PIGS AND POULTRY SALES.
Messrs Wilson" and So:."s report tlie number of piya .void, 205. Heavy baconers 45s to 48s Oil, light do 37s 6d to 425, heavy porkers 52s v. S6s, iigiit do 27s to 30s, Btores lSd 6ri to 255, weaners los to 16s, breeding sows 4Ss to 655. Tone of market— Very excited. Nomber of poultry sold, 850. Heavy rt-opters (youn,*) 3s 6i to 4s 3d, light roosters 2s 9. 1 to 3s 3d, old hens 2s to 2s 3d, young hens 2s 6d to 3s, ducks 2s 6d to 3s, geese 4s bd to 5s 6d ; turkeys, hens 7a 6d, cocks 16s. Tone of market—For fat young fowls very gcod. Mb H. B. Sorexsex sold on January 27th 92 pigs at the following prices:—Light baconers 355, heavy porkers 25s to 28s, light do 18s, stores 12s to 163, weaners 9s to 14s. Tone of market—Unchanged,' very brisk. No. of poultry 501d—673. Heavy roosters 3s to 3s 3d, light do 2s 6d to 2s 9d, old hens ls 9d to 2s 3d, young hens 2s to 33, ducks 2s to 2s 9d, geese 4s 3d to 5s 9d. Tone of market — Fairly good all round.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 8708, 2 February 1894, Page 6
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