PIG MARKETING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 2

PIG MARKETING

FIRST SEASON’S CO>OPRRAATON PAYMENTS TO TOTAL £6O,OQQ It is anticipated that about £60,000 will be the aggregate payment for pigs in the first season’s operations under .tlje New Zealand co-operative pig marketing scheme. All this money will be distributed 'in Auckland province, says the Hamilton correspondent of the “Star.” Already £15,000 has been paid out by the association, which has now 11,000 suppliers. The January pool will 'consist of about 10,000 carcases. The season closes at the end of April, when it is estimated that 40,000 carcases will have been handled. Already 16,000 have been exported. The Government subsidy takes effect from Ist February. The Kaipara Dairy Company has joined the association, which will in future issue all cheques to suppliers free of exchange. Pork to the value of £12,000 has been shipped to Sydney, and there is ji goexi demand for further ’ supplies. The weights most in demand are from 1101 b to 1351 b.

The association is paying one farthing more per lb for better quality baconers as an inducement to establish a market for quality. The business is now declared to he past the experimental stage/ an J the first settlement, to be made almost immediately, will fully justify the scheme, as it. is contended that export undoubtedly has prevented an undue fall of prices. " • ‘ ' *