THE PORK MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 130, 14 March 1935, Page 7

THE PORK MARKET

ADVICE TO FARMERS. MR DAVID JONES RETURNS. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, March 13. Advice to New Zealand pig farmers is contained in a survey of the pork marketing situation in Britain made by the chairman of the Meat Producers' Board (Mr David Jones) who, after having spent six months in London, returned to Wellington to-day by the Rangitane. Britain has carried out her promise to give the Dominion an expanding share of the pork and bacon trade, he said. New Zealand's increased exports of pork below 1001 b weight had been rapid and we could not afford to overload this market and the quota had been an advantage to the Dominion in this respect. Frozen pork and bacon weights were on a different footing. The consumption of bacon in Britain was enormous, and no treaties barred the way. Porker pigs he said, had been coming forward in embarrassing numbers and it was quite clear that a policy would have to be laid down, and ensuring that a proper proportion of porker and baconer pigs would be fattened to carry out the obligations to the British Government. Mr Jones emphasised the fact so that the fattener might lay out his plans to meet the situation that was fairly certain to develop.