PRODUCE MARKET

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 September 1914, Page 4

PRODUCE MARKET

MR. J. Jones, Auctioneer, Victoria and Lome Streets, Auckland, reports :— The market this week has been busy. Fruit has firmed considerably. Poultry was hi gqod" supply, and' the demand steady. Pigs? &re sparce, and' are wanted. Potatoes are lower. r POULTRY Hens, 2/8 %q §/3, gqqd 2/5, tq 2/8 special pegs up tq 4/ ; rqosters, prime to 4/11, good 3/ to 3/6, qrdinary, 2/1 to 3s ; ducks, 2/ to 2/10; geese, to 5/6; turkeys, gobblers 8s to 14/, hens 4/6 to 6/. Pigs, 16/ to 26/. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, Southern (table) £4 10s to £5, Southern seed varieties £5 to £510s, local seed £2 10s to £3 10s ; onions, 12s $o 15s 6d; swedes, £2 to £2 15a; pumpkins, 4s W 4s 6d ; fungus, 5d lb Maize 4/ to 4/8, wheat 5/6 to 5/8 ; oats 3/6, bran £5 103, sharps £8, Algerian oats 4/, barley 3/6, chaff local £6 10s to £6 15s. DAIRY PRODUCE Eggs fresh 9^d to-lO^d, butter 8d to 9i/^d, bacon 9d to lOd, cheese 7d to 7^d, honey $/ to &/, bulk honey 3d to 3^d. ' fruit' Apples, dessert choice 12s to 13/6, good iQ 1/)/, cookers 8/ to 9/ ; lemons, 6/ to 8/ ; oranges P..M, 6/ to 8/.