KILLINGS AT MEAT-WORKS, SEASON 1922-23.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 348

KILLINGS AT MEAT-WORKS, SEASON 1922-23.

Freight on Stud Pigs from Britain. — Although the shipping companies have for some little time past been carrying stud sheep and cattle freight free from Brita in to New Zealand, this concession does not apply to pigs. The freight rates for pigs are £7 17s. 6d. per head up to five, and £6 6s. per. head for over five.

Area under Potatoes.- -The Government Statistician estimates the area under potatoes this season (1923-24) as 5,500 acres in the North Island and 11,000 acres in. the South Island, or a total of 16,500 acres. The corresponding final figures for the 1922-23 season were 5,370, 14,827, and 20,197 acres respectively. Only holdings of 1 acre and over ; outside borough boundaries are covered by these figures. A fair aggregate area of potatoes is growm on the smaller holdings and within boroughs. .

Class. North Island. South Island. Dominion . Beef . . - . . I,241,130 9,703 1,250,833 Wether mutton . . . . .903,385 103,875 I,007,260 Ewe mutton ... 328,438 137,806 466,244 Lamb . . I,148081 1,592,482 2,740,563 Sundries . . . . ' 260,531 40,277 '300,808 Totals 3,881,565 ,884,143 ,7 6 5,708 Totals, 1921-22 3,898,254 2,113,443 6,011,697

Figures supplied by the Meat Control Board show the killings at all freezingworks in New Zealand for the season Ist November, 1922, to 31st October, 1923, as follows, the unit given being the 60 lb. freight carcase:-