FARMERS' CO-OPERATiVE ASSOCIATION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 3

FARMERS' CO-OPERATiVE ASSOCIATION.

The ordinary . weekly sale of stock and produce conducted by the Farmers' Co-operative- Association was well, attended. The entry, an unusually large one, was cleared at the following prices: Poultry.—Hens, Is Bd, Is 9d, 2s, 2s Id to 2s 4d per pair; pullets, 2s 4d to 2s 9d per pair; roosters, 2s, 2s 6d 2s 10d. 2s lid, 3s, 3s 3d, 3s 6d, 3s 8d to 4s. 3d per pair; cockerels,. 2s 6d; purebred roosters, 2s, 2s 6d, 2s 9d, 3s, 3s 3d 3s 6d,_ 3s 9d, 4s to 8s 3d each ; gobblers, vs 6d each; ducks, 3s 3d, 3s 9d to 4s per pair. • Pigs.—A large entry was penned. Prices were: 9s 6d, 10s, 11s 6d, 12s 6d 13s, 13s 6d, 14s 6d, 16s, 16s 6d, 17s; 245, 295. 30s, 31s, 32s 6d, 335, 375, 50s '55s to 575. Produce.—Wheat (seconds). 12s to ■13s per sack; barley, 7s 6d to 8s per ■sack; carrots, 2s per sack: potatoes. 5s to 5s 6d (table), and Is 6d to 2s 3d for pig sorts: onions, *d to Id per lb; I parsnips, Is small bags; pumpkins, 3d each. ,"' Fruit.—Pears, l£d to 2|d per lb.