EXPORT OF LAMBS.

Otaki Mail, 21 August 1922, Page 2

EXPORT OF LAMBS.

| KIDNEYS MUST BE LEFT IN. ECONOMIC LO.-sS to NEW I ZEALAND. 1 The New Zealand Meat Producers' I Board has issued a statement thai ::. a. report to the Board, the manager Inn j drawn attention lo the practice which many of the freezing works have uf j taking out the kidneys of lambs aiai also a great part of the kidney fat. The Board has gone into the matt.T I very fully and are unanimously of ihi opinion that this practice is not ia th" interests of the producers, and i- - great economic loss to the Dominion. In the course of their investigations the Board lias ascertained that th---were 3,J»01.287 Jambs killed for esparthis season up to the loth July. Tin- . following tire particulars of hou -'i---lamb.- were treated in this respect: With kidneys and p:;rl <..r kidney fat taken out .. ::..'.::'.';.:' With kidneys ami kidney Cat left intact Ti:.-'.'. Pr.on frsts made by th,- Hoard, tic weight of kidneys ami kidney tat rmoved would average about Mil.".. which, it left i-i the lamb, would bio.e been .-old m London along with tie :■■-• of th._ carcase. Prom inquiries tc.-ojc in London, the majority of large retail er- and Siuithfieid Fytlesmen e\-pr. ■-- th' opinion that it i* advantageous fo leav< the kidn.-y-. in lambs. Th.. Smit.hfi"M salesman also point out tkat kidu-y----are left in the lambs bv our ArgWJti')'and Australia!- competitor*. This 1..-- would not live 1.-.-ii ... f.runounced if the price for f: ! .-a- !, r* Set r,; pr."enf many frerwing comp -a • ■ ar* only giving Jd y*or lb. for it:': -"3 it is easily seen what a morions locs '!.'- ! To illustrate what this menu- ft " I producer or an exporter skipping h-nd.-' on his own account, if the; kidney, v...,- ! left intact: j He would pair: ljlbs. of , Istonb Ijj say lljd gross, I London 17.25 s j less, say li'.b:-. fat <g Jd ; per li ". .. l.i-/i '" pTi^ Less cost of killing, freight. London charge?, etc.. about G.IJJI lid ■ Looking »t tho position from a frvi ing company's point of view, and what i it means to them in the ca««: of : : proI ducer or exporter shipping through their ! works, by taking out the land.-' ki* ; neys and also part of the kidney fat: j The company would gain—- ; Two kidneys, valued / 0., j say. id each \'A ! l*lbs. kidney fat, @£d vj valued at ataonat paid to client N ; i "fir / _ The company would lose— The frc-szir.g charge on ljlb*-. !a=ib @, say. l.lOi p*r lb 1-** It is tztj apparent frorr. the*e that thf? freezing eomps-riito are '.'■'■ making a profit oat of this and it is certainly vr*ry BO«tly Ui t« producer or exporter, tad Ait Y** 1 alone, based on tie tatlinzs to the 15ft Jnjy. the loss amounts to;— 703,-327 killed in the North Island, estimated lose in ralue (a sd p*r ki?a4 Z2?M 2,3-j3.y-o jiiiled xa th/- Soutr. Island, fc-(t:i£Atf:.i lr>»s iTX "VblW: (& lid p,r b-ad .. :. .. «Wi» 3,23&,4i2 iVS*-'' 1 Thfi Board Li- r.ovr zorrAad el- - : '' iS iri? coirparje« the* kidney." fc.r.l fat must Uc- left in iambs sls-git*^ for 6XDOrt.