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PRINCIPAL PLACES OF SALE AND AVERAGE PRICES OF ANIMALS OF EACH BREED. 



Principal Places of Public Sale, 

 Exhibitions and Shows. 



Average Prices. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Royal Counties, Bath 

 and West, Royal Counties, 

 Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Nott?, 

 Wilts, Tring, Royal Lancashire, 

 and Peterborough, and other 

 County and local shows 

 throughout the country. 



Sales are held at the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Show and on breeders' 

 farms. 



Ordinary prices for good Berkshires about 

 10 months old, Boars and Sows 5 to 

 10 guineas. For superior show animals 

 and winners of prizes from 10 to 

 25 guineas each. Sales are principally 

 conducted on the farms. At a recent 

 private sale 118 animals, many of them 

 young, averaged 6 5s. 4rf. ; 

 23 2s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Royal 

 Counties, Peterborough, Suf- 

 folk, Essex, Devon and other 

 County Shows. 



Sales are held in connection with 

 the Royal Agricultural Show 

 and on breeders' farms. 



First-class pedigree Boars from 15 to 20 ; 

 Sows from 10 to 12. The only special 

 sale for Large Blacks is that held in con- 

 nection with the Annual Show of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society. At this show 

 in 1911, 10 boars averaged 11 10s. per 

 head, and 12 sows and gilts 10 10s. Wd. 

 per head. At a recent sale boars made 

 up to 21, sows up to 10 10s. In 1910 

 a boar was sold for 52. 



Shows : Royal Ulster Agricul- 

 tural Society's, Dublin Spring 

 Show and at Provincial Agri- 

 cultural Shows in the North 

 of Ireland. 



The Society does not conduct public sales. 

 Pigs are generally sold by private treaty. 

 Young Boars average from 5 to 7. 

 Exceptionally good animals about 10. 

 Gilts average from 3 to 6. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Royal 

 Lancashire, Great Yorkshire, 

 Peterborough, Royal Counties, 

 Highland and Agricultural So- 

 ciety's and most of the County 

 Shows. 



Sales are held in connection with 

 the Royal Show but pigs are 

 sold chiefly on breeders' farms. 



At a recent sale, 61 animals averaged 

 15 11s. 4d. ; highest price, Boars, 147 ; 

 Sows, 63. At a sale in 1911, 64 animals 

 averaged 15 17s. Id. At other sales 

 by auction Boars and Sows have realised 

 up to about 25 each. At three recent 

 sales 90, 100 and 70 animals averaged 

 9 6s.. 9d., 10 3s. lid. and 9 6s. 

 respectively. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Lincolnshire Agricul- 

 tural Society's, Peterborough 

 Agricultural Societys', York- 

 shire, Nottinghamshire and 

 Newark. 



Sales : The Association holds 

 an Annual Sale at the Lincoln- 

 shire Agricultural Society's 

 Show. 



At the Association's sale in 1912, 10 boars 

 averaged 10 4s. Id. ; highest price 27 6s. 

 10 sows averaged 6 18s. Id. ; highest 

 price 13 2s. Qd. 



