PORK AND BACON
Maximum Carcase Weights Increased (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 28. With the object of encouraging farmers to raise more i»rk and bacon, the maximum carcase weights of porkers and baconers will be increased as from August 1, the commencement of the dairy season, stated the Minister of .Marketing, .Mr. Barclay, tonight. As from that date, said the Minister, the maximum weights at which porkers would be accepted would be 1201 b., as against 1101 b. in the past, and those of baconers would be raised from 100 lb. to 1801 b.
Mr. Barclay said the demand for pork and bacon, both for export and for local requirements, justified the raising of the maximum weights. The Marketing Department would pay the same price per pound for pork aud bacon at the increased weights. He lio(>e<l that this announcement, before the commencement of the new dairying season, would enable farmers to arrange their plans accordingly.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19420729.2.81
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 257, 29 July 1942, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
156PORK AND BACON Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 257, 29 July 1942, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in