HIGH PRICES FOR PIGS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 291, 28 August 1918, Page 8

HIGH PRICES FOR PIGS

2 M | BOOSf, IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA ! Pig-breeding is booming in England ; and the United States. -In tho latter ', country the demand foi' pork and bacon j for the Array,and for consumption in the United Kingdom, has given pij- : raising a big lift. In England pigs ■ ■ bwoqappreciatcd in value in sympathy ! with other stock, and prices do not yet ! B©dm"t'o Lave reached tho top. Dttr- > ing-t tho four months ended in May j {ntrMed pigs steadily advanced in I notwithstanding the difficulty of obtaining feeding stuffs. At • tho | sala, of Mr. R. E. Parker's herd ol tfli'at is known as Gloucester Old Spots pij»s,_ t-lie average of £42 I2s. Id. was ; obtained for 66' head, tho top pvico j. beiiig 125 guineas for a four-yeur-old I bow. The Gloucester Old Spota is an j old breed of pigs that is being revived ! again 'in England. At Messrs. Olivers | and Sons' rale of Large Whites, the ; average was £39 lis. 3d., and the.highest price was 80 guineas for young , sows, Mr. Herbert Groom's Large ; Blacks averaged £40 14s. 7d. for 100 i head, the top prices, being 105 guineas each for three young' tows. Mr. Arthur His cock's 48 Borkshires averaged £35 15s. sd, (top price 97 guineas), and 36 Middle "Whites averaged £27 7s. 9d., and reached 65 guineas. The top prices «re all -records for tho different breeds. _ At tho later sales tho Army authorities were well represented in | their endeavours to seonre good and i quick feeders for the newly-formed . piggeries -at some of tbe military j camps. jFor .rapid production of am- | . mal food-pig-Taising is the best line if that can be adopted. 'What with ■ greater/Hoita production, and the im- ; ported 'American bacon, British consumers may become permanently greater -pork eaters, bnt will probably not equal -the -American.