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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 September 1916, Page 2

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PRODUCE MARKET

Mr. J. JONES, Auctioneer, Victoria and Lome Streets, Auckland, reports:— 'POULTRY (850 penned). Hens, prime condition 4/ to 4/9, good to 4s, ordinary 3/3 to 3/8, poor 2/6 to 2/9 ; geese, 4s to 5/; turkeys, gobblers, 8s to 12/, hens 4s to 6/6 ; roosters, prime 5s to 5/3, good 4/ to 4/4, smaller 3s to ,3/6; ducks, 3s to 4/. Pigs—l 3/6 to £1 8s 9d. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, Southern table to £10; Southern seed (Gamekeeper and Northern Star) varieties £7 to £8 10s; Swedes, £3 to £4; pumpkins, £5 to £6 ; kumeras, 5/6 to 7/6; onions, £8 to £9 10s. DAIRY PRODUCE Butter, 1/1 to 1/3; eggs, Is to 1/1 ; cheese, 9d to lOJ^d; hams, lOd to ll^d; bacon, sides iOd to ll^d ; honey, 3J^d to 4j^d; lard, Is per lb. FRUIT Apples, 14/ to 18/6,. cookers to 12/6 ; lemons, prime 7s to 8/, coarse to 53 ; P.M. oranges, 5/6 to 7/6. GRAIN Wheat, to 5s 6d; oats, "to 3s 9d; Algerian oats, 4/9; bran, £5 ; crushed maize, 4/6 (according to quality); sharps, £8 5s ; barley, 4s 3d ; Southern chaff, £7 10s to £8 .