Production of Lamb

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 39, 15 January 1946, Page 2

Production of Lamb

When American troops were tioned in such large numbers in the North Island two years ago a Minister of the Grown stated that our visitors ' were showing a growing liking for lamb, a reason implied being that there was not a sufficiency of bef and “hawg, ” as the soldiers called it. The figures of the export slaughtering houses is-< sued, for the year ending July 31 by the eExport Division of the Marketing Department would suggest that the change-over in the American’s palate was not so marked as lieved—presuming, that is, that the purchases by the Joint Purchasing Board followed, the troops to the islands. The net weight of the total production of lamb for the year was 164 Bd7 tons, of which 9782 tons went to the United States Joint Purchasing Board. The Board also took 2482 tons of wethers of the 20,135 tons concerned, but they took no ewes of the 50,349 tons killed. On the other hand, of the 51,993 tons of beef killed, the Board took 37,600 tons of the 5247 tons of porkers killed 4785 tons, and of the 10 118 tons of baconers killed 8189 tons.