COMMERCIAL.
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND, Saturday The following prices were realised at the city markets: — Poultry.—Ducks, young, 3s up; old, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; geese, ss; turkey hens, 7s Gd: gobblers, 10s to 12s; cockerel chicks, heavy breeds, dayold. sexed, hi each; day-old chicks, Black Orpington, unsexed, 6d; Leghorn. Cd; iguinea fowls, 3s 6d to ss; cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 4s to Cs; not prime, 2s Gd up; light, prime, 2s Gd to ss; not prime. Is Cd to 2s; fat roosters, heavy, prime, 2s Cd to 4s Cd; light, 2s to 3s; fat hens, heavy, 3s Cd to ss; light, 3s to 4s; laying liens, heavy, 3s Gd to 4s; light, 3s Cd to 4s: pullets, heavy, best, three months. 7s; smaller, 2s up; light, best, 3s Cd to ss; smaller, Is up; drakes, young, prime, 4s to ss; smaller. 2s up; old, 2s to 3s. Rutter and Eggs.—Eggs, hen, first grade. Is 4Ad a dozen; B, Is 3|d; C, 11 Ad; duck, first (grade, Is 4id; B, Is 3Ad; G, Is lid. Butter, farmers’. Is to Is 2d per lb.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20635, 22 October 1938, Page 9
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187COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20635, 22 October 1938, Page 9
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