Mutton and Lamb Schedule Prices

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 280, 27 November 1939, Page 3

Mutton and Lamb Schedule Prices

EXPORT SEASON COMMENCES Prices to be paid to farmers for fat lambs and sheep for export were announced on Friday by the freezing companies and meat exporters operating in the Wellington, Wairarapa and Tara naki areas of the North Island. Overall price schedules were recently announced, and the only departure from the previous practice is that the prices in the Wellington, Wairarapa and Taranaki areas are delivered Wcllingtoi. and/or New Plymouth, whichever is the nearest port. This means that farmers will receive the same prices from operators irrespective of which works the stock is killed at. To ensure that the fullest possible price is being paid to farmers and only legitimate charges are being deducted, exporters have arranged to provide the Department of Agriculture with regular returns of their operations in all districts. The current prices for immediate killing, and which are considered to be very satisfactory, arc:— Lambs. Cross. Down. bred, d. d. 361 b. and under ...... Si S 37/421b Si 71Over 501 b 7i 6:1 43/501b 72 7 i 2nds, 361 b. and under .. 71 7£ 2uds, over 361 b 7 7 Wethers. d. 4Slb. and under 5i 49/56Tb 4& 57/641b 4g 65/721b H Over 721 b 34 2nds, 561 b. and under 4& 2nds, over 561 b 4 Ewes. ' ' ’ ' d.' 641 b. and over .. .. 3& Over 641 b 2f Rejects at valuation. All prices are on the basis delivered Wellington and/ or New Plymouth. Similar arrangements are in operation elsewhere in the North Island, and it is expected that a like basis will be adopted in the South Island when the season opens there. With the object of economising space in the freezing works, in the overseas liners and in British cold stores, arrangements havo been made for the “telescoping” of the carcases of lamb and mutton, as was done during the Great War. A cut is made in the carcase between the flaps and the rump and the fore and hind parts arc secured by a special lashiug. It is stated that “telescoping” gives a saving of approximately 25 per cent. The system will operate as from Monday.