INDUSTRY NOT NEW.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 185, 8 August 1927, Page 9

INDUSTRY NOT NEW.

FIRST SEASON IN WAIKATO.

"We have been told tlut a good deal of young veal has been exported from the Continent to England, and the calves could be sold in New Zealand if they were up to the weight," stated Mr. T. Simpson, general manager of the Farmers' Freezing Company, when explaining the matter from the point of view of his company, which is nonbuying. He admitted that the young veal was uged for making pies and pastes, and although the evidence was only hearsay, it was probably mixed with bacon. All ealves were killed under rigid inspection by the officers of the Agricultural Department. The industry was not a new one, for during last season about 40,000 calvee were treated in the Taranaki district, the meat being boned out and shipped to England. The industry had been extended to the Waikato this season, and it was estimated that there were over 30,000 cows within easy access of the freezing worke, which meant that at least 150,000 calves would bo available for export. Under the conditions that obtained last year, the only return from the calves would be the average value of the skins, about 3/6, whereas, under the present system the total return to the district per calf was approximately 10/.