EXPORT OF LAMB

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 14

EXPORT OF LAMB

THREAT TO DOMINION COMPETITION BY AUSTRALIA WARNING TO PRODUCERS fIJY TKLKCHAPII —I'RF.SS ASSOCIATION] MASTUKTON, Tuesday A nolo of warning regarding the seriousness to the Dominion of Australia's bold bid to capture the fat lamb trade at Homo was sounded by Mr. N. S. McClunipha, Home travelling representative of the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Kach year Australia was increasing its percentage of quality lambs and was now sending nieatv, useful little lambs weighing about .'JOIb., of the type needed on the Home market, said Mr. McClunipha. 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 ho maintained and that the Home retailer should be supplied with the type of meat he had found most suitable to the 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 .'iOlb. to .'}'2ll>. Heavier lambs could be marketed, provided tliey were of kooil quality. The smaller carcase was more likely to be able to withstand the effect of a muggy, foggy day.