MEAT QUOTAS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 9

MEAT QUOTAS

EXPORTS TO BRITAIN FIGURES FOR THIRD QUARTER DECREASE IN CHILLED BEEF LONDON, May 4 The International Beef Conference has recommended importations of beef for the third quarter of 1939 as follows: —Chilled: New Zealand, 12B,000c\rt.; Australian, 200,000cwt.; total, 2,293,000cwt. Frozen: New Zealand, 190,000cwt.; Australian, 559,000cwt.; total, 811,000cwt. Veal: New Zealand, 20,000cwt.; Australian, 17,000cwt.; total, 39,000cwt.

Imports of beef into Great Britain are now limited to the quotas announced each quarter by tno International Beef Conference.

A comparison of tho quotas from New Zealand for the third quarters of this year and 1938 is as follows: —

1030 3038 Rise or Cwt. Cwt. Fall Chilled beef . 328,000 144,000 -10,000 Frozen beef . 100,000 112,000 +78,000 Veal . .. 20,000 28,000 - 8,000

Export of chilled beef has expanded rapidly in recent years and has far outstripped the frozen beef trade. Shipments to Britain in the past export season were 236,818 quarters, or about 296,000 c wt.

The increased quota for frozen beef should have little effect as this trade has been" dwindling in the past few years. In the past sea3on, which ended in September, 1938, a total of 163,596 quarters, or about 240,000cwt. was snipped from New Zealand to Britain. KILLING OF SHEEP DECLINE IN SOUTHLAND 130,000 FEWER LAMBS FAT EWE TOTAL INCREASES [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] IN7ERCARGILL, Friday With the end of the lamb killing season in Southland in sight it is now practically certain that the output of mutton from the province will show a reduction of about 10 per cent on the record total for the previous season. Lamb killings are actually lower by 13 per cent, but this position is offset by a substantial increase in the killing of sheep. For the three weeks since Easter the three Southland works bave been extremely busy, but there has been a marked improvement during the present week and the congestion is now fully relieved. Supplies have dropped fairly rapidly and it is not expected that full time will bo worked by the slaughtermen for the remainder of the season. There will be no killing at the Makarewa and Mataura works to-day and tho Mataura works will not be open on Monday. Fair supplies will probably be offering during the next fortnight, but the season is likely to end before the end of this month. In busy seasons it has not been possible to handle big numbers of fat sheep until drafts of . fat lambs were about at an end, but during the slack period before Easter many lines of fat ewes and wethers were bandied and killings to the end of April show an increase of 37,000 on the previous season. The drop in lambs, however, amounts to 130,000, leaving a net drop in killings of 93,000. ... It would be impossible for supplies during the remainder of the season to make up for the reduction in output so far experienced, particularly as it is not expected that drafts will be sufficient to keep the works operating more than three or four days a week after next week.

LONDON WOOL SALES CROSSBREDS CLEARED HOME TRADE DEMAND LONDON, May 4 At the wool sales to-day 8366 bales were offered, including 5827 bales from New Zealand, and 7180 bales were sold. Home trade interest again centred in New Zealand crossbreds, which were well cleared at firm rates. New Zealand greasy halfbred "Glenalton" made 9icT per lb; "Kawakawa" made an average of 8d and top nrice of 9Jd; greasy crossbred "Otawnao" made 9£d and 10|d; "Admiral W.M.C.K." made 9£d and 10$ d; scoured crossbred pieces. "Hike," made 12 jd and 13jd; slipe halfbred lambs, "Three Crowns," made 14£ d; "Awarua" made 13jd. BRADFORD MARKET DEMAND FOII CROSSBREDS LONDON, May 4 The Bradford market is steady but quiet. Crossbreds are strong owing to the Government's military contracts. Following are to-day's quotations and those of recent weeks:— Apl. 13 A pi. '2O Apl. 27 May 4 per lb per lb per lb per lb d d U d Seventies .. 20 20 20 20 Sixty-fours .. 24/, 24Vi 21V a 24 1 /, Sixties .. 23% 23% 23% 23% Fifty-eights .. 21 2.1 21 21 Tifty-gixes .. 19 10 19 19 Fifties .. 17 17 17 17 Forty-sixes .. *lo'/ a # lOV a *lO , / 3 *lo*/, Forties .. *16% *lOV a *lO% *16% •Nominal. MACHINE TO WRAP BUTTER INSTALLATION IN AUCKLAND A butter-wrapping machine is to be installed during the next two weeks for the internal marketing division of the Primary Products Marketing Department in its butter patting depot on King's Wharf, by Mr. N. L. Caldwell, of Melbourne, representing an Australian machinery agency, who arrived by the Awn tea yesterday. Valued at £2OOO, the machine has a capacity for wrapping six to ten tons ot butter a day in pounds and half-pounds. The machine was made in Switzerland. WAIKATO PIG CLUBS REPORT OF SUPERVISOR [ntOM OUR OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Friday "The value of the pig club movement and its instructional scheme is just as good as farmers like to make it," states Mr. C. P. Harington, Waikato district pig supervisor, in his report, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the Waikato District Pig Council on May 11. Mr. Harington states that disappointments were inevitable in all lines of farming and pig fanning was no exception. However, it was worthy of note that most losses were man-made. Losses would always occur until methods of pig breeditie were improved. There had been a falling off in the number of pigs produced, - because the abnormal weather conditions had lowered the milk production. The farm labour shortage, milk consumed in schools and the growing popularity ot' milk bars had also helped to curtail the basic food of pigs. An increase in the production of milk was very necessary.