PRODUCE MARKET

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 October 1916, Page 3

PRODUCE MARKET

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