MEAT AND WOOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 11

MEAT AND WOOL

N z. LAMB still popular GOOD season reported Although the output of meat from New Zealand for the first j months of the curr-nt season j uo to June 30 has not been as great “ for the corresponding period of I ♦ i-e last year, the season has been f-iirly satisfactory from the fatten- j ing point of view. rPHK seventh annual teport of the; 1 * \cw Zealand Meat Producers’ ' ■wnarcl besides this, also shows that I * found. It refers to the development I f trade with Xorth America. the crowing popularity of New Zealand f am b. the approaching reduction in freight rates and the rise in marine J insurance charges. Climatic conditions were favourable in most parts of the Dominion, with an abundance of feed, so that at no point were freezing works congested | L in times of dry spells, when there [ \svre rushes of stock to the works. The average weight of mutton and | lamb killed for export showed an in- j fre ase over the figures for the past three years, which should be reflected in the general quality of our meat when displayed at Smithfield. NORTH ISLAND REDUCTION An analysis of killings for export ! in* to June 30 showed the killings of beef, mutton and lamb to have been j considerably reduced in the Xortli 1 Island as compared with the same j period last year, whereas in the South ].-land there hud been a marked increase in both mutton and lamb. The following tables give the killings for export for the first nine months of this season, compared with the cor- i responding period of last season, the totals being in terms of carcases, ex- i crpt in the case of sundries and boneless beef (freight carcases) and heel'

The report also reveals that although by fur the greater part of the Dominion's meat exports was again seat to London (4.594.000 freight carcases) with the West Coast of the United Kingdom (1,032.000) second. trade with Southampton was substantially increased, and the connection with the United States and Canadian ports very well maintained. Trade with French, Belgian and German ports appears to have dwindled to negligible proportions tlv-s season. T]jc value of the Domion's sheen and cattle industry, as measured by the export statistics on the f.o.b. values for the year ended on March 31, was u.-j follows: C Wool 15,576,291 Frozen meat . . .. 10,509,650 Hides and skins . . 3,1 11,169 Other by-products . 1,613,032 Total £30.810,142 New Zealand pork, states the report, is now rega -ded as the best imported into the United Kingdom, and is becoming favourably established on the Smithfield market. The reduction of 5 per cent. in‘ freight secured by the' board under its present three years' contract will tak*- « ffeet from September l next. Dissatisfaction is expressed. however, at the increase in marine insurance rates. hast year's accessive rates on boneless beef and sundries had been reduced.

NORTH Beef ISLAND 1928-29 1028-29 130,07!* 1027-28 1927-28 340,047. Wether mutton . Siti, 43 5 1,000,807, Ewe mutton .. 372,5!) 1 526,609 Lamb 2,685.103 112,236 42, OSS 110.70S 2,833,5;: 2 Pork ( porkers) . Pork (baconers) Boneless beef . 114.573 36,631 221,326 35,223 Sunrtr es .... 44,760 SOUTH Beef ISLAND 102S-20 SI 4 1927-2S 1,413 Wether mutton . 4 Ewe \ mutton ' 1.74,630 317,944 3,182.481 sSi:?l? Potk (porkers > . l’ork (baconers*) iTtli 0 Boneless beef . Sundries .. .. urn 32,47)0 21,425