WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 222, 26 September 1910, Page 3

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 22. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Company, Ltd., report as follows:— The New Zealand Farmers' Distributing Company, Ltd., report as follows:—We have to report a further rise of 10s per ton in Australian potatoes, which has had the effect of advancing local supplies to a similar extent.. Future values will be ruled entirely by the importations. Onions are advancing, as is usual at this season. - Local-grown Brown Spanish find a ready sale at £6 10s. Vegetables are on a par with last week s report. Rhubarb is now coining in freely from the Hutt. Apples from Tasmania are practically the only supply available. Poultry is ' very scarce, ducks being particularly inquired for. Eggs aor© in good demand, and very firm in value, with indications of rising values. Maize.—3s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel. Wheat.—3s 8d to 3s 10d per bushel. . Barley (feed)—3s 3d per bushel. Barley. Cape—3s 6d per bushel. Horse Beans.—ss bushel. Partridge peas.-^-5s 3d per bus. Prussian Blue Peas.—7s 6d per bushel. "Barley meal—£6 per ton. Sharps—£6 15s per ton. Pollard.—£6 10s per ton i;Oa? JS^ ar<*—2s M per sack of about 901b5.: ' «

Bran— £4 10s to £4 15s per ton. Chaff;— Oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 10s per ton.

Oaten straw chaff—£3 15s per ton Hay.—Prime, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton. *

Straw—Wheaten, £2 10s per ton. Straw—Oaten, £2 7s 6d per ton. Oats—Feed, 2s 4d to 2s 8d per bushel. *^ .Oats—Seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, Duns, Black Tartars, 2s 9d: Algerians, 3s 3d per bus. Oats—Crushed, 2s 8d per bushel. Potatoes.—Prime, £9 to £9 10s per ton.

■, . Potatoes, Seed.—Specially selected, Cianterbury Up-to-Dates £8 per ton. looar|6'Bt UStralian ' £8 Per **'>■ Pickling XJnions.-i-Looal, 6s,cwt. Gaiiic.-^-3d per Ib. Cabbage—Choice, 6s to 9s: ordinary 3s to 4s 6d per sack; poor, 9d to Is 6d per sack. ' Cauliflower—Choice, 7s 6d to 9s: others, 3s to 4a 6d. Nelson Green Peas—2s 6d per peck. Q ,Carrots.—Hutt, 6d dozen, and 4s od per sac.

Turnips—White, 6d doz. Swedes.—2s to 2s 6d per sack. Vegetable MarroAvs.—3s per sack. Pumpkins.—3s per sack. Pie melons—3s to 4s per' sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 4s 6d; fair, 2s 6d to 3s per case.

Spinach.—Best, 4s 6d per case. Spring Onions.—lOd to Is dozen bulbs.

Rhubarb.—Hothouse, 5d to 6d bundle; outside, 6s to 8s dozen. Apples.—Cookers, large, 4s 6d to 7s 6d; small, 3s to 4s per case. Apples.—Dessert, well-colored, 7s to 9a 6d; others 4s to 5s 6d per case. Butter.—Separator, lOd bulk, 10H pats; dairy, lOd per lb. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 6id per lb; loaf 7d per lb. Eggs.—Fresh, lid per doz. Bacon.—Factory sides 7d, rolls 8d: hams, 9d per lb. < Honey.—3^d to 4d per lb. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus —Keen demand at s£d per

Walnuts.—sJd per lb. Wanted. I Tallow.—Tins, 24s cwt. i Poultry—Cockerels, 5s 6d to 6s 6d l tor good birds, small, 3s 6d; table roosters, 4s to ss; table hens, 3s 6d; , small, 2s 6d; ducks, large, 5s to 6s 6d; i omall' 3J> 6d per pair; turkey gobblers. : yd per lb; bens, 8d per lb live weight!