HOME MARKET FOR N.Z. PORK.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1168, 1 July 1911, Page 15

HOME MARKET FOR N.Z. PORK.

— "fl ! A TARANAKI PROPOSITION. There appears to ho a strong probability that tho export trado of Now Zealand pork it likely to bo very soon established on a sound basis, and if so it will bo of much profit to the dairy farmer. New Zealand pork has lately brought as much as s!d. per pound in Great Britain, and tho question of tho best possible means of providing a good market in tho Old Country is at present seriously agitating tho minds of Taranaki farmers. In South Taranaki where liiffh land values are producing the subdivision of farm sections, tho porker looms larger and larger as a payable by-product The matter is already being threshed'out by tho big Taranaki dairy farm concerns, and it is proposed to deal in tho export trado of pigs in tho same manner as no do with our frozen mutton. Somo points of interest regarding tho subject were made tho other day to a Dominion- representative by Mr. D. Powdrell, managing director of the Kaupokonui Dairy Company. "My idea," said Mr. Powdrell, "is that dairy factories in' various districts should combine aud .appoint a Wrd of, say, cither ono or two directors from each factory, such board to havo solo control of marketing all pigs produced, and that an agreement be signed by all those willing to sell through the board, stating as nearly as possible • tho number of pigs they expect to turn ovor half yearly. This board would then meet monthly, or as required, and dispose of, or offer for sale either a month's supply or else » ycaT ' s . su PP'y. and also arrango with the freezing companies as to the number of pigs to bo killed weekly. The board, would then be able to offer 1000 to 10,000 pigs to Homo buyers, and we would then have with us the world'a competition, instead of accepting anv price offered, ns is done at the present time on the New Zealand or any other market. It should lie apparent to anv fhinkin/r man," continued Mr. Powdrell. "that if we wore to offer our cheese and butter to Home bnvers in hundredweight lots, we should have no inquirv the same thing with shoe" beef, and mutton; but if wo had a thousand or n ten thonsand_ pig consignment, wp should promote the inquiry ns is done now'with our other dairy produce and fm7er. meat. A good plan for consignments frtw the farms would be. for the r>iV« to he hrmiffht to the factory, or the main factory, each farmer enr-markin? liis own nies. and spiv.ifyin" the same in wr'tinsr along with other particulars nf th» cin<n>ntn<>iit. .flip n . nr | c ly,) n „ ™rf™.m„,l under the supervision of some disinterest°d person This r>rA"e<lv<re wnnM cavr "xnense. At the freezim? works, the far. -•■pi- would lv> puid for his own t"Vc „". wrd'ns to tho' onr-mark. a'n/I accord : "~ <-n his own methods n f feeding. T'"< "•hole aiiPsHon. of course, is one of cnn.'. I M. hut flip ic nno i,.1.»VlT nm surp is well worth the considern♦Jnt, of every pig-breeder in Nev; Zealand."