HIGH PRICES FOR POULTRY.
(Special to Herald.)
. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. , A .correspondent' writes as- follows. to the '.' jjy ttelton : Times : : -r-' ' According •' *to j prices obtained 1 ' m the poultry market on Saturday, there is a great " scarcity ! of 'table chickens ahd ducklings. - Tlie highest { price ever obtained ■ for table chickens ih ; N*«w r 'Zealand was 9.3 4d per pair m open auction on Saturday last. Ducklings soljd freely, at, 6s /to ,8s per pair. By the devotion : of too much attention to -, egg .'production, , table poultry has been neglected, \ aiid there is a great shortage of supplies. 1 Oood table chickens and . "ducklings, are being retailled m Ghi'istchiw'eh at from 10s to 12s a pair, prices unknown before.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12657, 10 January 1912, Page 2
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119HIGH PRICES FOR POULTRY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12657, 10 January 1912, Page 2
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