PRODUCE MARKET

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 August 1914, Page 5

PRODUCE MARKET

Mr. J. Jones, Auctioneer, Victoria and Lome Streets, Auckland, reports :— POULTRY Hens, 2/> to 2/9, good 1/10 to 2s, prime young pullets 2/6 to 3/9; roosters prime up to 4/8, good 2/9 to 3/3, cockrells 1/3 to 1/9; ducks, 2s to 3s ; geese, to 5/6 ; turkeys, gobblers 8s to 13/6, hens 4/ to 6/. Pigs, 12/6 to 19/6. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, Southern (table) £4 to £410s, Southern seed varieties £5 to £5 15, local, £2 15s to £3 10s ; pumpkins, £4 to £5 ; swedes, £115 to £2 5/ ; melons, £2 10s to £3 10s; kumeras, £4 to £8 10s. (JRAIH Maize 3/10 to 4/2, wheat 4/ to 4/9, oats 2/9, bran £4 15, sharps £7 5, Algerian oats 3/5, barley 3/2, chaff local £5 to £5 15s ex store. DAIRY PRODUCE Eggs fresh 1/2 to 1/4, butter 9d to lOd, bacon 9d to 9^d, cheese 6d to 6J^ , honey 3/ to 4/, bulk honey 3d to 3^d. PRUJT Apples, dessert qhoice 7s to 11/9., goqd, to 8/6, cookers 6./9. to 9/3 ; pears, dessert 8s to 9/6, coolers 5s to 6/9; lemons, 6s to 9/; passion fruit, 4s to 5/,