OPOTIKI PIG SALE
BACONERS IN DEMAND An average yarding of pigs of all classes came forward tat the Opctiki pig sale and sold readily at late rates. Baconers were keenly sought after and the Opotiki Bacon Company secured moat ‘lines at sums varying from £3 to £3 10s. Mr. S. M. Jephscn yarded .two pedigree Berkshire hows which were passed in at four and a-ihalf guineas. Baconers.— Prime heavy-weight made to £3 10s; medium, £3 to £3 6s; light, £2 15s to £3. Porkers. —Heavy and prime, £2 ss; •medium quality, 35s to £2; light, 3Cs to 345.
Store pigs were not in as good demand as was expected, but many lines sold at up to 30s for wellgrown pigs. Slips brought to 18:3 Gd; weanors, good quality, 10s Gd; inferior 4s to Gs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19978, 1 July 1939, Page 10
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134OPOTIKI PIG SALE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19978, 1 July 1939, Page 10
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