EXPORT OF POULTRY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3084, 21 April 1892, Page 2

EXPORT OF POULTRY.

An article in a London journal on the Christmas poultry markets seems to convey a liiut to New Zealanders within reach of freezing works. Those who attended the banquet to Mr Henry Reynolds will remember his remarks upon this subject, and the unlimited quantity that could be sold, and the vast field it opened up to our smaller settlers for engaging in this particular industry. Referring to Leadenhall—the chief poultry market—the writer says : —"Coming to the important question of price, turkeys are selling at from 5s apiece to 50s, and by weight the price ranges from 8d to Is 6(1 per lli. Of course a poor man can get a small turkey for 33 Gd, but it would be too diminutfve to place before a family blessed with appetites. Ninepence per lb will probably be the lowest figure for the next few days. An English turkey turning the beam at 101b brings 15s, and a 151b bird cos,ts 22s Gd, that is at the rate of Is (id a lb. A fine French turkey, of good weight, can be bought at Leadenhall for 255, and this would at the Westend of London fetch a couple of guineas. Remarkably well-fed Irish turkeys of 151b to 201b were selling on Saturday at a sovereigu a piece, being at the race of Is 6'.1 per lb. In geese, like turkeys, purchasers can suit their pockets. A monster goose, or an apology for one, can be bought, and, just as is the case with turkeys, the heavier the bird the heavier the cost. Only on Wednesday a good goose could be had for 5d or s?<d per lb : but on Saturday the figures went up to Gd, 7d, Sd, and Ski. A working man can suit himself, apart from weight at any price from 4s Gd to 10s, and at the latter quotation he can get a plump and savoury bird. There is a fine show of cipsns at Leadenhall, selling at from Gs to 10s a piece. Lucks fetch 3s Gd, ss, 6s and 7s Gd each, but Aylesbury ducks, which in the rearms; require even more painstaking care than turkeys, bring 10s and 12s Gd a piece. Game of all kinds is not in particularly good supply, but what there is is really good," Why not try a few dozen birds at the proper season '!