WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 256, 5 November 1910, Page 7

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

[Special to Expbess.] WELLINGTON, Nov. 3. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report as follows: — Potatoes are in short supply, but Australian importations continue to prevent any further advance. Onions are now falling off rapidly in quality, but new season's V;ictorian grown are expected in about a week. Cabbage has been in very large supply, with low values, having a tendency to reduce the price of green peas below the normal value for this time of the year. We have/ good inquiries for swedes and marrows, and choice cauliflower sell freely at high prices. .Very large shipments of eggs continue to come to hand from all parts, and values are unchanged. Butter has weakened owing to larger supplies. Bran; has advanced 20s per ton during the last two* weeks, and is very scarce. Maize.—3s 6d per bushel. Wheat-^3s 9d peri bus. Barley (feed).—3s per bushel. Barley, Cape—3s 6d per bushel. Horse Beans.—-5s bushel. Partridge peas—ss 6d per bus. Prussian Blue Peas.—7s 6d per bushel. Barley meal—£6 per ton. Sharps.—£6 15s per ton. Pollard.—£6 10s per ton. Oat Pollard.—2s 6d per sack of about 901bs. Bran—£s 10s per ton. Chaff—Oaten sheaf, £5 10s to £5 ,15s; second quality £5 5s per ton. v Hay.—Prime, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton.. ' ■■.■.-,''''■ ■■.."■ .' . 7 ■

Straw.—Wheaten, £2,10s per ton. Straw—Oaten, £2 10s per ton. Oats—Feed, 2s 6d to 2ij 8d per bus. Oats.—Seed, Sparrowbllls, Gartons, Duns, Storm King, Black Tartars, 2s 10d; Algerians, 3s 3d per bushel. Oats—Crushed, 2s lOd per bus. Potatoes—Prime, local £10 10s to £12, Australians £11 to £,12 per ton. Potatoes, seed—Specially selected. Canterbury Up-to-Dates, £10 per ton. Onions—^Australian, £8 10s per ton. .

Cabbage—Choice 2s to 3s, ordinary Is 6d per sack. Cauliflower—6s 6d to 10s per sack. Nelson green peas—3d to lid per peck. j. Carrots.—Hutt, choice, 9d dozen, and 4s per sack: others 2s 6d. Turnips.—White, 5d to 6d dozen. Swedes.—ss per sack. Pumpkins—6s to 7s per sack. Lettuce—Choice 2s to 2s 6d, fair lg 6d to 2si per case. Spinach—Best, 2s 6d per case. Spring onions—Bd doz. bundles. Asparagus.—sd to 8d bunch. Rhubarb—ls 6d to Is 8d doz. Apples—Cookers, large, 6s 6d case. Apples, dessert, well colored, 9s 6d per;, case. Butter—Separator, 9£d to lOd bulk; 10|d pats; dairy, 9d per lb. Cheese.—Best factory mediums, 6Jd per lbj loaf 7d per lb. Eggs.—Fresh, lOd to lid per dozen. Bacon—Factory, sides ; 7fd, rolls B£dj hams 9d per lb. >^ - Honey—3jd to 4d per lb. Slow of sale. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. ■ Fungus.—Keen demand at s£d per lb.

Walnuts.—sJd per lb; wanted. Tallow.—Tins, 28s cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels, 5s 6d to 6s 6d for good birds; small, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; table roosters, ss; table hens, 4s; ducks, large, 6s to <6s-'6d; small, 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb live :weight.