EXPORT MEAT
GENERAL INCREASE IN NUMBERS AND WEIGHTS New Zealand lias had a favourable season in the production of meat for export. Details ol" export killings at freezing works are available up till June which enables a .survey to be made ol' the season in contrast with the results in the previous season to July 1 ? states the New Zealand Meat Producers Board. The outstanding point is that meat killed "for export this season has exceeded the previous total by 33,000 tons. Improvement has been made not onlv in greater average. J weight per carcase, but in actual numbers of beef mutton and lamb handled.
When the price schedules Avcrc being framed, prior to the opening of the season definite encouragement was given to the production of heavier and the good results of this revision are to be seen in details of average weights which are given below. To this financial inducement was added the good effect of a favourable enabling farmers to maintain stock on the pastures sufficiently long to secure the. heavier weights. The greatest advance has been in beef production the total of quarters being double that of the previous season •to the same date. Lambs show an increase of 173,246 wether mutton carcases, and ewe mutton carcases. Export killings at New Zealand works to June 30 with the comparar tive figures in parentheses to July
1 1944, were as follows: — North Island Lambs (5,683,024) Wethers 689 286 ( 569,821) Ewes i; 2615 910 (1,363,962) The following details of average killing weights for the with those of the previous seasan in parentheses indicate impi'ovements in each class of stock: — North Island 1 Lambs 31.21 (32.74) Wethers 59.24 (55.66) Kvves 57.15 (53.07) An appreciable amount of beef and some 'mutton, has been handled at freezing works since the date of the foregoing returns. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board adds that although it ha.s bten necessary to lift a much heavier tonnage of ev! port meat this season less meat is in cool store at present than at the corresponding date of last year. *
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 92, 24 July 1945, Page 6
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