Pigs, Produce and Poultry
The Dominion Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, reports the following prices realised at their usual weekly fair held on Thursday. Pigs.—Weaners, 6s 6d to 11s 6d; slips, . 8s to 12s; stores, 17s to 18s; porkers, 24s 6d to 295. Poultry.—Best W.L. liens, 5s to 6s per pair; heavy hens, 6s to 8s per pair; heavy cockerels, 7s 6d to 8s Cd per pair; light cockerels, 5s to 6’s 6d per pair; ducks, 5s lOd to 8s per pair; pullets, 4s to 7s 3d each. Horses. —One two-year-old draught gelding, £l9; one seven-year-old draught mare, £2O; one six-month-old draught foal, £7 10s. Produce.—Apples: Delicious, 7s to 9s; Stunners, 5s to 7s Gd; Statesman, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; Balia rats, 6s 6d to 8s; Granny Smiths, 7s to 9s; Jonathans, 6s 6d to 8s 66. Pears: Winter Coles, 7s to 10s; Winter Nelis, 5s to 7s 66. Peaches; 2s 66 to 4s 66. Tomatoes: 2s 66 to Is. Lemons: 30s to 455. Cauliflower: 6s to 13s per case. Cabbage: 4s to 13s per sack. Lettuce: 4s to 7s 06 per case. Swedes: 6s to 7s per bag. Parsnips; 5s to 7s 66 per case. Carrots: Is to 2s per dozen bunches. Peas: 4d to 5d per lb. Beans: 7,d to Is per lb. Spinach: 5s to 9s per case. Rhubarb: 4s per doz. Celery: 3s to 6s. Marrows: 4s to 6s Gd per case. Pumpkins: 4s to 12s per bag. Potatoes: 10s Gd to 12s 6d per cwt.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 9
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251Pigs, Produce and Poultry Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 9
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