Australia's Bid for Fat lamb Trade

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 273, 18 November 1936, Page 5

Australia's Bid for Fat lamb Trade

DOMINION SHOULD PRODUCE SMALLER CARCASE Per Press Association. MASTERTON, Last*Night. A note of warning regarding the seriousness to the Dominion of Australia’s bold bid to capture tho fat lamb trade at Home was sounded by Mr. N. S. McClumpha, home travelling representative of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Each year Australia was increasing its percentage of quality lambs and was now sending meaty useful little lambs weighing about 301bs of the type needed on the Home market. If New Zealand was to retain her valuable market in Great Britain for fat lambs it was essential that the quality and standard of exports should be maintained and the Homo retailer supplied with tho type of meat lie had found most suitable to local requirements. The demand at Home was for a short chubby carcase well covered and well filled but with nothing wasteful about it. Breeders should aim at producing a smaller and more compact lamb averaging about 30 to 321bs. Heavier lambs could be marketed provided they were of good quality. A smaller carcase was more likely to be able to withstand tho effect of a muggy or fuggy day.