Produce Market Report.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 4 August 1922, Page 3

Produce Market Report.

Fraser and Co., auctioneers, prcluc* merchants, commirsion agents, and agents for the Otßgo Egg Circle 146 Crawford street, Dunedin, report:— Kkbs. Market firm \Ve quote Fg;r Circle egcs, 1 B 7d; plsin. Is 51 to Is (3d; preserved, slow sale, Is 3i t* ls4d.

Butter.—Market firmer; pats, U 5<J to Is 6d; bulk, Is 6d.

Pig».—Very f<w pigs coming forward, but prices are still easy. W« quote: Bacon pigs to 6d per lb; por-ki-rs, 6id; over weights, 3d 10 4d per lb. Tallcw.— Market stationary, from 16s to 21a per cwt according to quality. Honey.—Dsmar.ri ii poor. Prices arc nominal—prime bulk to 6d; 101b tint, 7s.

Beeswax.—ls 61 per lb. Potatoes —Market firmer. We quoU, prime tables £6 10s.

Melbourne onions £2O per ton. We have the Otago Agency for tht Champion egg crate, price 17s 6d sacfa. Orion Colory brouder £l2 103. Cronius fireless hot brooder, £2 19t. We siock "Star P" Poultry Mask, "Star P" Chick Food, and lucerne meal, fowl wheat, Jubilee incubators, Palmer's poultry food —prices on applicatie*. Poultry.—Number offering en Wednesday showed a decline on previous week, and prices are slightly firmar. We quote:

Hens, 4s to 6s per pair, cockerels 7s 6d to 8s 6d per pair, roOßters to 5 J Od par pair, ducks 7s to 8s Od per pair, gaese to 7s psr pair, pullets 17a 6d per pair. Turkeys:—Hens to BJd per lb, gobbler* BJd per lb (live weight).