THE BACON INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11874, 7 July 1924, Page 6

THE BACON INDUSTRY

NEW ZEALAND’S GREAT OPENING. huge market waiting in ENGLAND. “Bacon .for breakfast” is almost * religion in. most English-speaking countries, but more so m England than its any part of the world, and in spite Of the huge production at Home, none of Which is exported, Ireland sends vast quantities of pork ahd bacon lo England, America sends about £27,0007000 annually and Denmark about £17,000,000. These figures were quoted by the Prime Minister, Mr W. F. Massey, at the Winter Show on Saturday night.. While in London ( he saw huge quan-’ titiea of bacon from other Countries in Smithfield Market, but not a pound from New Zealand. He believed there Wdk a splendid opening, and that theV Could build up an important industry in New Zealand, and he did not see Why they should not do SO. He saw ho brOoh lti Smithfield to compare in appearance with that he bad seen in the show that day. (Applause.) With the tremendous amount of dairying going on and the.little trouble required to grew, hard foods, they should bo able to increase, the number of pigs and come up to Denmark as they had done in the production of dairy produce. (Hear, hear.)