THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24600, 24 November 1941, Page 3

THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co., Ltd., report as follows for week ending Saturday:— Pigs—Small weaners, 7/- to 12/-: medium, 13/- to 18/-; well grown, £1 to £l/2/6; small stores, 17/6 to £l/9/6; stores, £l/10/to £l/14/6; porkers, £2 to £2/9/-; sows, £l/10/- to £2/1/-; sow and litter, £3/10/-. Poultry—Hens. 1/8 to 2/9; heavy breeds, 3/- to 3/7; ducks, 2/7 to 3/1; pullets, 4/3 to 5/6; ducks and ducklings, 12/- to 12/6; lambs, 4/- to 13/-; calf, 6/-.

Bacon Pigs—Prime bacon weights, 1201 b to 1501 b, 7d per lb delivered at abattoirs. Produce—Table potatoes, supplies short. Ready sale for sound King Edwards, 18/- a cwt. King Edward seed, 10/- to 12/6 bag; chaff, £5/10/-; straw, £3/10/-; oats, 17/6; wheat, 25/-; crushed oats, 14/6; oatdust. 5/6; meat meal, 11/-; Farra food, 16/6; poultry pellets, 12/6; dairy nuts. 12/-; calf nuts, 12/-; molasses, 12/6; Moose meal, 21/-; Moose nuts, 20/-; lucerne meal, 15/6; maize meal, 22/6; crushed linseed, 36/-; oyster shell grit, 6/- cwt; chicken feed, 19/6; Meadow’s chicken mash, 19/6 100. Miscellaneous—Pumice wash boilers, £9 5/-; pumice washtubs, £3/5/-; sashes, 17/6; wheelbarrows, 35/- to 40/-; cement, 6/10; timber, 22/6; droppers, 22/6; stakes, £2/10/-; posts, £9/10/- 100; totara strainers, 15/-; cow covers, 12/6; pony riding pads. 45/-; bridles, 15/-; overall paint, 22/6 gallon. Vegetables—Cabbage, 5/- to 6/6; cauliflower, 5/-; lettuce, 2/- to 3/- dozen; rhubarb, 2d to 3d lb. Grass Seeds—White clover, 1/6 to 2/-; Timothy, 1/3; dogstail, 1/-; cocksfoot, 1/6; lotus major, 2/-; Montgomery red, 3/-; certified ryegrass, 7/6 bushel; white clover and alsyke, 501 b bags, 1/- lb; ryegrass, 12/6; mixture ryegrass, clover, cocksfoot, 3’Ad lb; surface sowing mixtures, 10/- sack.