A Hint to Poultry Raisers
r -The following letter, which appeared, in the Star one day this week, 1 • • contaiusajhint^which^New.Zealandeis . might make a note of. The writer, a . Mr rI D.: J„ Sprqats,' says :—", If lswell o known .that >. during , the months of -iApril and May, Englishpoultry is not • *only of inferior quality butexorbitant —in price.' 'Tt' is quite a difficulty to get a good-sized tender foivl, and' if v by good fortune one falls in with such " a'luxury the purchase money varies from 4s to 6s. What' is the result ? " Only those who care not what' they -pay, and those who pay not' at all, can " L< go in ' for 'such'a delicacy ;, whilst -the middle class-must-be content with i„' f jold. hens,J. and^the •pqpr/'foik 'with :- titough; Eußsian;Cocks.' a , •• , • What "- ad iraqtage^it'. would be to have "_ pouiti y trom New Zealand. I underi - iull-gruwn thickens are retailed the„modest sum: of ls<to' Is ■3d, and, moreover, they .are in their "^Trime about January— the very time - AhW cuuid be despatched for deiiveryj -jiu --April and May. l !, Verb. Sap: What Mr. SproafcV puts forward is __ perfectly true ;, there- is certainly an »* -n>peh market for poultry in London in -r ;tne spring and early summer. —Lon-j ~ "'don correspondent of the Dunedin * "Star. ' ' * ; -'" J '^ v - *. I
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 149, 9 June 1891, Page 4
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213A Hint to Poultry Raisers Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 149, 9 June 1891, Page 4
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