MEAT PRODUCTION

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 157, 29 March 1941, Page 8

MEAT PRODUCTION

Export Killings OCTOBER TO MID-MARCH ’ Export killings at the Dominion’s freezing works from October 1 to March 15 last, show a total of 7,828,407 freight carcases, which according to the official statement of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, Is 967,023 in excess of killings in the corresponding period of the previous season, to the nearest comparable date. North Island production was 5,482,208 freight ■ carcases, compared with 5,045,145, and South Island 2,346,199, compared with 1,816,239 in the previous season, to March 16,. 1940. Lamb killings have reached a total ' of 7,675,978, or 942,295 carcases above 1 that of the previous season. Ewe killings have increased by 183,483 carcases to a total of 1,149,705, but there was a decline of 358.5'52 in killings of wethers. this season’s total being 391,928. Details of lamb and mutton production to March 15, with the corresponding figures, for the previous season in parentheses, are as follows: —

Frozen Beef and Pork. Frozen beef production has reached 236.006 quarters compared with 123,111. Porker killings (46,249 in the North Island, and 2263 in the South) total 48,512, showing an increase of 28,077 careases. Baconer killings were as follows: North Island 240.072 (compared with 204,887); South Island 7181 (5573), an increase this season of 36.793 careases. Killings of choppers Iota! 9768, being an increase of 2522. Killings of other classes of meat expressed in 601 b. freight earcases were as . follows, with the figures for the previous ' season to approximately the same date, ■ shown in parentheses Boneless beef 247,212 (310,251) Boneless bobby veal. .86,181 ( 62,877) Sundries 267,403 1220.5281

NORTH ISLAND. Wether mutton 351,51)8 (1190,332 > Ewes 811,095 (787,111 Lain!) 4,418,370 SOUTH ISLAND. (4,078,9551 Wether mutton 40,330 (54,148) (179,111) Ewes 388.610 Lamb 8.259,008 (2.054.728)