PIGS, POULTRY, AND PRODUCE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 12

PIGS, POULTRY, AND PRODUCE.

The Dominion Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Pamerston North, reports that at their usual weekly sale on Thursday a large entry of pigs came forward. Good porkers and stores were in demand and sold at prices in excess of those realised last week. Weavers, however, were fairly difficult to dispose of and showed a decided weakening tendency. An improvement on all lines of poultry was noticeable, best Black Orpington hens realising up to 7s per pair, and heavy cockerels up to 8s per pair. Fruit and produce remained firm on last week's rates. Quotations; — ■' _ Pigs—Best weaners, from 5s to 7s each; slips, up to 13s each; stores, to 22s 6d each; light porkers, from 25s to 30s each; heavy porkers, from fc<J to £2 17s 6d each. • Poultry—Best B.L. hens, from 4s to 5s per pair; light hens, from 3s to 4s per" pair; heavy hens, from 6s to 7s per pair; heavy cockerels, from 7s to 8s per pair; light cockerels, from 3s to 5s per pair; ducks, from 4s to 5s per pair; backward pullets, from 6s to 10s per pair; canaries, 5s per pair; budgerigars, 10s per pair.; Produce. —Tomatoes, from 4s to 10s per case; apples, Delicious from 3s So 6s per bushel; Cox's Orange Pippin from 4s to 7s 6d per bushel, Jonathan from 3s to 5s per bushel, Ballarats from 3s to 5s per bushel, cookers, from 2s fid to 4s per bushel, Granny Smith from 4s to 6s per.bushel; pears, from 3s to 5s per three-quarter-ca'»3; lemons, from 10s to 15s per case; grapes, to Is 3d per. lb; cucumbers, from 12s to 16s per case; beans, from 3s to 10s per case; peas, from 3d to 5d per lb; lettuce, from Is to 5s per case; cauliflower, from 12s to 19s per sack; cabbage, from 8s to 15s per sack; carrots, from 6d to 3s per dozen; parsnips, from 4s to -8s per case; rhubarb, from 3s to 6s per dozen; celery, from 8s to 9s per case; potatoes, from -5s to 7s per cwt; pumpkins, from 4s to 7s 6d per sack; beetroot, from Is to 3s per case; marrows, \ from 2s to 2s 6d per case.