THE POULTRY TRADE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 30, 27 July 1899, Page 13

THE POULTRY TRADE.

New Zealanders (writeß the London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) should keep an eye on the London poultry market. where, at present, large supplies are being sent by America and Canada, as well as by Australia. Ducks and fowls from the lastnamed colony have been doing equally well with the Amerioan consignments. Ducks have been making from 2s 3d and 2s 6d to 2s 9d each, while fowls have ranged from 2s 3d, even as high as 4s each. One feature in connection with the American poultry trade m*y prove of interest and value to intending shippers from New Zealand. Shipments from Australia are in crates covered over with thin muslin to keep the birds clean and to allow the cold air free access. Now, the Canadians and Americans are sending their birds in virtually air-tight boxes, and even in tuba, and the poultry comes in a perfectly sound condition. It neither goes green, becomes putrid, nor gets mildewed, owing to the mode of packing ; while in the case of >u&tralian poultry thtre is no doubt that, at times, when it has been placed too close to the cold shoots, the excessive cold has a tendency to take the bloom off the skin.