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POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND, Saturday At. the city markets poultry prices were unchanged, a heavy supply meeting a keen demand. Prices wore:— Poultry: Cockerels, heavy breeds.
prime 5s to 7s each, not prime 3s to 4s; light, prime 4s to ss, not prime 2s 6d to 3s 3d; fat roosters, heavy, prime 3s to 4s 6d, light 2s to 3s; fat hens, heavy 4s to 5s 6d, light 3s to 4s; laying hens, heavy 4§_Jo 5s 6d, light 3s to 0s; pullets, heavy, best 5s to os, smaller 3s up; light, best 5s to 6s, smaller 3s up: drakes, young, prime 5s to 6s, smaller 3s up, old 2s to 3s j 6d: ducks, young 4s to ss, old 2s to i 3s 6d: geese. 4s to 7s; turkey hens, j 5s to 7s; gobblers. 8s to 13s. Eggs and Butter: Eggs, hen. first grade Js 9Ad a dozen. B Is 7Ad. C Is 2 Ad: duck, first grade, Is 9Ad. B Is BAd. C Is 2Ad. Farmers' butter, js 3d to Is 4Ad per lb.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 5
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