PRICES FOB LAMBS,
ifIGH VALUES IN HAWKE'S BAY[Per Press Association.] NAPIER, October 16. Fine quality spring lamb is now finding its way on to the market at 1/6 per pound down to 1/3. Therehas been a good lambing all over the district and it is not anticipated that there will be such a high value placed on the new arrivals. This has been caused by the poorer lambing returns in other districts and Hawke's Bay has become the happy hunting ground for numerous buyers from Wellington, who have been buying heavily up to 27/- per head for lambs not exceeding 321 b in weight. Heavier lots are turned down by these buyers,' not because of any coarseness, but on' account of the weight being too great to pass the export grading. With such excellent prices ruling for lambs, it is anticipated that the farmer is in for a golden harvest this season. Lambs at £1 per head on the hoof are considered good business and at 27/- there is much profit in them. With the brightening wool prospects, the outlook of the farmer is said to be most encouraging.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2775, 17 October 1923, Page 5
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189PRICES FOB LAMBS, Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2775, 17 October 1923, Page 5
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