COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 24356, 10 February 1941, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

LAMB SCHEDULE NO CHANGE THIS WEEK No change has been made in the export schedule rates for larrib and mutton for this week. The rates for this week, with those for the period from February 12 last year when an alteration was made are as follows: — LAMBS 1941. 1940

WETHERS

THE RIALTO — ! William Todd and Co., Ltd., The I Rialto, report, as follows for the week lending Saturday, February 8 : —• I Pigs.—The demand is not so good. I Weaners, 1.0/6 to 13/6; well grown, j 15/- to £1; small stores, £l/2/- to £l/10/6; porkers, £2/7/6 to £2/13/-; I purebred large black sows, £3 to \ £3/1/-. Poultry.—Hens, lOd to 1.6; heavy ! breeds, I'B to 3 3; ducks, 1/7 to 1/10; | pullets, 2/- to 4/-: close to lay, 5/- to : 10/-; turkey gobblers, 8/- to 11/6; I turkey hens, 4/9; geese, 3/- to 4/1. Bacon Pigs.—Prime quality, 80 to i 1001 b, 71d; 120 to 1501 b, 7d; 150 to ; 1801 b, 6d per lb, delivered to abattoirs. Produce. —Table potatoes, 9/- to 10/— ;cwt: chaff. £5/5/- to £5/10/-; straw, ' £3/10/-; clover hay, £4/10/-; onions, 12'6 cental; oats, 17/6 to 18'6; wheat, 124/6; ryecorn, 15/-; crushed oats, 14/6; i oatdust, 5/6; Farra food, 16/6; meat j meal, 11/-; boneflour, 14/6; rock salt, ,10,6; coarse salt, 9/6; molasses, 20/-; : Moosemeal, 21/-; Moose nuts, 20/-; ; poultry pellets, 12/6; calf nuts, 12/-; ‘pig nuts. 11/-; lucerne meal, 14/6; maize meal, 14/6; oyster shell grit, 6/- cwt. Vegetables.—Cabbage, 1/6 to 2/6; cauliflower, 2/- to 4/-; lettuce, 1/- to 2'- dozen; carrots, beetroot, turnips, 2, - to 4/- dozen bunches; swedes, 4/6 case; green peas, 3d lb; beans, 2d lb. Miscellaneous. —Pumice boilers, £8

5/-; pumice washtubs, £2/15/-; tanks, £2/15/-; wheelbarrows, 35/-; meat safes, 35/-; timber, 19/-; stakes, £2 10/-; droppers, 19/- 100; fencing posts, £B/10/-; totara strainers, 12/6 to 15/-; horse covers, 40/-; cow covers, 12/6; Ceylon tea, s’s 17/6, 401 b chests 3/5 lb. Grass Seeds.—White clover, 2/9; alsyke, 2/9; timothy, 1/-; cowgrass, 1/8; I dogstail, 1/3; lotus major, 2/-; cocksfoot, 1/- to 1/5; ryegrass, 4/6 bushel; old season ryegrass, 10/- sack; cocksfoot, 15/- sack; mixture ryegrass, clover and cocksfoot, 3ld lb.

d. d. First quality— 23-361b 8.! 83 37-421b 84 8S 43-501H 7? 81 51-561b 7! 73 Seconds — 23-361b 7g 84 37-561b 74 7g

First quality— 481b and under 5 | 54 49-561 b 4 ; ; n 57-64 lb 4A 4:j 65-721b 41 4| 731b and over 3» 3s Seconds—■ 561b and under 4.'. 4? 571b and over 4£ 4S EWES 641b and under 3A 32 651b and over 2§ 2g