Commercial THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24884, 26 October 1942, Page 6

Commercial THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report as follows for week ending Saturday:— Pigs.—Small entry and keen demand. Weaners £l/6/- to £l/10/-; well grown £l/13/6 to £2/3/-. Poultry.—Hens 2/5 to 3/10; heavy breeds 4/- to 6/-; purebred White Leghorns, special entry, 4/9 to 10/-; ducks and ducklings 16/6 to £l/3/-; ducks 5/1; Turkey hens 6/9; lambs 8/6 to 10/6. Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconers 1201 b to 1501 b 7d per lb, delivered at factory. Produce.—Table potatoes 13/- cwt; onions (Turbetts) £2; chaff £5/10/- to £6; oats 10/- to 12/C; wheat £l/2/-; crushed oats 12/6; oatdust 5/6; Farra food 16/6; pollard 1801 b 16/6; bran 1501 b 10/6; poultry pellets 12/6; calf nuts 12/-; moose meal £1 1/-; moose nuts £1; lucerne meal 13/6; maize meal £l/2/6; sturdy chicken mash 19/6; chick feed 19/6 1001 b; oyster shell grit 6/- cwt. Miscellaneous.—Pumice boilers £lO/2/6; pumice washtubs £3/2/6; timber £l/5/-; droppers £l/2/6; horse covers £3; cow covers 13/6. Vegetables.—Cabbage 2/6; cauliflower 1/6 to 3/-; lettuce 4/6 dozen; rhubarb 2d to 3d lb. Grass Seeds.—White clover 2/- to 2/6; cowgrass 9d; Timothy 1/6; dogstail 9d; cocksfoot 1/9; Montgomery red clover 3/6; perennial ryegrass 5/- bushel; other lines 15/- sack; mixture ryegrass, clover and cocksfoot 3’/ad lb. DREDGING RETURN (P.A.) GREYMOUTH. October 24. The Snowy River dredge return this week was 141 '/aoz for 120 hours and 24,000 yards.