PORK RAISING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4422, 18 May 1893, Page 3

PORK RAISING.

A Uu tfi Dfer of :.M« sttr ton. set tl ers.m.e b Mr Vecbt, representative'of -tho.lnter.. marine Supply:Cppany f ,at,:Mr ; ft Phillips' Occidental .Hotel,; yesterday afternoon,/to :he»r ; explained'the: advantages of pig raising.- Aipresent Mr Veoht said he;founri. th'ai|ractw cally no P'B 8 W* e ' B."^" ip '- 8 of tbecountry;^ ; He;.w.a's-sp asspredof the value industry that :hp was prepared to''erect;; factories' .for curing: was- to: gee the Jarmerrtake-some: stops to breed piga be a aufn>.cient guarantee: .for liira. to erect, fac- ': 'tories. "•?Of..courae they bad. to com-: jote with ; bthetmeatß l .'and. by getting the .farmers.-;lo. ;, raisa/tho pigs hia" ■ Kjompany ;i; Tefiuired/. / it. wbb made iremunerativo TalLrqund,- New-- Zea' : - -.....' tod was.'ttppsrentl'y cut. out for pig could breed 1 . eleven montha'pui/of.the tw.elyb, wh'iie. Ireland only 'breed, eight or nine mouthilfPftyeai', 'and. ye.t;jii.ade..:it : pay wellX Deferring) to the. price, lie 1 ' .said they bad to study, .thp price of :pigs, tbo. .labor'and: the', freight, H.p''; Ihad gono.carkully into the)mritte'r and -.shouldbe';ahlb:to givelabbiit-Bd- per. ■ lb. In reply to : rjuesiions, ,-M.r'iYecht thaTHbp jigs his company reriot ho leß3,tban; 1301bs■ orHOlba'iin weight,, Now Zealandl ■ ■ pigs, that:hb ; ;had : 6eeo,/were::ek;cellent:| epecime'tisi;. .Tbe only href^'objectcd. "■' to was : thb^hihbsX); ; Bcrksbire,;.York-' ;■' shire, or--a.;across betvveeii: -ilie. 'two; ■: -. suited y ii\i.}- U(V : '- found, th3it;;;;;tlie C»nterbury;pigs/wcre\; : |pokcni:ol' ;as ", ; the jiegtin^he'cpuntryi^ut'Jio^pre- ) ■■ ferrcalhe^Horth-lßlandpig,^Hebad objection.;iiMtbb^pork^- boing fed on'"ekiffCwk'/iaud'grass,?bo ..'long as ithadjafortnight on hard food before killing, I. There was certainly more iiioheyjiri pig raising than aheep breeding,:.and,,if .people kept their common Eeriße tbey would go in for it. One-'arlvantage':. they, would .have would tie that/:wbile ;tbeir. beef and mutton jiad to be. sold at Home .asfroMi mßat;:-aDd ■' therefore, take .second place) to home killed, mess ipork was mete pork everywhere, and iHew Zealand could, compete on the ;ean)e level aa any other country, _ It was also prouosed to establish stations in India where a large portion of the New Zealand article would go, His icompany paid as much as jttoy could afford for the pork, and dea(t djrfict -iwith.the producer, An agent would, •df-course, bo appointed to mako ,dcttailed arrangements, butthe basjs of All their doings would be the price

p»id. It would bo more tho exception than otherwise not to buy the pigs direct from the farmer, And this was to prevent tho jobber buying up nil round aa cheap as be could and theu selling at the factory price. The seller would bring the pigs into the the factory yard, or to tho Fmilway Station, and thny would be marked with a special mark. Tliey could get money advanced if required at the tiruo of delivery. He (Mr Vecht) had pretiy.well made up bis mind to start afactoiy.at Ngahauranga, and if lie got auflicimt support would probably open one in tins Wnirarapa in about |wo yeiirs.s;. A factory was notmeroly n. killing house,.,but n combination of facLorif-a,; a'-, cooptrage, a picklinghouaej:;sinithy,;-" etc!;" and cost a good dcal;b;.sifirt.?jli(! had from now ti 1 jbp : £6nd'is;!iiib, year to give to New Zcaliiiicl,; if lieVeaw' : that the farmers :inteii(l.O;(.ito.tiikd.'tlie'rai»tter.up. The . American''; porfc.w \ inferior,' to the aifd in bia opinion, New .Zerilan'd iw as"t li p ';' fin est' pig L raising was not a iphilanfliropistiuid' what' lie) was' lollitig. tbem was tor jlieir mutual benefit, OiicoMip^ of his statements; was '(liei'lacltbat bo ..was'. jpjr.opat'GflvlQ-. ■ without; flflk'ing-;""th"o : ' ;f>irmerßi.ios'con ;; ■tribufe.a;pen|iy,';pd.vif'^!iyqnei';wns, tho. ipscr.jt.ffo.'ui^,'.be','himself.'.'. .■■He ' ' asked no guarantee; at' ; all,■, but advised : them. In llii'iik' tiieibing' ; o'ut'.nnd''i.bejv ■, wonltl:. then-, see .that, there' was'' money ' ' lit It." ■„■ - ..;:;.; ■..■■, ~■■ ■