Commercial THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24890, 2 November 1942, Page 2

Commercial THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report as follows for the week ended Saturday:— Pigs.—A keen demand. Small weaners £1 to £l/1/6; weaners (small) £l/2/- to £1 8/6; well grown £l/17/- to £2/5/-; stores £2/12/- to £2/16/-. Lambs. —5/- to 6/9.

Poultry.—Hens 3/3 to 4/8; heavy breeds 4/1 to 5/1; Muscovy ducks 4/-; Indian Runner ducks 2/10.

Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights 1201 b to 1501 b, 7d per lb, delivered to abattoirs. Produce.—Table potatoes, good demand, supplies wanted. King Edwards 13/- to 14/per cwt; Arran Chiefs 12/- per cwt; onions (Turbetts) £2 a cental; chaff £5/10/- to £6/10/-; straw £3/15/-; oats 10/- to 12/6; crushed oats 12/6; oatdust 5/6; wheat £1 2/-; Farra food, 200’s, 16/6; pollard, 180's, 16/6; bran, 150’s, 10/6; poultry pellets 12/6; calf nuts 12/-; Moose meal £l/1/-; Moose nuts £1; lucerne meal 13/6; maize meal £1 2/6; Meadow’s chicken mash 19/6; chicken feed 19/6; oyster shell grit 6/- per cwt.

Miscellaneous. —Barb wire £2/16/9 per cwt; No. 8 galvanized £2/10/9 per cwt; pumice boilers £lO/2/6; pumice washtubs £3 2/6; timber £l/5/-; droppers '£l/2/6 a 100; horse covers £3; cow covers 13/6; pony riding pads £2/17/6. Vegetables.—Cabbage 2/- to 4/-; cauliflower 2/- to 5/-; lettuce 2/- a dozen; rhubarb 4d per lb. Grass Seeds. —White clover 2/- to 2/6; Timothy 1/6; dogstail 9d; Montgomery 3/6; cowgrass 1/9; Alsyke 2/6; Lotus Major 2/6; cocksfoot 1/9 per lb; ryegrass 5/- a bushel; other lines 15/- a sack; mixtures of ryegrass, clover and cocksfoot 3 lid per lb. SNOWY RIVER RETURN (P.A.) GREYMOUTH, October 31. The Snowy River dredge return this week was 1270 z for 196 hours.