1908.] 



Marketing of Poultry. 



64; 





Portsmouth. 



Dorchester. 



Plymouth. 





3-4* lb. 

 Yes. 



Yellow and white. 

 Jan. to July. 

 2/9 to 3/9. 



— 



Yes. 

 White. 

 Spring. 

 2/- to 3/-. 

 (Sold alive.) 



4-5 lb. 

 Naturally fed. 



Yellow. 

 Nov. to Jan. 

 5/- to 5/6 couple. 

 Shaped, tied up, feathers left 

 on wings. 





3-5 lb. 

 June to Sept. 

 2/6 to 4/- 



Christmas and spring. 

 2/6 tc 3/3. 



5 lb. 



Dec. to end of Jan. 

 6/- couple, down to 5/- in spring. 





8-14 lb. 

 Sept. to March. 

 yd. to gd. per lb. 



Michaelmas and Christmas. 

 5/- to 8/-. 



8 lb. 



Christmas to end of Jan. 

 lod. lb. drawn, yd. lb. round. 





7-18 lb. , 



18-22 lb. 



16-20 lb. 





Oct. to March. 

 Yes. 



Sd. to 1/3 per lb. 



Christmas. 



Yes. 

 6/- to 18/-. 



Christmas. 

 Well fed but not crammed, 

 to \od. per lb. 



Hereford. 



Birmingham. 



Wolverhampton. 





3i~5 lb- 

 Vary. 

 White. 



Spring. 



Sd. to 1/6 per lb. 



Trussed. 



3-5 lb. , lower for hotels. 

 Ordinarily fed. 

 White, but not so essential as at 

 some places. 

 Very scarce and dear April to June, 



chiefly Americans. 

 6d. to Sd. per lb. and if- per lb. in 

 early summer. 

 No particular necessity. 



3J-4 lb., capons 4-5 lb. 

 No. 

 White. 



March and April. 



5/6 to 7/- couple. 



No, but many smash breastbone^ 





4-5 lb. 

 Autumn. 

 gd. to g\d. per lb. 



3-4 lb. 

 April to end of June. 

 6/- to 7/6-per couple April and May, 

 4/- in late autumn. 



8-10 lb. dressed in first feathers. 

 May and June. 

 6/- to 7/6 couple. 





9-13 lb. 

 Winter. 

 Sd. to S\d. per lb. 



8-10 lb. 

 Sept. and Oct. 

 6d. to yd. per lb. 



9-14 lb. (dressed). 

 Sept, 9 lb. and Dec. 14 lb. 

 7/- to 9/- each. 





12-14 lb. 



Christmas. 

 Yes. 



11a. to 1/2 per lb. 



\ 



12-15 lb- at Christmas, lighter other 

 times. 



Christmas for English, Oct. to Feb. 

 for foreign. 

 Ordinarily fed. 

 Sd. to iod., and rather more 

 at Christmas. 



12-14 lb- (dressed). 

 Dec. 

 No. 



12/- to 14/- each (dressed). 





