MEAT PRODUCTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23969, 20 May 1941, Page 3

MEAT PRODUCTION

INCREASED LAMB KILLINGS Export killings of stock at the Dominion's freezing works from October 1, lftdO. to Mnv I'M 1. as issued by the New Zealand Mc'it Producers' Hoard, show thai lamb killings have reached a total of ft.£ft2,lOS. or <;."is.|t| c.an-a<es above that of the previous season. I'.ue killings now show a decrease of •„'sn sss carcases, com]iared with the previous season, the current total being 1.352.ftt0. Wethers have declined by 02.'!.805, the killings this season totalling 510.117. Frozen beef production iias reached Itt.OsT quarters, compared with .'525,1T5. Porker killings (P15.202 in the North Island and 1701 in the South) total I 10,003, showing an increase of 0:5,008 carcases. Bacnner killings were as follows; North island, 280.810 (compared with 285,203); South Island, 0080 (10,031), an increase this season of 01 1 carcases. Killings of choppers total 10.200. being an increase of 210. Killings of other classes of meat expressed in ouiii freight carcases were as follows, with the figures for the previous season to approximately (lie same dale, shown in parentheses: I'.otodess beef, 052.<>02 (500.220); boneless bobby veal, St';,n2l (00.15 ft); sundries. :: I 1,007 (031.770)