HIGH PRICES FOR FAT PIGS AT BURNSIDE
SHORTAGE CAUSED BY LACK OF FEED LAST YEAR (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, October 26. For some months past the supply of fat pigs at the Burnside stock sale has been poor and prices have varied from week to week with a general tendency to harden. Today values went up sharply and it was stated by both buyers and sellers that they had not been so high since shortly after the end of the Great War. Baconers, which comprised about half of the yarding of 111 head, went to £6 1/- a head, about 9d to lOd per lb, while £4 10/- to £5 10/- was paid for lighter sorts. Porkers were quoted at £2 15/— to £3 15/-, but it was stated that more than £4 was paid for some pigs, representing a value of upwards of 1/- per
lb. . The shortage is said to be caused by lack of feed last year, which caused difficulty in bringing on stores, with the result that farmers have few pigs to offer at the markets.
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Southland Times, Issue 23650, 27 October 1938, Page 4
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