BETTER BEEF TYPE
LONDON REQUIREMENTS WAIROA PAILMEirS VIEWS ( Herald Correspondent.) The necessity of producing t\ better tvpe of beef so a< to provide young • ii'l ■ mall quarters for the Smithliohl market was stressed by Mr. T. L. Powdreii in an address at a meeting of the Wairoa branch of the Farmers' Union. Mr. Powdreii said he visited bin it.l- - three times to sec the arrival of N. \\ /.-aland chilled beef, which -honed up very well compared with the frozen. The type Of animal, however, did not compare with that from the Argentine, and a quantity of fair qualify was difficult to dispose of. Seme "was too old and too big. The peopic at Homo required small joints, and a lower and in..re compacl type of animal was necessary. Chicago had the best beef he saw on liia tour, Mr. Powdreii added. Croat pain- were tai.cn in raising beef ill America and in marketing." "They faun their beef there," lie added, ".iii-l as we farm our lamb, and if we hope to compete, we will have to do Ihe same riling.'' The best I.eel' animal- in Chicago brought from £Jo to £57 a head.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 16
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193BETTER BEEF TYPE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 16
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