LAMBS FOR EXPORT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 12 July 1912, Page 8

LAMBS FOR EXPORT.

THE POINTS TO AIM AT. Commenting on the fat lamb competition at the la=t Dannevirke 6how, which lambs had to be judged locally and again in London, tho Ijoihloh judges, Messrs. tfenry S. i'jtter and Sons, give some valuable advice to breeders and exporters. They say:— .-"In se-nding over lambs to be judged here, as to those most suitable for the London market, we should like to ■ remind shippers that the. difference between lambs o.nd tegs in the frozen meat trade W decided by the weight more than by the agn of the animal. Consequently lambs ovcl , 441b. are called tegs, as they are too large to sell as ordinary lamb. There is always a good demand for togs from -It to 521b. from February to the end of July (during the London sea,-nn), but there is very little demand for them after that for the remainder of the year. The most essential points to aim at'are: (1) Wei [.covered short legs: (2) plenty of meat; (3) must not be fat and wnslefuh A very fat, teg is very hard to sell. "In the case of lambs the great thing is to breed, a lamb that matures well at a small weight, the greatest demand is poneral'ly fnml especially at tho end of the. season) fnr lambs about 321b.—heavier l.imbs, say SSIIj., usually sell better early in the year."

In seconding the Address-in-Eeply the other night, Mr. Vigor Brown, M.P., spoke of the necessity for mors Cheesemaking factories in the Dominion. Cheese-making pays, especially when tho pliint includes "Victor! , Vats. Two largo Tarnnalci Companies have realised this, and have placed orders for 50 of these patent vaK Orders from any part of the Dominion filled satisfactorily. Manufacturer, Albert ,T, I'arton, Carterton.

At an Islington, London, inquest recently oil William ' .Hardy, aged four yeiiiv, of Clayton Street, Caledonian lioad, X., Ihe fci titer slaled that he slatted to (lrivn his horse and van from home, but had only got two yards when ho was told th« van hml run over a child. Thn child proved to bo his own boy. who liikl fallen under the wheel while attempting lo get on. (he vim.