SHEEP WEIGHTS IN THE ARGENTINE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 August 1932, Page 2

SHEEP WEIGHTS IN THE ARGENTINE

The Argentine Division of Control of the Meat Trade has issued a statistical table giving- the average weigh!s and prices of the differenl classes of sheep killed in the Argentine during 1929 and 1930. The average weight of the wethers; in both years was the same, 25 kilos—-i.e., | 551 b. The average weight of the ewes in 1929 was 28 kilos, or 61.01 b, while in 1930 the average weight was 26 kilos, or 57.211). The average! weight of lambs and hoggets in 1929 | was 17 kilos, or 37.41 b, and in 1930, the average weight was exactly llu j same, The average weight of sheep j killed in the live plants operating on the South Coast, and designated as Patagonian Freezers, was in 1920 2e kilos, for wethers, equal tic 441 b. The same average was also registf rerl in 11)30. Ewes, i" L 929 nvenuve-.! 'n kii.-s. ,Mjiial lo 39.61 b, while in '■■'■'■ '■<■">' : >v, '.raged .17 kilos, u-mii i :; ;,.!tb Lambs and hoggets averaged 13 ivilc both years, e<iual to 28.G1b. Resources of (he Argentine ]!;.. comparison, (lie Argeni ov i' ■ ■ si'sshl (i ii'' ••! liiousmn! ■ "t ■■«i !,:i! ' miles o)' ih-vi'i -tly n:u plain ' ,: " •' rich alluvia! mm'! civi rii a :><>■, '■■■■- waier IjciUir." s'd». si i'ala. whir',; n ,■ plied ine roots oi Un- ail:,oa • '•■.•'■ j and. ensured rieii, ■ ins: ■'■•.: '■•- ,! <■ '■ '• the year round. Tin .V; sreitl ine v, a;- ! ijsii sulijecij to ilroiigiils or • H ion ! cattle i)e Is am! i'u.. n ; :■ ,-• in in ; Irnid watering o! I in- ili' • ■' !'iai" en.. i ~l)ie,| (.he heel' 10 he hiMil.v.hi fplirklv works and shipped from some ol :■■■• most modern docks in the world b) fast steamers making the voyage tc h ndon in 17 or IS days. My killing some 3000 to 4000 head of cattle a day in these large plants, it was possible to fill several hatches every 24 hours, close them up and control the temperature accurately. It was impracticable, the exploiter, added, to collect chilled beef in small quantities at a variety of ports, as was dene in New Zealand with frozen beef, mutton and lamb.