s 6d per half-sack. Spring Onions.—6d doz. bdls. Tomatoes—Hothouse, 11s 6d per Ibalf-case. Apples—Cookers, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; small, 2s to 3s .per case. Apples.—Dessert, well-coloured, 6s r6d to 7s 6d; others 4s to 5s 6d per 'Case. Pears.—Dessert, 6s to 8s 6d; cook.iws, large, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; small, 3s 6d ioo 4s per case. Grapes—Best Hutt, Is; best Nel-.-Sonj lid per lb. Butter Separator, lOd; dairy, 9d to 9*d per lb. Cheeso: Best factory mediums 5Jd to s|d per lb, loaf 6id to 7d per lb. Dressed pork: 70's to 90's 4d to 4id, 90's to 100's 4d; baconers, 3^d to 4d; choppers (heavy), 2d to 2|d. Our weekly pork sales held each. Thursday during winter. Eggs-Fresh, Is 9d; preserved, Is l"2d .por-ilofcttV. Bacon.—Factory sides 7d, rolls 7Jd: ! bams. «>H jut lb. Honey.—4d to 4|d per lb. Beeswax: Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Funffns.— Keen demand at 5Jd per ■lb. Wehiulj --rS'l to o£d per lb. Tallow—Tins, 24s cwt. Poultry,—Cockerels, 5s 6d for good xl)irds; small 3s to 3s 6d; table roost-' -«rs. 4a; biiule hens, 3s 6d; small, 2s -to 2s 6d; ducks, large, 5s to 6s; small, 3s to 2r, 6d poj- pair; turkey gobblers, * 9d per lb; V-'fis, Od per lb live weight.