Duroc boar brings $1150 at auction
The highlight of the second annual “growth plus” pig sale at Christchurch last week was a price of $ll5O for a Duroc boar sold by Burnalan Farm, of Bumham. The plus three McMeekanrated boar was bought by G. F. Timperley and Son, of Belfast. Prices of other pigs were described as sound and all pigs were sold. Sales included:— Sows: Proudlea Stud (Loburn), 6 Urge White inpig gilts at $350 to $450; A. A. Mann (Oamaru), 3 Large White in-pig gilts-at $4lO to $440; Silverstream Stud (Hawarden), 5 Large White in-pi^- gilts at $370 to $440,
and 3 Landrace in-pig gilts at $325 to $370; Burnalan Farm (Bumham), 4 Large White inpig gilts at $350 to $450, and 4 Landrace gilts at $360 to $450; B. S. and N. A. Dunlop (Burnham), 5 unmated Hampshire gilts at $250 to $500; I. G. Storer (Kaiapoi), 11 FI gilts at $360 to $400; T. S. Chappell (Killinchy), 5 commercial gilts at $3BO to $4lO.
Boars: Silverstream Stud (Hawarden), 2 Large Whites at $470 and $575, and 4 Landrace at $440 to $660; Proudlea Stud (Loburn), 2 Large Whites at $360 and $475; Alray Farm (Ashburton), 3 j Durocs at $360 to $4OO. /
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