MARKET REPORT.
The Dominion Auctioneering Co., Lid., Palmerston North, report receiving the usual yardings of pigs and poultry at tlieir weekly sale held on Thursday, and to a large attendance of buyers a total clearance was made in all lines. Vegetables were in very heavy supply, prices remaining firm on last week’s rates. They quote as follows: Pigs.—Best weaners, 11s to 13s eacn ; small, 9s to 10s: stores, 20s, 22s to 30s; fight porkers. 35s to 40s; heavy, £2 4s to £2 10s; baconers, £2 13s to £3 11s. Poultry —Best W.L-. hens. 6s to 7s per pair; heavy black hens, 7s to 9s per pair; lighter lien's, 4s to 5s Btl per pair; heavy, cockerels, 8s to 9° per pair; medium, 6s to 7s per pair; pullets, forward. 7s, 7s 6d to 10s each ; medium, 5s to 6s each ; young ducks, 6s to 7s per pair; old ducks, 4s to 5s per pair, geese, 2s 9d to 3s 6d each. Produce. —Tomatoes, 4s to 6s per half ease; cauliflowers, 6s lo 10a 6d per sack; qabbages, savoy ,5s to 8s per sack ; drumhead. 2s to 7s i«r sake; spinach, 3s 6d to &s 6d per case; lettuce, 3s to 5s 6d per case: swedes, 3s to 4s per sack; peas, 14s to 26s per case; beans, 4d to 7d per lb.; rhubarb, 3s to 6a per dozen ; celery, 3s 6d to 8s 6d per case; carrots, 2s 6d to 33 6d per sugar bag; parsnips, 2s 6d to 4s per sack; pumpkins. 4s to 7s.per sack; marrows, 2s to 5s 3d per sack; potatoes, 5s to 6s per cwt.; onions, 11s per bag.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 10
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274MARKET REPORT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 10
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