MEAT PRODUCTION
SIX MONTHS' KILLINGS
The official figures of killings for the present season at the Dominion's Freezing Works from. October 1 till March 28, as issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers Board, show that lamb killings to that date total 8,363,257 carcases, this being a decrease of 159,729 carcases compared with the killings to March 29 las-t season. Wether mutton killings are 613,308 carcases, and ewe mutton killings 1,513,915 carcases, compared with 490,772 and 1,279,521 carcases respectively last season. Details of the lamb killings in the North and South Islands, with figures for the previous season in parentheses are as follows: — North Island Lamb 4,803,557 (4,779,359) Wether mutton 562,181 ( 441,487) Ewe mutton 967,387 ( 868,259) South Island Lamb 3,559,700 (3,743,627) Wether mutton 51,127 ( 49,285) Ewe mutton 546,528 ( 411,262) Frozen beef production is now 205,758 quarters compared with 279859 quarters last season. Porker killings total 117,887 carcases, an increase of 35,671 whilst baconers total 197,889 carcases, a decrease of 67,147.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 42, 20 April 1942, Page 5
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160MEAT PRODUCTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 42, 20 April 1942, Page 5
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