EXPORT OF PIGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 202, 27 August 1930, Page 4

EXPORT OF PIGS.

POSITION AND PROSPECTS.

CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING.

At the .annual: meeting of the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association held in Hamilton yesterday, the chairman, Mr. S. H. Judd, gave an interesting resume of the years operatloMr. Judd said that the number of pigs handled, 37,586, was very satisfactory. After allowing for the iiumper marketed .previously for other associations in the North, this total represented an increase.over.the figures for the pievious year of about 2500,. in spite oi the fact that .there were actually 13 per cent fewer, pigs in the Dominion. Ot the numbers handled about 0500 were sold on the local market, 28,000 exported and 792 were condemned. . The quality of the produce showed an improvement on the whole, and tlie" fishy taint complained of last year had been almost entirely eliminated.' ... . The marketing of produce had oeen very, much more difficult than in the previous year, owing to the fluctuation in values in the United Kingdom and also to tk fact that supplies at the, end of the season were abnormally large. During the last three weeks the Home market had hardened appreciably and the directors had good reason to believe that the improvement would continue. Final realisations had been made up to the end of November, continued Mr. Judd, and the figures had in all cases equalled scales values and in many cases had exceeded them. The final, payments on the December and' January pools .would bring up the values to the following amounts:—Prime porkers, December; 5%d; January; 5%d; prime baconers, 5%d; January price not yet finalised; heavy bacone'rs, 4%d; January price not yet finalised; choppers, SVzd, 3%d. The values ruling this season were likely to be on a lower level than those of last year, but should "not fall below a remunerative point. ■ ' "