DEAR WHEAT, DEAR EGGS.
The Government Statistician in^his poultry, census for ,1926, shows that covering towls, ducks, geese,' and turkeysj the total is shown; as 3,781,145 birds, representing «' fall on 1921 figures of 210,000 head. Fowls which comprise the bulk of the poultry numbered 3,308,384, a decrease of 183 000 S,*S st five years. Ducks," nu'mbefing at «B7^ aYe f onrtn ,28 000- Geese ' record^ at 43,879, are 2000 below 1921 level TiS Jceys show an increase to 76,852, being nearly 4000 more than recorded in 1921 Kecords of price levels, for the last fiv<S years indicate that th# rise in the pru* J. «, has been considerably greit* er than the rise in the price of eggs
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1927, Page 11
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117DEAR WHEAT, DEAR EGGS. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1927, Page 11
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