Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 62, Issue 5, 15 May 1941, Page 329

Slaughterings of Stock

THE following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs for the eleven months, May-March, 1940-41, have been compiled by the Livestock Division: — • /. .

Slaughterings of Pigs

The 149,541 ' pigs slaughtered - in meat export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during March were (distributed in weight ranges approximately as follows:

Under 60 lbs. .... . . 995 61-110 lb. .. .. . . 64,919 111-120 lb. . . . . . . 12,579 121-160 lb ._ •• .51,887 161-180 lb. '. 11,332

Over 180 lb. . . '. . ■• . . 1' 3,324 ■ Sundries .. - ■■ . . ' 4,505 , The grading of porkers is 93 per cent, first quality and 7 per' cent, second quality, and of baconers 76 per cent., 19 per cent, and .5 per cent, of prime I’s, prime 2’s and second quality respectively. In the different weight, ranges of baconers the quality is as follows: — -

District . : Cattle Calves ' Sheep Of which Ewes Lambs Swine , were

North Island Meat Export Slaughterhouse's— Auckland . . 341,774' Poverty Bay-Hawkes Bay. 30,208 Taranaki-Manawatu180,556 Wairarapa-Wellington . . 43,039 Meat Export Slaughterhouse's— 1 179,439 1 600,051 | 327,531 64,953 57,689 | 626,066 89,697 |. 219,788 | '425,289 40,049 ' 31,009 | 370,042 600,051 246,906 | 1,290,923 57,689 364,959 | 1,441,171 Auckland .. . . . — .. Poverty Bay-Hawkes Bay Tar an aki-Manawatu219,788 Wairarapa-Wellingtori . . 31,009 179,439 327,531 i 64,953 626,066 89,697 425,289 40,049 370,042 246,906 364,959 286,255 ' 221,573 1,290,923 1,441,171 1,537,714 1.052,199 341,774 30,208 180,556 43,039 Totals . . . . . . 3 74,138 908,537 | 1,748,928 1,1 1.9,693 5,322,007 > 595,577 Abattoirs . . . . .. 374,138 109,585 908,537 ' 34,521 | 422,243 1,748,928 422,243 210,006 1.1 19,693 210.006 72,837 5,322,007 72,837 1 10,826 595,577 1 10,826 North Island Totals 483,723 943,058 | 2,171,171 2,171,171 1,329,699 5,394.844 706,40:’, 1 1,329,699 5,394,844 ■ 706,403 . South Island Meat Export Slaughterhouses— Nelson-Marlborough ..1 - 1 ' ' ■ ■ Canterbury .. .. 1,493 1,493 10,043 | 49,697 22,644 183,858 11,022 Otago-Southland .. ..1 11,779 11.779 43,188 | 574,267 , 503,984 2,197,756 33,958 1 ‘ 8,144 South Island 1 10,043 | 49,697 43,188 | 574,267 39,488 373,560 22,644 503,984 328,654 | 2,398,620 183,858 2,197,756 2,398,620 6,800 11,022 33,958 6,800 Totals . . . . - ■ . 21,4.1 6 ■92,719 | 997,524 855.282 4;780,234 51,780 Abattoirs . . . . . . 21,4.1 6 49.226 92,719 1,111 | 23,763 997,524 23,763 •12,994 855.282 | 4,780,234 •12,994 j 4,272 51,780 . 36,827 South Island Totals 70,642 93,830 | 1,021,2.87 1,021,287 868,276 | 4,784,506 ■ . ... | 7 1 868,276 88,607 . 4,784,506 88,607 Dominion Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses . 1 ■ ' 1 . 395,554 1 1,001,256 1 2,746,452 ■‘ ' 1,974,975 ■ ■ 10,102,241 647,357 Abattoirs . . . . 395,554 ’ 158,81 1,001,256 35,632 | 446,006 2,746,452 446,006 223,000 1,974,975 223,000 77,109 10,102,241 77.109 147,653. 647,357 147.653 Grand Totals . . . . 554,365 1,036,888 3,192,458 2.197,975 1 0,179,350 795,010 ... 1,036,888 | 3,192,458 2,197,975 . .. . 10,179,350 795,010 Same Period, 1939-40 . .. . | Meat Export Slaughter- ■ ■ ■ • . . - houses, and Abattoirs .. 465,672 1,039,764 |.3,239,398 3,239,398 1,81 1,345 9,028,900 635,593 1 1,811,345 9,028,900 . 635,593 Same Period, 1938-39 — ■ . ]' . . .. ■" .. ■ ■' . ■ • . ; Meat Export Slaughter- ■ 7 1 . ■ houses and Abattoirs . . 455,386 1,003,409 | 3,551,959 3,551,959 1,85 6,586 8,868,786 830,629 '■ 1 1,856,586 | 8,868,786 1 ■830,629 _____

in-120 lb. 1 \ • • .- - . . . 87%, .. 87%, 9%, 4% of Pl, P2 P2 and and Second Quality. Second Quality. 121-1 60 lb. ° . • .. 78%, 18%, 18%, 4% 4% of of Pl, P2 Pl. and P2 Second Quality. and Second Quality. 161-1 lb. .. , , 57%, 33%, 33%, 10% 10% of of PI, P2 PI, and P2 Second-- Quality,. and Second Quality,