SHORTAGE OF FAT LAMBS
SOUTHLAND KILLINGS AFFECTED (New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, March 7. Tlie three Southland freezing works, after establishing killing records for the early part of the season, now cannot obtain enough stock to allow them to kill at full capacity. To the end of February, they had set a record of 1,217,274 head of stock killed, but at present they are working on short daily killings. In a statement today, the Southland Frozen Meat Company said that, with additional killing facilities and improved labour strength, the killings of milk lambs were practically finished by February 10, and ewe killings began immediately. “Excellent conditions were experienced during lambing, but with the continuance of dry weather until late in January, lambs did not fatten as in previous years, with the result that smaller drafts were available from the mothers,” the statement said. To the end of February, district lamb killings were short of last season’s figures by 23,085, and ewe killings increased by 106,427. Each of the three works exceeded their previous daily and weekly kills during January and February, while lambs were available.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26984, 9 March 1953, Page 6
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