Commercial THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24878, 19 October 1942, Page 2

Commercial THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report as follows for the week ended Saturday:— Pigs.—Small weaners 16/- to £l/2/6; medium £l/3/6 to £l/5/6; well grown £l/8/6 to £l/19/-; small stores £2 to £2/10/-; porkers £3/16/- to £4; sow in pig £4 15/-. Lambs.—B/- to 8/6; goats 5/- to 7/6. Poultry.—Hens 2/- to 3/7; heavy breeds 3/11 to 6/-; pullets 3/5 to 5/-. Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights 1201 b to 1501 b 7d per lb, delivered at abattoirs. Produce.—Table potatoes, King Edwards £l2/10/-; onions £l/17/6; chaff £5/10/-; straw £3/15/-; oats 10/- to 12/6; wheat £1 2/-; oatdust 5/6; crushed oats 12/6; meat meal 11/-: poultry pellets 12/6; calf nuts 12/6; moose meal £l/1/-; moose nuts £1; lucerne meal 13/6; maize meal £l/2/6; sturdy chicken mash 19/6; chicken wheat 19/6; oyster shell grit 6/- per cwt. Miscellaneous. —Pumice • boilers £lO/2/6; pumice washtubs £3/2/6; wheelbarrows £2 6/-; timber £l/5/-; droppers £l/2/6; stakes £3; fencing posts £9/10/- to £10; totara strainers 15/-; horse covers £2/15/-; cow covers 13/6; pony pads £2/13/6. Vegetables.—Cabbage 2/- to 2/6; cauliflower 2/- to 3/- a dozen; carrots and parsnips U'zd per ib; rhubarb 2d to 3d per lb. Grass Seeds.—White clover 2/- to 2/6; dogstai! 9d; Timothy 1/6; cocksfoot 1/9; Montgomery clover 3/6; cowgrass 1/9; Lotus Major 2/6; Alsyke 2/6 per lb: ryegrass 4/6 to 5/- a bushel; other lines 12/6 to 15/- a sack; mixture of ryegrass, clover and cocksfoot S'/ad per lb.