1908.] 



Marketing of Poultry. 



649 





Liverpool. 



Manchester. 



Carlisle, 





21-4 lb. 



3-4 lb. 



4* lb. 





Ordinarily fed. 

 White. 



No. 

 White. 



No. 

 White. 





May to July. 

 Sd. per lb. wholesale, lod. per 

 lb. retail. 

 No. 



• Feb. to April. 

 18/- to 20/- per doz. wholesale, 

 2/- to 2/6 each retail. 

 No. 



Feb. to April. 

 2/9 to 3/3. 



Yes. 





Aug. to Oct. 

 Sd. per lb. wholesale, \od. per 

 lb. retail. 

 12-14 lb. 

 Christmas. 

 d\d. to y\d. per lb. wholesale, 

 S\d. to g\d. per lb. retail. 



4-8 lb. 

 June to Oct. 

 Sd. per lb. wholesale, lod per lb. 

 retail. 

 9-10 lb. 

 Michaelmas to Jan. 

 6d. to yd. per lb. wholesale, 8c/. to 

 gd. per lb. retail. 



6 lb. 

 July to Dec. 

 3/6 to 4/-. 



12 lb. 

 Dec. 

 gd. per lb. • 





12-16 lb. 

 Christmas. 

 Ordinarily fed. 

 gd. to lod. per lb. wholesale, 

 1 id. to 1/- per lb. retail. 



Hens 6-8 lb., cocks 10-16 lb. 

 Christmas. 

 No. 



yd. to lod. per lb. wholesale, gd. to 

 1/- per lb. retail. 



16 lb. 

 Christmas. 

 Not artificially. 

 1/- per lb. 







Dundee. 



Edinburgh. 



Newcastle. 





3 lb. chickens, 4-4^ lb. older 

 birds. 

 Yes. 

 White. 

 Jan. to March. 



2-3 lb. 



No. 

 White. 

 May and June. 



3-4 lb. 



Yes. 

 White. 

 April to June. 





1/10 to 2/3 wholesale. 

 Trussed. 



1/3 to 1/9. 

 Breast bone broken, wings under 

 back, legs under wings, head and 

 neck left on. 



2/- to 3/-. 

 Dealers shape them. 





4-5 lb. 

 Aug., Christmas, Jan. 



3-5 lb- 

 June to Aug. 



4-5 lb- 

 Summer months. 





i/io to 3/- wholesale. 



2/- to 2/9. 



2/- to 3/-. 1 





10 lb. 

 Christmas only. 



6d. wholesale, lod. retail. 



8-15 lb. 

 Michaelmas. 



8c/. to lod. per lb. 



10-12 lb. 

 Oct. to Jan. , especially 

 Christmas. 



Si' tO !%• 





14 lb. 



Christmas. 



Yes. 



Sd. to lod. at Christmas, 1/- 

 (wholesale) at other times. 



12-15 lb. 

 Oct. to May. 



No. 



1/- to 1/2 per lb. 



' 



12-15 lb. 

 Nov. to Feb. , especially 

 Christmas. 

 Yes. 



lod. to 1/- per lb. 



