PIG EXPORT

Southland Times, Issue 22991, 10 September 1936, Page 12

PIG EXPORT

Development In Sou Hi Is land Prospects for the pig export season generally were bright, especially for baconers, said Messrs W. A. Phillips and A. W. Hastings, of the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association, in an interview with The Southland Times last night. Both men arrived in Invercargill last night and will remain here till Friday. They had been very pleased with the support given the association by Southland last year, the total number of carcasses handled showing more than 100 per cent, increase over the previous year. The development of the pig industry in the South Island could be considerably increased, they said. Much second class grain from the South Island was sent to the North Island for pig food, and this grain could be more economical!}' used in the Island in which it was produced. Many North Island farmers, using grain from the South Island as food, were able by the sale of pigs to add materially to their butterfat cheques, and development along bigger lines was both possible and desirable in the south. Comparing the production of both Islands, the average numbers of pigs taken from North Island farms was 21—in the Gisborne district, which was of similar type to Southland, the number was 25—and in the South Island the average was only nine.