MEAT FOR EXPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1921, Page 4

MEAT FOR EXPORT.

THE KILLING SEASON. OPERATIONS AT SMART ROAD. Operations at the Taranaki Farmers’ Smart Road Freezing Works are now well under way and about I*2oo sheep and lambs, in addition to beef in small quantities, are being put through daily. The quality of the stock offering has been good, and the manager of the company (Mr. H. B. Gray) informed a Daily News reporter yesterday that wethers are averaging 80 per cent, prime, ewes 73 per cent., and lambs 70 per cent. It will be the aim of the company to keep a strict eye on grading, as it is reeog/ nised it would be inadvisable to allow any lowering of the standard of the 1 output. Last year, when the company operated on the open market for theT first time, very good reports were re/ ceived as to quality and this standard will be maintained by proper grading. It is anticipated that the works will be in full swing after the holidays, and in the meantime seventeen butchers are engaged. Meat for export will be des spatched by the Port Albany (for London) about the middle- of January, when this vessel will load 5000 freight carcases at New Plymouth. The Kaikoura, which will also load in January for Liverpool and Glasgow, will take a consignment of 4000 freight carcases from Smart Road.

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