HIGH QUALITY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 180, 1 August 1941, Page 5

HIGH QUALITY

U.S. MEAT SUPPLY

COMPARISON WITH N.Z.

AUCKLANDER'S IMPRESSIONS

"The good quality beef is far superior to the best that New Zea,«nd produces, and the pig meats •re also superior to a certain extent ■to New Zealand standards, but sheep ™ lambs are of much less importance in the United States meat inJ™stry than beef or pigs, and are npt. of as good type and quality as generally seen in New Zealand." v ni f sums up the impression gained oy Mr. B. L. Orr, manager of Wilson jveats, Ltd.. in the course of an nvestigation of the United States "ve stock and meat industry in the course of a trip from which he has iust returned.

tie matic conditions and soil qualities are widely varied in the several the • and the y determine largely ■Khl prefei "ence for raising cattle. 1 thf , P or says Mi-. Orr, while £e local methods of feeding, market«'S and soil treatment differ so that y u f! ' om those of New Zealand twrn Production methods of the !™o countries cannot be compared with any advantage.

No Saleyard Auctions ahi!J -n e marketing, he added, probtn*, per cent of "11 stock is sent $ kaleyards, where there is no form thrWu O u' but tne sales are carried g hy commission agents, who wSt P riva tely with buyers at a S&fE 100 ! b live wei .ght. This Z«*i^L the P rice anomalies of New; turW au ction sales, and keeps reurns for the various classes of stock! ■timl P lf P rm Price. At the same syst P m e { f l l ,hat tho N " ew Zealand start of bu ylng and selling fat j£,*.. on the real yield, instead of it in an "all in" estimate Er£t d Wlth nthpr flakes, would give andbu-^J.! ifirat " tion tu boln farmers

From the point of purchase by| [packers, a marvellous system of| I efficiency operated, in the course of| which all the cuts required by retail; shops were provided in the qualityjl I required for both high-class andj J poorer trades, and every particle ofi the carcase was put to the most valuable use. The bigger packing, firms employ a full staff of scientific I research men on working out methods and ideas to produce a bet-j ter article and to get the best out of the live stock their company handles. Must Improve Our Meats "There is no doubt," says Mr. Orr, • "that so far as U.S.A. is con'cernedj the quality, preparation and of the products is -all-important. If New Zealand is ever to share in this , great market, there is only one way, and that is through improving, noti just maintaining, our quality of meats. "The dressing and packing can be achieved at any time, but the production of super quality takes years, and should not be delayed. Our lambs are good, but could be uni-i formly better, and as to cattle, how] long is it since really good beef builsj ; were imported into this country?! > Have we ever introduced a 3000-j guinea Black. Hereford, or Short-. . horn bull to New Zealand?" 1 In conclusion, Mr. Orr commented! ' on the systematic testing and killing-! J off of all infected cattle in the United! :,States to eliminate tuberculosis in: -ithe herds, and a similar stamping: )!out of the disease in pigs. Such a 1 system, he remarked, would be even 3 more beneficial in New Zealand, ilwhere pigs are almost entirely fed, on milk, some of which came from: infected dairy herds. It was of significance to us, too. that the U.S.A. - meat packing and canning factories t are now working at their utmost i limit, and supplying a big percent--1 age of the canned and cured meats 3 to the United Kingdom.