THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24872, 12 October 1942, Page 2

THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report as follows for week ending Saturday, October Pigs.—Small weaners, poor sorts. £1; weaners £l/4/6 to £l/10/6; large weaners £l/11/- to £l/18/6; small stores £l/16/to £2/2/-; porkers £3/4/-; sow £2. Poultry.—Hens 3/3 to 4/9; heavy breeds 2/9 to 5/9; Turkey gobblers 12/- to 15/-. Lambs. —Twenty-six entered, 3/9 to 6/6. Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights. 1201 b to 1501 b 7d per lb delivered at abattoirs. Produce. —Table potatoes £l2/10/-; chaff £5/10/-; straw £3/15/-; hay £5; wheat £l/2/-; oats 10/- to 12/6; crushed oats 12/6; Farra food 16/6; oatdust 5/6; meat meal 11/-; moose nuts £1; poultry pellets 12/6; calf nuts 12/-; ceremilk 7/6; lucerne meal 13/6; moose meal £l/2/6;

chicken mash 19/6; chicken grain 19/6 1001 b; oyster shell grit 6/- cwt. Miscellaneous.—Pumice boilers £lO/2/6; pumice washtubs £3/2/6; wheelbarrows £1 15/-; timber £l/5/-; droppers £l/2/6; posts £9/10/- 100; strainers 10/- to 15/-; horse covers £2/15/-; cow covers 13/6; pony riding pads £2/17/6. Grass Seeds.—White clover 1/9 to 3/6; cowgrass 1/9; Timothy 1/6; dogstnlt 9d; cocksfoot 1/9; Montgomery clover 3/6: al. svke 2/6; Lotus Major 2/6; ryegrass 4/6 to 5/- a bushel; mixtures ryegrass, clover and cocksfoot 3‘/ad lb.