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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 140, 16 June 1913, Page 6

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WELLINGTON MARKETS.

{'Special tp Expbsbs.T WELLINGTON, June 12. The N.Z. Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company report:— Potatoes.—Prime, £5 10s to £6 per ton. Onions.—Melbourne, £10 p?r ton. Cabbage.—Choice, 3s to 4s 6d per sack. Carrots—Choice. 4s to 5s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice, 8s to 10s; others, 4s to 5s per sack. Marrows—4s to 4s 6d per sack. Parsnips.—4s to 5s per sack. Pumpkins.—4s to 6s per sack. Swedes.—2s 3d to 2s 6d per cwt. Turnips—White, 2s 6d to 3s per sack.

Lettuce.—Choice, 4s to 5s per case. Apples.—Cooking, 5s 6d to 7s 6d per case; Dessert, 7s to 9s per case. Pears.—Dessert, 8s to 10s per case. Cheese—Best factory mediums, sfd; loaf, 6£d per lb. Eiggs—Fresh, 2s per dozen. Preserved Eggs—ls 6d per dozen. Butter—Separator Is, milled 10£ d to lid, dairy lid per lb. Dressed Pork—7o's to 90's, 6jd; 90's to 100's, 6d; baconers, sid; choppers (heavy), 3|d to 4^d; slips, 6d to 6Jd; suckei-s, 7d per lb. Honey--4d to 4|d per lb; new season's sections, 6s &d dozen. Beeswiax—ls 6d per lb. Walnuts.—,6d per lb. Tallow—Casks, 27g 6d: tins. 19s to 26s cwt. Poultry—Cockerels, 4s 6d to 6s for good birds; hens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; good table hens, ss; good heavy ducks, 7s 6d; Indian Runners, 6s to 6s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers, Is pea- lb; hens, lOd per lb live weight. Maize.—ss 3d per bushel. Wheat—4s 6d per bushel; ten sack lots, 4s 4d to 4s sd. Feed Barley—3s 8d per bushel; 10 sacks, 3s 6d per bushel. Peas, Partridgo—Feed, 4s per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—^ss 6d per bushel. Horse Beans—4s to 4s 6d per bushel. Pollard—£7 10s p&r ton; 10s less for ton lots. Bran—£s 5s per ton; 5s less for ton lots.

Chaff.—Oaten, sheaf, £5 5s per ton ex store. Hay.—Prime, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Lticerne Hay—£4 10s per ton. Straw—£3 per ton ex store. Oats—Feed, 2s lid to 3s; Duns, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel. Oats'—Discolored, 2s 9d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 3s 3d per bushel. Seed, Cape Barley.—3s lOd per bushel. Seed Oats. Specially dressed. Algerians, 3s 8d per bushel. Gartons, Sparrowbills, Duns, Storm Kings, 3s 6d per bushel.