“LIVE BEEF”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 11

“LIVE BEEF”

FROM SOUTH AFRICA NEW DEVELOPMENT IN TRADE LONDON, Fob. 13. A now development m Empire trade, which may help to reduce lUitain s iniports of foreign meat, > s foreshadowed |,y the arrival at Liverpool of 79 graded Shorthorn cattle, from South Africa, and the lijst consignment of "live beef” that the I'nioti hits sent to England, though progressive South African laniters have always stilled that the trade could he made to pay despite the heavy transport costs. Kurdish butchers and South Airman oil ieia ls inspected the cattle, and wen' snrpriseil at the excellent condition they had ina ini aim'd despite the terrible weather. There is little dniild that, it the voyage had heett calmer; the experiment would have shown a prolit, and that tin' cattle would have been bought “mi the hoof.” As it is. the final test will '.nine when the animals are slaughtered next week. An intensive : jnvermmmt campaign lor the use of ptnehred bulls has produced onsidei a hie improvement in South African cattle during the lust lew years, and it is now hoped that, helped by the new importance which Empire trade has acquired. South Africa may replace some of the heel" Dritaiti now imports from the Argentine.