PRIME STEERS
"■"'..- PRODUCTION IN AUCKLAND. Ilemarkable evidence of the produc-tive-.qualities of the Auckland Province Uy (states the' was given' on [; Wednesday by the delivery at the AuckI land ■'.'Farmers' Freezing Company's {'■ Southdown works of 51)0 head of catt-Io I; '•. • from the stock sales at Westlicld, to I: be slaughtered for export. . These cattle fv we're _ principally' steers, and all wore Y :-. in prime freezing condition. During the '.-. past 16 months, a total of 17,000 head of cattle have been slaughtered at , : .Southdown. An. arrangement followed in the. past lias been.that ono day in .'' each/week has been reserved ; for the slaughtering of cattle bought for freez- ;: .'-. ingat the Westfiekl sale, but the company recently decided to provide two days, to deal with the largo increased ; deliveries from the sale. The new ar- ... langoment was brought into operation ;, . this week, and the iminediato result was K„.' : \ the delivery qf sufficient cattle to oc- '■•'"■'■■."■ cupy the works fully for four days.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 10
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158PRIME STEERS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 10
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