FROZEN MEAT
Production Figures
The official figures of the killings for the present season at the Dominion’s freezing works from October 1 till December 19. as issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, show that lamb killings now total 1,338,006 carcases, a decrease of 603,685 carcases over the killings to December 20 last season. Wether mutton killings are 26.618 carcases, and ewe mutton killings 47,079 carcases, compared with 70.766 and 29.225 carcases respectively last season. Details of the lamb and mutton killings in the North and the South Islands, with figures for the previous season in parentheses are as follows: North Island Lamb 1.191.082 (1.386,468* Wether Mutton 26.609 -66.970' Ewe Mutton .. 47,019 (23,937* South Island Lamb .. .. 146,924 < 555.223 > Wether Mutton 9 <3.796* Ewe Mutton .. 60 <5.288* Frozen beef production has reached 36,032 quarters, compared with 24.189 quarters last season. Porker killings total 7751 carcases, a decrease of 20.038, and baconers total 30,964 carcases, a decrease of 63,407.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22479, 14 January 1943, Page 2
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158FROZEN MEAT Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22479, 14 January 1943, Page 2
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