Reduction In Export Meat Killings
STOOX HEtO ;FOR-EXCESS FEED
NORTH ISLAND EXPERIENCES GOOD FATTENING SEASON
Kx porf merit kill in ft's lor tile period < letnlier I, I!) IS, (o .laimai’v 2!), I!MM, show n drop of t),l(>() tons compared with i lie eon espoiidiiio' period for last season, slates the New Zealand .Meat. Producers Hoard.
The drop in killings to date is a reflection of the excellent fattening season being experienced, especially in the North Island, where farmers are finding it ncossary ;to, hold stock in order to cope with the amount of feed available. This position is further emphasised by . the excellent average carcase weights .for .stock killed to date, those for lamb being 1.31bs per carcase, in excess of the corresponding figures for the previous season. To date ail indications point to last season’s tonnage of meat for export being, comfortably exceeded. Export killings to .January 29, are set out below with the corresponding figures for the previous season in
parentheses' ■ North Island! Lamb (e'es) 3,496,354 (3.797,562), wether Ic cs) 89,143 (154, 607), ewes (c.cs) 262,294 (290,737), beef (qrs) 15,783 (90,695), porkers (e./cs) 6,599. (8,529), baconers (c/'cs) 75,189 (80,655).
1- (South Island.—Lamb (e 'es) 1,434,599 (1,400,266), wether (e cs) 3,913 (5,974), ewes U"es) 63,095 (49,860), beef (qrs) 2,050 (2,045), porkers '(c.cs) 41 (.198), baconers (e'es) .1,898 (2,444).
Dominion, - Lamb (eves') .4,930,953 (5,197,828), wether <c csi 93,056 (160,
581), ewes (c es) 325.389 (340,597), beef (qrs) 17,833 (92,740), porker.- (res) 6,640 (8,727.), baconers (c/cs) 77,087 (83,099).
Average killing weights to date with ..comparative . figures for last season in parentheses: North island. Lambs 35.72 (34.39*, wethers 00.94 (62.43), ewes 59.42 (59.07). South Island.—Lambs 35.89 (34.67), wethers 54.2% (52.66), ewes 54.38 (54.17). Dominion. Lambs 35.77 (34.47), wethers 60.66 (62.07), ewes 58.44 (58.35).
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Te Puke Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 18 February 1949, Page 4
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