FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1928, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

*or the fortnight ended Mav 15, shipments of frozen iiieHt from the Dominion were_ as f0110w:—3790 quarters of beef, 61,957 carcases of mutton, 206.002 carcases ol n ®002 carcases of pork Shipments from October 1 to May 15 have been as follow:— 1&26-27. 1027-28. Beef quarters .... 28,613 175,404 Mutton carcases .. 1,058.1)40 1,105.301 kamb carcases .... 8,115,406 3,572,701 Pork carcases .... 55,321 71,717 The Trend of Values. 4 The following table shows the top prices of New Zealand meat at Smithfield at this date in recent years:— 1924 1025 1920 1027 1928 X.Z. mutton .. 7} 8 <;j «i 74 N.£ lamb .... 11 jij 10 l 0? N./. iH-ef .... — 5 5 4 53 N./!. i>ork — — — .j 7 j trom the above it will be seen that New Zealand farmers are getting much better returns at present than has been the case for a couple of seasons. An exception is indicated in the case of pork, but this line represents a very small proportion of the whole. Moreover the Home pork trade was completely upset when the embargo was put upon the imports of Dutch pork, and a year ago prices had not been stabilised.