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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28128, 17 November 1956, Page 3

WARNING ON EXPORT SHEEP With the opening of a new freezing season coinciding with a lush growth in many districts, it is timely to draw the attention of farmers to the need for sheep to be presented in a suitable condition for slaughter. Among award conditions covering employment at freezing works there is a clause governing the killing of recently shorn or crutched stock. This provides that nt lambs or sheep shall be tendered for killing until a lapse of three weeks after shearing or crutching. The aim is to reduce the risk of injury during the dressing of carcases. This is in keeping with the wish of the Department of Labour to prevent accidents. The necessity for the precaution should be evident to all acquainted with the task of slaughtermen working with sharp knives. If a works management is in doubt in any case, the farmer must be prepared to submit a dated receipt for v ages paid in support of the actual shearing or crutching date. A farmer unwilling to do that may have bis stock returned at his own expense. It is equally important that stock should not be tendered in a dirty condition as this has ill effects on the quality of both carcase and shpe wool. It is essential that dirty stock should be crutched at least three weeks prior to drafting. A very real advantage is that any animals bruised in the operation will have recovered by the time they go into the freezing works and so the risk of rejection is lowered. —Advt