The Farmstead.
INVERCARGILL PRODUCE MARKET.
• Messrs McKay Bros’ weekly report of actual sales in the Exchange Sale Rooms for the week ending 18th July Cows —No entry. Poultry —155 entered, and extreme prices realised. Hens, Is 9d to 2s 4d"; roosters to 2s 10d; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; several fancy fowls as high as 5s each. Turkeys— Gobblers, 8s to 11s. Pigs —35 penned and prices high. Suckers, 21s 3d to 15s 6d; weaners to :22s 6d. Potatoes —Derwents, £4 to £4 10s; white, £4. Onions—Canterbury, 6s 6d ; Victorian, 8s sd. Wheat—l4s to 16s 6d per bag. Oats—Prom 3s 9d to 7s 6d per bag. Barley—-12s 6d to 14s per bag. Oilcake—l2s per cwt. Honey—4d per lb. Fruit—Bananas, 17s 6d ; oranges, 8s ; mandarins, 8s 6d ; lemons, 9s ; apples, .8s 6d to 12s; pines, 9s ; seyilles, 10s.
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Southern Cross, Volume 11, Issue 17, 25 July 1903, Page 11
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138The Farmstead. Southern Cross, Volume 11, Issue 17, 25 July 1903, Page 11
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