THE MEAT MARKETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 8

THE MEAT MARKETS.

y; : - '. \ ■, HIGH. PRICES FOR BACON. ' H' las breeders' and grawrs' branch of the Farlc . ®erif' Unton, , receivod 11 cable yesterday oj»--|y " Mounting that the- beef market was firming, 3*d 2 !: v: .. cJ.f. London being offered. ? r 'The ouaiet at Home < for pork is also very fVS • firm. In a communication 'he breeders' 1s - _ sad growers' - broach of the Farmers' Union lave We-- received. from London; it is anticipated that the r' v c.I.L Liverpool price of 6Jd wilt be maintained for. poflc, as alter .exhaustive inquiries in Lon- * (Jon and, , throughout the province*, the - general „ , concensus of opinion was. that values tor fresh - .f - pork " would' remain comparatively high up to sZ}f / April- ot Text year,' and possibly for a longer ISMfrp period- - All over price# were high, and although, pfe'i;' induced by a favourable market, pig producers' g$ ■ > were laying . themselves out to increase- their ufi output, it, was unlikely that supplies would • '■*-■. increase in volume sufl'u A-itly to aSect the mar - | 4- |j- i - Vet lor c. good many months to come, I i-; Tha present high prices o£ bacon are, no doubt, Sv" interfering with the consumption, an 1 it folV low* that if prices- were to decline the rate of consumption would increase, ar-d thus prevent S"yV' any grfcat drop until applies became much heavier. In view of this the cable received by ' the Farmers' Union suggest* that in Kew Zealand prod nee may safely count on prices 5-.;.; "' being- * maintained at fully 5Jd per lb c.i.f. for " < . the next six months. '• The. weights most suited for Liverpool are light- >! ; weights, ranging: from 601b to 100] It. There is •>:' also a large demand abpufc Brirto! by bacon* curers for heavy-weights up to 180 ib and over, j- and inquiries are being made for heavy-weight pigs, but thee© would have to be singed, as curcrs complain that the meat will not sr.tokc out at all - > satisfactorily S otherwise. There is a demand in the-Welsh districts by baoon-curern for carcases 5*5 .. weighing up to, »ny,. 2001b, but the outlets are V limited as compared with manufactured bacon. •■,-/: V; In consequence of the favourable ; reports tin Farmers' Union Association (breeders and graziers' y - branch) have issued a circular to the vark>u>» - braaefcef and members of tins Union in this province :te<|a«itiflg co-operation in -fonmilating ii scheme for the purpose of curing the heavy-weight 1 pigs and shipping lighter weights to the Homo market, . . -