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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5426, 20 May 1929, Page 4

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PIG-MARKETING ASSOCIATION. MONTHLY REPORT. The N.Z. Co-operative Pig-Market-ing Association, Hamilton, has issued the following monthly report: — The.past month has seen a heavy falling-off in the supplies of pigs, due partly to the high scales prices at present ruling and partly to the shortage of supplies. As is only to be expected at this time of the year, there has been a heavy increase in the number of porkers handled and a falling-off in the number of baconers. Skim milk is, of course, 'getting scarce, and many farmers, finding themselves short of this, put their pigs off as porkers. Unfortunately, a number of suppliers in putting their pigs off as porkers fail to finish them off properly. This is likely to prejudice the New Zealand porker on the London market, and so injure the future of the business. Every farmer is therefore strongly urged to finish his pigs off before sending them to the works. Supplies.—Pigs handled during the last month total 4567, of which 2333 were porkers. The total number of pigs now handled this season amounts to 36,384, a figure considerably in excess of last season’s. There is still another two months to go to complete the present season, so that the number of pigs handled is very satisfactory. Pools.—-An effort is being made to finalise a considerable number of the early pools of this year, and bonuses will be paid on all pools to the end of September this next week or so.