Pigs, Poultry and Produce
The Dominion Auctioneering Company, Limited, Palmerston North, re-ports:—-Pigs were in good demand; poultry also sold well. Fruit and produce were in somewhat short supply, resn+rigg-ifririgher prices being realised. Q»iuT qUuii&— Pigs: Weauers, small, 9s Id to 15s 6d; stores, 27s /to 30s; large weaners. 18s to 20s; slips, 18s to 235; light porkers 325; baconers, 625. Poultry: Heavy 8.0. hens, 8s to 9s 2d per pair; W.L. hens, 6s to 7s per pair; young ducks, 7s 6d to 8s 6d per pair; roosters, os 8d to 8s Od; pullets, 9s to 16s 2d per pair. Produce.—Apples: Delicious, 12s to 14s Od; Borne Beauties, 10s; Stunners, 6s to 6s 6d; Docherties, 6s to Ss; Baflarats, 8s to 9s Od. Pears, Winter Cole, 10s to 12s 6d; cookers, 6s 6d to Mtttlifttrwers, lls 6d to 14s 6d per sack; cabbage, 10s to 12s per sack; pumpkins, lls 6d to 143; carrots, 4s to ss* per sugarbag; parsnips, 6s to Ss per case; celery, 5s per case; lettuce, Cs to 10s per case; spinach, 6s to 18s per case; sil\er beet, 3s to 6s per case; sprouts, 3ld to 4d per lb; onions, 20s to 225; potatoes, 18s to 19s per cwt.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 9
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203Pigs, Poultry and Produce Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 9
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