FROZEN MEAT EXPORTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18386, 2 May 1934, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT EXPORTS

RELIEVING HAITI WORKS RESUMING KILLING RATE I It. is hoped to resume the normal rate of killing at the Kaiti freezing works next week, after the dispatch of the Fordsdale with 19,000 freight carcases of frozen meat. For the past fortnight the killing boards have been worked at only about half capacity in view of congestion in the freezing chambers for sheep and lambs, but the animals received for slaughter have been increased slightly over the past few days in view of the impending arrival of the Fordsdale on Monday. In addition, the Port Melbourne is coming to Gisborne a week later to load 20,000 freight carcases, and this, combined with further shipments a little later, should do much to relieve congestion in the freezing chambers. This has been a remarkably good autumn for sheep and lamb fattening. There has been sufficient rain in the back country to produce growth, but there lias not, been an over-abund-ance of moisture, this leaving the feed in good condition for quick fattening and freeing the lambs from the parasites that militated against their progress during the spring. Owing to the late start made this season, however, the numbers handled at. the Kaiti works are about 70,000 or 80,00(1 sheep and lambs behind Just season’s total, and now reach approximately 420,000. It is expected that within about a fortnight the number available for slaughter will begin to fall off. Cattle have come in in fairly large numbers lately, and pigs continue To arrive freely. Already over 8000 pigs have been slaughtered at Kaiti this season, compared with the previous record of just under 0000 last year, ft is hoped to kill almost 10,000 pigs before the end of the season.