BACON EXPORT TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1923, Page 4

BACON EXPORT TRADE.

GENESIS OF THE MOVEMENT. FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. Mr. J. S. Jessep, vice-president of the Meat Control Board, advised the Dairy Farmers’ Union conference at Palmerston North last week that., while investigating the meat market in London, -on behalf of the board, he had found there was a good market for pork and bacon, and the agents told him there was a prospect of developing the market. Pork weighed heavier than beef, and he had managed to get freights reduced from 1 5-8 d per lb„ plus 2j per cent., to Id. He was confident this would be further reduced. He thought there would be a good demand for bacon if the right breed of pigs were used, and they were exported to Britain at the right time—from September to the end of April. New Zealand was up against Denmark, which exported 50,000 tons of bacon in one month, while Argentina and other countries had a large and well-organised trade. On the other hand, New Zealand’s climatic conditions were second ,to none, and she had skim milk and green feed in plenty. With regard to the weight of animals for export, pork of 601 b. to 701 b., or 801 b. at the outside, and bacon 1201 b. to 1801 b., or 1901 b. at the outside, was in demand. The speaker emphasised the fact that pigs should not be too fat, a frequent fault in New Zealand pigs. It would be agreed tfiat our export trade could not be built up in a day, but he believed that within the next year there would be a large increase. Unless the right thing was done, there would soon be too few pi£s in. the country. There- was only one way of bringing down the heavy load of taxation, and that was by increasing exports. It was possible to do this by increasing export of pigs within the next few years. *