BRITISH VIEWS ON BEEF-RAISING

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27914, 10 March 1956, Page 7

BRITISH VIEWS ON BEEF-RAISING

According to opinions expressed in a recent issue of the "Farmer and Stockbreeder,” England, there is not a great deal of money in beef raising in Great Britain. It appears, also, that the reward for producing quality beef is not in proportion to the extra effort and expense required to do this. These views were expressed by English farmers on the occasion of the presentation of a paper on beef production, by Dr. John Hammond (noted animal husbandry lecturer). In proposing a vote of thanks to Dr. Hammond, Mr A. Crichton, a prominent farm manager, of Norfolk, said that even the Scots, who had a tradition of beef production, said that they did not make much money out of beef. Another farmer raised the question of "quality or quantity,” and it was agreed that although qulity was asked for. the extra reward for it did not always make it a better proposition. Dr. Hammond remarked that quality always drew the maximum price when competition was keen, and would thus come into consideration when competition from abroad increased.