More Poultry Wanted.
There seems to be a decided demand for poultry in the Wellington market, if the citizens could pet it at their own prices. On this point tne New Zealand Times remarks : Complaints are often with justice made of the dearness of poultry m Wellington. Fowls fit for the table, ducks, geese, and turkeys all cost much more than they do in almost any ? inthe colony. The price is so high that people of small incomes are forced onabi Whßt ia an a sreeable. and ought not to be very expensive, article of diet It.appeare that the farmers near Wellington* or their w.ves neglect what might easily be made a considerable source o( w doubt nearly all of them have Liu s*’ about their places picking np chaij“ps for their food, and laying at season "hen “* chfa P and plentiful everywhere About the market for ponltry. there I Sn "i kttle doubt as it is evident that we could Itana much larger supplies than those now dear in the winter, «d birds fit for killing are so at all times! With pfhpei management itis simple enoogh io have plenty of both for sale at all seasons of the year/’
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1771, 14 December 1885, Page 3
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