THE PRICE OF PIC.
An''authority on' pig-breeding told our Maiiawatu correspondent that even . with pork at 4d. per pound, considering the high price. of land, rents, feed, etc., the profit was not nearly.so good to the, farmer as it was 10 years ago, when pigs v.ere sold at 2Jd. per pound. : A farmer has written ,to the Hawera ■'"Star", that Taranaki farmers are turning out as good a class of bacon pig as can ho obtained anywhere in-the Dominion, "and yet-," ho writes, "wo are only'paid a paltry 4d. per pound for the same. Wo are assured the Aduington (Christchurch) market rules theprico on this coast. Yi'cll, if it does, it is to fatton tho bacon buyers, for by latest Press reports and for some. time back bacon pigs' .have been netting tlio Addington yards'fronrojd. to Gd. per'pound. If I buy ii few pounds of bacon I have to pay lOd. per pound. vßrother pig-raisers, how long .more are you going to present these bacon .companies' with yoiir hard .toil aDd cash. I •am: going to'sell to-the first buyer who offers : mo 5(1. per. pound, and that leaves a good margin for their risks."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 3
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194THE PRICE OF PIC. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 3
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