FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY
Big Decrease In Killings
The official figures of killings for the present season at the Dominion’s Freezing Works from October 1 till January 2, as issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, show that lamb killings now total 1.930.314 carcases, a decrease of 601,130 carcases compared with the killings to January 3 last season. Wether mutton killings are 37,189 carcases, and ewe mutton killings 73.826 carcases, compared with 104,849 and 47,368 carcases respectively last season.
Frozen beef production has reached 44,166 quarters, compared with 30,985 quarters last season. Porker killings total 8517 carcases, a decrease of 22,068 and baconers total 35.638 carcases, a decrease of 70.160.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22486, 22 January 1943, Page 4
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110FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22486, 22 January 1943, Page 4
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