HOW THE GROWER FARES
POULTRY, FRUIT, PRODUCE B. T. Bennett of the Egmont Auction Mart reports on market prices as follows: Poultry.—Hens, Is 6d to 3s; table: laying, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; ducks: laying, 3s to 4s 6d; table, 2s 6d to 4s. Cockrels, Is 6d,to 3s, all at each Vegetables.—Potatoes, 17s 6d sack; small lots 7s 6d cwt; cabbage, Is 6d to 3s per dozen; carrots, 2s per dozen; parsnips, 2s; lettuce, 2s 6d; rhubarb, 4d to 5d per bundle; onions, Is per string or lid per lb loose; picklers, 2£d; beans, 2d to 3d per lb; cucumber 2d to 4d each; turnips, Is 6d to 2s per dozen; peas, Is Id to Is 4d peck. Fruit. —Lemons, Is 6d per dozen; tomatoes, 4d to 5d per lb; green tomatoes, 3d per lb; apples (half cases) “cooking” 2s 6d to 3s 6d, “dessert” 3s 6d; pears, half cases, dessert, 3s; cooking, bushel cases, ss; peaches, 4d to 6d per lb in lots of 51bs and lOlbs; blackberries, half-tins 3s. Honey: 9d per carton; large tins 6d per lb. Hams: Is 2d; rolls, Is; cuts, 9d to Is per lb. Eggs: Hen, Is 9d to 2s; ducks, Is Bel to Is lOd per dozen.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 9
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205HOW THE GROWER FARES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 9
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