Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 2, 15 August 1941, Page 129

Slaughterings of Stock

District Cattle Calves Sheep Of which Ewes .. . were Lambs Swine 1 North Island. Meat Export Slaughtering ses-— . Auckland . . . . . . ses— 61,212 North Island. 1 ' - 14,290 1 26,088 26,088 10,263 ' 10,263 104,789 104,789 62,653 62,653 Poverty Bay-Hawke’s Bay 23,399 538 29,243 2,974 184,052 6,562 Taranaki-Manawatu 33,242 1,456 9,973 1,271 133,264 ' 30,523 Wair ar Wellington ' 19,954 ’ 519 17,309 3,189 121,749 5,821 Totals . . . . 137,807 16,803 82,613 17,697 543,854 105,559 Abattoirs . . 20,897 ■ 6,224 80,993 40,969 10,707 21,211 North Island Totals 158,704 23,027 163,606 58,666 554,561 126,770 " w, ■■■ 23,027 163,606 58,666 554,561 126,770 South Island. Meat Export Slaughterhou ses— Nelson-Marlborough se.s — 313 South Island. I ■ : 11 . 5,361 . 5,361 2,101 2,101 62,764 / 62,764 2,981 2,981 Canterbury .. .. 2,885 2,045 149,293 119,404 383,769 6.099 Otago-Sauthland -. . 2,630 3 137,969 128,172 466,846 1,542 Totals . . . 5,828 .2,059 292,623 249,677 913,379 10,622 Abattoirs . . 9,960 2,230 47,985 27,456 5,573 ■ 8,221 South Island Totals . . 15,788 4,289 340,608 277,133 918,952 18,843 V 18,843 . ' Dominion. Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses ’ 143,635 Dominion. 1 18,862 1 375,236 375,236 267,374 267,374 1,457,233 1,457,233 116,181 116,181 Abattoirs . . .. 30,857 8,454 128,978 68,425 16,280 29,432 Grand Totals . . .. 174,492 27,316 504,214 335,799 1,473,513 145,613 Same Period, 1940— Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs. . . 229,058 35,974 789,319 ■ 528,670 1,394,099 150,477 Same Period, 1939 — Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 157,309 42,792 507,775 274,931 1,415,167 105,705

The following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs for the two months, May and June, 1941, have been compiled by the Livestock Division:-