Pigs, Poultry and Produce

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 2

Pigs, Poultry and Produce

Tho Dominion Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report that at their sale held on Thursday a small entry of pigs an< l poultry camo forward, but a total clearance was made at undermentioned rates. Large quantities of fruit and produce came forward. Pigs: Weanere, 15s to 19s; slips, 2ls to 235; stores, 2Gs 375; porkers, £2, £2 4s, £2 7s to £2 15s. Poultry: Heavy hens, 8s to 8s Od per pair; W.L. hens, 5s to 7s; pullets, 5s 2d each; cockerels, 6s to 8s per pair; small cockerels, 2s to 4s; ducks and ducklings, to ISs; ducks, 5s to 7s 4d per pair. Produce: Apples, half-cuse cookers, 4s to ss; pouches, dessert, 6s to 11s per case, cooking 4s to 5s per case; plums, dessert, 7s to 9s, cooking 3s to 5s 6d; black currants, 6s to 9s; red currarits, 5s to 7s; H.II. tomatoes, local, Is to Is 2d jjer lb., Neison 7d to 9d per lb.; cucumbers, 12s to 14s per case; ruspberries, Is to Is 3d per lb.; strawberries, 2s to 2s 8d per lb.; cabbages, Is to 4s; cauliflowers, 2s Cd to 8s; lettuce, Is 6d to 6s; parsnips, 7s to 10s 9d; carrots, 6d to lOd per bunch; rhubarb, 4s to 8s; beteroot, 4s to 7s 9d per case; peas, 2d to 4d per lb.; French beans, 3d to 4ld; potatoes, 10s to 12s per cwt.