FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1637, 2 January 1913, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY

|. :; ; ;'-ii;tEiE of.siany yicrssiTUDES, i f ' of Messrs.'Gilbert. Anji dersdn" and Co./ colonial agents,..' London, 6'■ whicb, v is jiiiit toliahd, says tho past year j has-been.,,characterised, by, many'' vicissit tudes,". causing grist ansicty.. At the same s ;time"; says tlie rei'b'rt,.'n6 year has been so' 5 marked by,steddy i gen- • eml Grange ofj'pnces»wifortfrozen; meat. .EnttSiilremaifidd'ri.'/coffsta'nt.: -and 'high j! ' throiighoat'.. tho.'jsieiasonjjiatid:this, was furj. ,by,,,'the; btlitcr'vroguktion" "of i 'shipments,'; either* froni v forC6 of circumi; stances;or bycarefuliaierangemerit.: At no. . 'time I was .'there'; an,a'ccuinnlntion of stocks or in store,'?and confequehtly'no' , .off-colQUred or s&le'.hieat, and a great sav- ■ ing"of;stojrage during' the disorganisation due" 'to i the. dock 'strike, ' there absence of dam- • 'aged i meat-;-*->--~-;:>»^ : i -'-'-^' , 'J' : '- ;'/''-■.-•- >: -•'■:' ■' [ ,'.': A 'comparison:'of.,prices'for- the season. . :191W2 ifitlt-thdso'orwiO-n'showthe fol-' : 'lowing :—North Island mutton:, : . The highlestVaverago';monthly, price-.. wai -'3-lGd. higher this: year than;last;' i\i: -as' against• 1 5-16 d. 'Tie lowest overage monthly,price .'higher; than the lotv-cst averago season,', 3. 5-Sd. this season,.; 2 15-16 d. '• .Jash,^.Canterbury This'.did.'not ■:flock, a 'higher average 'than last year; l bat the lofre'st:averago.price was 5-Bd. per lb. .ahoyg'last year. ■• Lowestprice this, seasqn • '4-M-Bd,' t 'i.'last; season 3J<l...{North Islaiid ! la'jtfb's:;..Prices'.for lambs' '.show greater i.op'ntrast.' 1 Th,<),jhighest i'av«rag6i« roaclied' this:season .was 6'J-ied.^,.Last-season tho' ' . highest reached was ff=JSI-l6d.'Th'e how sea-sp'a's'-lpwest ayerago : was 5 3-lGd., whilst •la'stl'se'ason they were sold <lown as low as 1,1-Bd., a differences]! 1 l-16d.V Canterbury Jambs: -These-reached; r the :highi' overage r ;pyiee\of C.3-16d., 'whilst iast-season.-the [r • higheit average, was 5.13-16 d. The new.'sea-. "son's■lo j west:monthly average was 5 5-Bd.j . f •ag'aiiist V: lowest average of i a-Bd.^;'a;difforence''.'of"lja;''pef' : 'lb'.'.', '■■ •,'•'•'.' ■ t^Beferringitoi'-beef,-itheireport-'says"that : ■■ South<American beef undoubtedly forms a , ;dbmii'ant.'factor; of, tlie meat trade throughjOut'.thp;country;';i'l!egiilar' and'increased 1 . .'shipments oome.to. hand week by week,'the , -lnereaise,of- shipments'be- .. -iHg.122,818 qrsi.and theane'reas-aof frozen '. ; beef ibemg; 246,801 firs; ' The'-'chilled'' beef ■ ; ;arriyed iniexccllent condition;; is',well bred , and/bf..first-rate quality,'.'.most"carefully ... dressed; and ; marketed:;;: '.For,' thd itrst two • months-o'f.the.season-there was 'evident ! competition; in selling,.with, ciifting' in ■ prices.;; /For -the rest of {thc'seasoil prices ■ : were maintained. : on a' fir 'ii. basis,. subject ; pnly;to. ; the demand and state.of markets : in general. Chilled:-fores from -the: begin- : lling:.of the ,ye.aiv,ranged, fr,om 3d.; t6 3Jd., ■ .'With an average of 3Sd., hinds 4jd.; "5"7-Bd." has, , a temporary shortage {owing to. the.,dock strike. ! ii.;South,AmehcanVliard 'frozen beef, regu- : jl,6t?a.the pri«r',6f •Australia' and . New)Zeaknd;'--Th'e shiiimentsaro regular, 'the'smallestshipmentVbeiiig.llO.GOO qrs.' in Decemberj''therlargest..beihg''Mnrch, 194,500' .qrs.-/ Prices'rango from—Fores,',2Jd.. to ' 31d.j hinds, 3 3-B£'tp'4}d.',■;-;;,.;;.;.,,-'•..: /i.-.'The'tiotal shipments of lambs havei been as-follow;:—New--!Zealand, .3,159,000 c/s, ; showing 238,00 c/s fewer-than 1910-11; Austr'ilia„l,3l7,BoO c/s{ showing 411,950 c/s fewer than 1910-11; River Plate, 897,559 c/s, showing 435,750 c/s fewer than:l9lo-ll; 5,374,359, as lagainst ■ 6,122,84{4 vlast year. '.- ■'"The 1 mutton; shipments wore:—New' Zea- : kitdi'.2;294,500 c/s, showing-417,000 c/s more' .titan 1910-U; Anstralia,a,sßß,3so o/s, showing- 435,750;, c/s fewer than 1310-11; River ' Tlate, 2,743,577 c/S showing 215,050 c/s fewer : than.'l9lo-11:- Total; of' 6,626,427 ; c/s, as ; against 8,800,227 c/s'last year; . • : ,' -, .;', ,''The :frozen beef, shipments, were:—New Zealand; 153,600 qrs., showing 13,200 qrs. ■' .fewer'than 1910-il; .Australia; 092,600 qurs. ' showihg. 113,100;qrs. more,than- 1910-11; I Eiver \P1ate,'1;703,774 qrs., showing 240,891 ] 'qrsifmbre than ,1910-11. : Total of 2,600,974, j 'as against 2;',263,183 last'year. -■ ;■ ■•: The chilled beef 'total wa5"2,243,723,-' as j .against {2,120,875 last year. Of tho ..total i shipments, London '-'has '.■'■ received':—New ' Zealand:,Mutton,'2,oGS,G3s; lamb, 2,500,210;- ' frozen beef,-. 130,68-1. -'Australia: Mutton, ' 015,096; 1amb,''929,169; frozen beef, '276,523; ] ' River\Plate:' .Mutton, 835,395;• lamb, 271,-' ( 047; frozen, beef,. 375,670; chilled beef, 3 1,186,475. : Other,,,Porta:-Ncw Zealand: 1 Mutton; 126,238; lamb; 478,205; frozen beef, f 21,168. .-Australia: Mutton, 803,357,- lamb, ,1 407,801; frozen' beef. 312,377. River Plate: {

Mutton. 1,893,146, lamb, '516,510, frozen beef, 1,3-18,814, chilled beef, 1,051,603 The nuintity of meit sold through tho Smithfield Jlarket for tho 12 months ending October 31, 1012, was 432,215 tons, made up of meat from —South America, chilled and fio7"n, 166,010 tons, United Kingdom, 113,150 tons, Australasian, 91,138 tons Continental, 45,115 ton'!, TJ S \ , English killed, 12,240 tons, USA, chilled, 3023 tors, total, 432 211 tons Tho largest quantity which was sold on tho mnikot came from South America, the main bulk ot which was mado up of chill«d boef ie , the shipments from Nor Ztnland and Australia, arc largely distributed direct from storo to tho trade

The records of the Midhirst and Stratford Cow-testing Associations, complied for the thirty-day period ending December 14, 1012,';«re ,'givcn'by tho:,"Stratford'.Post." "Tho- Stratford "Association's records show that the. highest lierd average .was 39.541b. '.6f;,butfer-fnt, and the lowest 27,261b.. while the'average association cow yielded 33.22 ,lb.:bnttcr-fat);the ten highest cows avcr,aged;sl.3B, as against.tho ten lowest 16.20. Again','tho best cow produced 54.271b. of butter-fat, and the worst returned'l3.o2lb. ■-Tho.highest.quantity of milk given by eub cow; ivas 15601b., which, at a test of -3.2. produced•'■•l9.o2lb;' of fat."The lowest iiit'n ntl ty! 'of."'mil k.'.giveii";J>y„ one.;.cow;, was 3COM)., which; at a test of 4.6, nrbdnccd 13.801b. of fat. At Midhirst 'the" highest herd-averago was 45.671b."butter-fat, '20.00 lb.-the "lowest; averape association cow 30.73, ten highest and ten lowest cows, 58.80 and, 12.95 respectively. The best ■cow Kuvo G4.801b. of butter-fat, over six times as; much as tho worst animal, which .yielded ln.OOlb. of fat. Tho highest quan.tity okn'iilfc,given bv one cow was-17251b'' ;w[iiclr; at a test of 3.6, produced 62.101b. fat.-•■ The figures of the lowest were 2701b. , pf..:milk > , 3.B.test, 10.2filb. butter-fat.";'"^.'