BACON AND PORK EXPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 9

BACON AND PORK EXPORT.

GOOD DEMAND IN LONDON. IF SKNT AT niGTTT TIME. Uiy Telegraph.- Tress Association.) PALJIKRSTOX NORTH, Thursday. Mr. -7. S. .lensop. vice-president, of tho Meat Control Board, advised the Dairy Farmer* - Tnion conference to-day that, while investigating the meat market in London, on behalf of tiie board, be had found there was a good market for pork and bacon, and the agents tolil him there was a.prospect of developing the market. Pork weighed heavier than beef, and he bail managed to get freights reduced from 1 fid per lb. plus 2} per cent, to Id. He was confident this would be further reduced. He thought there would be a pood demand for bacon if the right breed of pigs were used, and they were exported to Britain at tho right time—from September to the end of April. New Zealand was up against Denmark, which exported r>o,fHlo tons of bacon in one month, while Argentina and other countries had a largo and well-organised trade. On the other hand. New Zealand's climatic conditions were second ti; none, and she had skim milk and green feed in plenty. With regard to tiie weight of animals for export, pork of 0011) to 7011). or Sillh at tbe outside, and bacon 1201b to 1801b, or 1 f>011) at the outside, was in demand. The speaker emphasised the fact that pigs should not be too fat. a frequent fault in New Zealand pigs.