PRICE OF EGGS
It is predicted in the south that this ;reek will seo a drop in tho price of eggs. , Supplies are coming forward more freely, ■ and it is stated that the present high i prices cannot bo continued.. ; 'Tor over two mouths," writes a : Christchurch poultryman, "every memi ber of tho Canterbury Egg Circlo has i been paid 3s. for 'his fi;st-gi'ada eggs. This, is a record, and lias never been ! \ aohieved in tho Dominion before. Tho I great shortage is certainly due to lesser \ production occasioned by dearer poultry ;' food. Even at 3s. per dozeu.the prico i . has not been too high. Poultrymen have i a very lean period . for about three j months in the year, when only 5 per ! cent, of tho hens and 40 per cent, of I the pullets can be expected to lay. The i prico has been a help to the man who I knows how to hatch at tho right period ; and can rear and feed liis birds for egg [.. production. Tho world is-getting used to paying high, prices for its goods, but i it is quite possible tho standard set this : winter may be reached for years to ! some."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 8
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200PRICE OF EGGS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 8
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