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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 April 1920, Page 4

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— • = MARKET REPORT. MR J. JonevS, Auctioneer, New City Market, Auckland, report as follows : — This week the market has been very brisk and we have passed a very large volume of business through. POULTRY. —At to-day's sales was in short! supply and prices firmed considerable for any birds in the heavy supply. Good prime heavy hens, also pullets and forward hens realised good rates. Birds on the light side, also cockerels are lower. The market has been for the last two months heavily supplied with poultry therefore we expect from now on values will firm. PIGS. —A 6hade lower in value. VEGETABLES.—The market is heavily supplied with potatoes affected with the rust and for these sales are hard to effect. For prime clean lines, market is firm, though the Southern potatoes are now arriving in good supply and buyers are turning their attention to these, thus within a few weeks locals will be hard to sell. Onion market much easier. Pumpkins, marrows and kumarus in good supply to good demand. FRUIT. —- Apples are wanted and prices much firmer. We handled large supplies this week and day from day prices firmed. DAIRY PRODUCE.—Butter, eggs and bacon, market good. We quote :—Poultry — (2000 penned) Hens, extra prime heavy, 5s 3d to 6a 4d; good, 4s 6d to 5s ; light, 2s 9d to 3s; ordinary hens, 2s to 4s ; pullets according to size and breed, 5s to 10s 3d (White Leghorns and Black Orpingtons are the fancy) ; ducks, 4s 6d to 7s ; drakes, 3s to 4s 4d ; geese ss; roosters, prime heavy, 6s to 7s 3d ; good, 5s to 5s lOd ; small, 4s to 4s 6d ; cockerels, Is 9d to 2s 3d; turkey gobblers, 12s to 16s ; turkey hens, 6s to 8s 6d ; light 4s to ss. Pigs.—Weaners, £1 to £t 15s. Farm Produce —Potatoes, prime, £11 to £11 10s ; good, £9 to £9 10s ; inferior 4s to 6s 6d, Onions, 11s to 14s ; pumpkins, 7s to 9s ; swedes, £3 to £4 ; marrows Is 6s to 3s 6d dozen ; pickling onions l^d to 2d ; citron melons £6; water mellons 2s to 5s 6d each; butter Is 4d ; eggs, 'da sd; bacon. Is C^d; cheese, Is 2^j>d; bacon, sides, Is 6cl; ham, Is Bd. Fruit —Apples, bushel cases desseit choice 8s to 9s 6d, good 6s to 7s, small 3s 5d to 4s 3d, cookers 5s to 6s 9d, pears 4s to 9s sd. tomatoes 6s to 12s 9d, passions 3s to 6d. Grain —Maizd 10a 3d, wheat 11s, bran 10b, sharp £12 ss. chaff, local £9 10s to £12. Southern £15, oats 6s 9J, barley j 8s 6d, Algerian oats 8s 6d.