asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the guaranteed price for pigs in each quarter from 1945 to the latest date in 1958.
Written Answers. - Guaranteed Price for Pigs.
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The prices guaranteed for pigs throughout the period in question were minimum prices. These were as follows:—
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Period |
Class or Grade |
Weight Range |
Guaranteed Minimum price per cwt. deadweight |
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(a) Up to 30th April, 1956. |
Class I |
1 cwt. 0 qr. 14 lb. to1 cwt. 3 qr. 7 lb. |
125/- |
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Class II |
Under Over |
1 cwt. 9 qr. 14 lb. |
110/- |
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1 cwt. 3 qr. 7 lb. |
NOTE: These minimum prices had been fixed in 1943 but it did not become necessary to revise them until the termination of the bulk-purchase arrangements for pigmeat with the British authorities at the end of April, 1956.
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(b) 1st May, 1956 to 30th June, 1958. |
Grade A |
1 cwt. 0 qr. 8 lb. to |
235/- |
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1 cwt. 2 qr. 0 lb. |
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Grade B1 |
1 cwt. 2 qr. 1 lb. to |
230/- |
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1 cwt. 2 qr. 7 lb. |
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(c) 1st July, 1958 to date. |
Grade A |
1 cwt. 0 qr. 15 lb. to |
230/- |
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1 cwt. 2 qr. 0 lb. |
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Grade B1 |
1 cwt. 2 qr. 1 lb. to |
225/- |
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1 cwt. 2 qr. 7 lb. |