MEAT SLAUGHTERING IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 November 1885, Page 2

MEAT SLAUGHTERING IN WAIKATO.

MuT. (J. S\Nmsaddiessed a meeting of settlois at the C.unbiidge W^t School house on Fiul.iv evening, m tin* iiiti'io-.ts of tin; Xmth New Zetland Fanneis" Cofipei.itivo Association, dealing piincipdly with the pioposed election of slaughleiy uds in this distuct. Some thiiry settles weie piesent, the meeting beiuy a tlnumitflily lepicsentative <>iio, and .Mi John l'Vhei was called to the cli.in. Mi Sanded spoke foi an horn, and then an-weied ,i veiy Luge nunibei of questions, aftei which he addicted some lem nk-. to those piest'tit on cotipeiatim in gmual, when he said that he found many shaie. holduis did not tie.it the association exactly f.uily, but used it veiy much as a level to secnie tlieir own ends. In fact, tin v wcie not leal co-operators at .ill. Take foi instance a man (and the case was not un 11-m.l) who q ips innately and disposes of all the best of his produce, and then sends what he cannot sell to the Coopeiative Stoics, when, if he does not get tip top price, he giowlh iind says the Co opoiatne i 3i 3 useless. Such things should not be. The. fight between the association and vested mteiests wasabiffone, and unless all hang together and fight for Ihe mutual mteiests of the farnr.crs, success could not be looked foi. No doubt theie had been some bad management in tho past to some extent, but tho way to lemedy that was not to look on and giumblo, but to awoist in evciy way to try and lemedy it by making known e\eiything that went wrong to the dueetoiK m hopes of getting it bettered. About the meat business, Mr Sandes explained that it was pioposed to erect yards at boine yui table spot and send dead meat to the niaiketin Auckland Instead <>f the caicasses, and he told them th.it from what he had seen in Auckland th.it theio was evoiy appearance of a dead meat market being a .success. Numbers of butchers would deal with them and weio anxious to do bo, and Mr Banks of the Fieezmg Company stated that the demand for dead meat was increasing lapidly. The pros and cons of the question weie keenly argued and a \ciy genei.il ipprovnl was given to the scheme although many weic doubtful as to whether the meat could be disposed of easily when sent down Several settlers present nlFeied to provide cattle to be killed and sent to VucUland to test the niattei, but the details will of course have to be left to the diiectoia to work out, and Mr Sandes said that ho did not think any test such as pioposed, and on such a hui.dl scill' would be of any real value, as butchers would hardly run away fioni then piesent suppbei-. until ahsuicd of a ( onst.uit and regul.u supply fioni el-ew lieie. .Mi Sandes then pointed out the magnitude of tho meat cxpoit fiom Waikato, and read tho following returns of c.itUe and xlioop s"iit away f i "in tho vaiious htations The i etui n was obtained fiom tho Government tin ough the comtesy of the Distiict Manager, Mr Hudson, and is theiefore thoroughly lebable. Ti attic Department, Auckland, Uth Nov., 18S">. In ro Cattle and Sheep TiaHic fiom Wai kato Stations. Mr T. (J. Sandes, Hamilton. Sir,— l have now tho honour to forwaid heievvith foi your mfoimation a letuin whicli has been prepared, Bhowing the

immbi'i of cattle and sheop foiu.udi'd finm tli^ stations n uned in your li-ttei of Octnbm li>th, 188V-1 have the honoui to be, Sit, \<nu obedient hcn.uit, O. Hi,ihnv, Distnct Tialhc Managei. CArrr-KAMiSHKKi'Ki.n hnstoii 12 Month-, Ending 30rn SFrrhMur.it, 188").

It will thus bo scon tli.it tlio C.unbiidß'i In.inch line including T.im.ihcie, Hnutapu, Tun Couit and Cinibiidgc, >>lu|)}md 3(if.j i ittle and !KW slioop. Mornnsvillc branrh TiO c.ittlo and 13,7^'» -lice[», m.iin line Te Vu.unutu, Ngaiotn, ()hui|)oand Funkton, J.SIil. c.ittlc .md 11,.10.") sliiM-ji. Tluxe prrbent weio astonished t'> he.v tli.it the <n.tputw.is Fogip.vt. At the closi' of th' 1 ad dies* a hp.irty \<>to of thinks was p.t>sed t> \tr Sandes f,n the lcctuio, and also cuo to the chcurin.m.

Station. (Jurn: Sheep. Vloriinsvillo '.unbridle f.un.ihoie . ll.tntipu Wiuek.i l'\ n Cimit Mongoiiui Hamilton Wo'-t I'Vankton .limction Ft; Aw.unutvi N T g.in)ti> r.iuinii (j.jO 2.72') :>M 342 18,73(> 1,384 2,151 GOl 215 4l)'i 1,130 !)03 2,277 •2CA 82 1,404 3,070 1,281 5,750 1,2(57 Total n,405 31i.:>88