MEAT FOR BRITAIN

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 13026, 3 May 1940, Page 6

MEA T FOR BRITAIN

KXPOUT GKADIvp ‘ s TAXOAKf)s

Rfspoxsibiutv OF HOARD

Following the sale of our . the United Kingdom. u lO supervising the grading of leient classes of meat at the,-,' 1 works is receiving the teution of the Officers of thexw' land Meat Producers' hoard In the negotiat ions with the (v Kingdom, it was specially vraT' that a separate price should i w for Prime Down Cross lambs w special price was also fixed f or j." 1 Canterbury lamb. "

I he general condition of purrt lt . in respect of grading laid down vthe contract with the British Mi,,.of Food is that the meat is tit ! the usual descriptions and grades! present shipped from New This, however, has to be qualified regards the North Island to the !' tent that the Down Cross lambs win be graded separately from the ordK ary crossbred - type lambs at tb works. An undertaking has been given to the British Government that all carcases graded “Down Cross" will k of “Down” type. This should bo kept in mind by farmers when cot;sidering the grading returns they re> ceive from the works, as only lambs which show characteristics of the Down can be included in this Down Cross grade. As applying to the South Island, it would not be to the advantage of farmers if the Down Cross lambs were specially picked out, as the remaining lambs would have to take a lesser price than the present price offered for Prime Canterbury, Therefore the prices and grading as arranged for the South Island are to the advantage of the farmer. In support of this, it may be pointed out that there is only a difference in value between the Prime Down Cross lambs and Prime Canterbury of l-16d per lb., whereas the price of Crossbred lambs in the North Island shows a difference of 3-16 d when compared with the Prime Down pjrice. '

I In order to conserve space in the freezing stores and in the vessels which are provided for the carriage | of meat, the British Government requested that all carcases of mutton and lamb should be telescoped, as was done during the last war. To ensure that all freezing works are cutting and packing the carcases to a uniform standard, the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, as a result of a discussion with the Priniar) Industries Controller, arranged for one of its officers to specially visit the various works in the Dominion to examine the way in which the cutting of carcases was being done. The Meat Board’s Supervising Grader has now finalised his " or k in this connection, having carried out demonstrations at the works "it those concerned. This should resu in a uniform pack being shipped from the various freezing works.