Commercial
Messrs Fraser and Co., selling agents for the Otago and Oamaru Egg Circle, report as under. Eggs: Poultry faim eggs, as; others, is iou to is i id; pullets, is gd; preserved, is 6d. Butter: Separator pats, is to is id; bulk is id to is 2d. Tallow: Market steadv at 17s 6d to iSs lor best quality. Pigs: Good baconweights, 8d to B.id; over-weight, 3d to 4d; porkers, jd to 8d per lb. Potatoes, ,£5 10s to £6 ios per ton, Chaff, £6 ios per ton, sacks extra. Whole fowl wheat, 6s 8d to 6s gd per bushel. Bulk honey, 4Jd to sd per lb; iolb tins 5s 6d to 6s. Poultry. Supplies} are lghter; white Leghorn hens, 3s 4d to 4s; heavy breeds, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; cockerels, 6s to ios; roosters, 2s to 2s 6d ; ducks, 4s to 55; ducklings, 5s to 7s 6d; gobblers, :s id to is 2d per lb live weight; turkevs, hens lid to is. We stock Palmer's chick food, Perfection meat meal, leg rings at is per dozen, special quotes for quantities. Agents for Champion egg crates, Moreg poultry spice. _ Consignors pleaso note that «■■ pigs and poultry must arrive not lat ci than \\cduesday morning of each week.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3161, 4 May 1931, Page 6
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208Commercial Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3161, 4 May 1931, Page 6
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