EXPANDING PIG INDUSTRY
BIGGER EXPORT KILLINGS GISBORNE’S 500 A WEEK A J>iincrease in jtijj - killings for export is reported irom the Kaiti freezing works this season. .Eroni 400 to oIJO ]>igs are being slaughtered eaeh week, and the total lor tint season already exceeds 2000. Last season was by far the largest pork export season the Gisborne uistrict has experienced, and nearly (idol) pigs were killed at .ham, an increase oi over -JOub on the best previous period. Judging by the increased interest shown in the industry in the district over the past few months, a substantial increase on last season was expected in the killings for export, but present indications point to an oven greater rise than was at Jirst anticipated.
ti (lie killings .of from 400 to 500 pigs a week continue, last season 's total will lie surpassed by the end ol: January, an.l it would not be surprising ii the figure for 111 .'ld did is not chadded be foie the present season is out. Market prospects continue bright, and this factor, combined with iiie great expansion m the dairying industry, lias helped materially in inducing fanners to breed more pigs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18254, 24 November 1933, Page 6
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195EXPANDING PIG INDUSTRY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18254, 24 November 1933, Page 6
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