MARKET REPORTS.
HORSE SALES. There was only a small entry of horses at Tatter-sail's, on Saturday, and very few reallv good sorts. Good draughts, which were scarce, ware in demand at from £3O 'to £4O, medium sorts brought from £18..t0 £23; best light harness horses £l4 to £2O, medium sorts £o aged and weedy sorts £3 to £6. PIGS AND POULTRY. ' There were improved entries of pigs at Saturday's markets,, and a rather better sale resulted than for' some weeks. Stores brought 9s to 17s 63, and suckers and weaner* 3s 3d to 8s Bd. Poultry was in good supply, but most of the table birds were'voting chicks. Titer oayas a good demand bcth from export' buyers and local poulterers. /Roosters brought 2s 6d to 4s 3d, pullets (all small) 2s 6d, .liens 2s to 3i?' and up to 4s for special sorts; ducks 3s' 9d to 4s 6d, geese 5s 6d to 7s 3d; turkey roosters 14s to 17s' 6d, guinea fowls 7s 6d* to 8s 6cl, all at per pair.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12571, 5 August 1901, Page 3
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172MARKET REPORTS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12571, 5 August 1901, Page 3
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