Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 4, 15 October 1941, Page 305

Slaughterings of Stock

r T"’HE following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterTHE following returns for the months, May-August, 1941, have been houses and abattoirs for the four months, May-August, 1941, have been compiled by the Livestock Division:

Slaughterings of Pigs

The 21,890 pigs slaughtered in meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during August were distributed in weight ranges approximately as follows:

Under 60 15. .. 365 60-120 lb 14,524 121-160 lb. .. .. 4,011 161-180 lb ._ .. 466 Over 180 lb. .. ’ 715 Sundries . .. ... .. .. .. 1,809

The grading of porkers is 86 per cent, of first quality and 14 per cent, of second quality, and the grading of baconers is 78 per cent, of prime I’s, 20 per cent, of prime 2’s, and 5 per. cent, of second quality.

District Cattle Calves Sheep Of which Ewes were Lambs Swine North Island. Meat Export Slaughterhouses— North Island. Auckland . . Poverty Bay-Hawke’s Bay Taranaki-Manawatu . . Wairarapa-Wellington 75,449 29,748 38,217 22,860 351,427 28,376 126,213 14,032 37,240 34,780 10,679 22,402 14,865 5.384 1,440 4,664 | 140,761 218,373 | 144,705 128,467 i 69,341 7,882 i .33,882 6,580 Totals . . Abattoirs . . . . . . 166,274 41,661 520,048 14,768 105,101 169,914 26,353 86,237 632,306 | 18,538 . 117,185 | 39,051 North Island Totals . 207,935 534,816 275,015 112,590 650,844 156,236 South Island. Meat Export oiaugnternou. es— Nelson-Marlborough ■ . . Canterbury . . . . Otago-Southland . . . . es— 681 4,476 3.582 3,024 ' 8,743 1,935 11,214 158,577 139,120 5,937 . 125,427 129,060 70,906 387,758 467,204 3,490 9,197 2,268 Totals . . . . ... Abattoirs . . . . . . 8,739 19,233 13,702 4,058 308,911 91,400 260,424 51,304 925,868 8,754 14,955 15,277 South Island Totals 27,972 - 17,760 400,311 311,728 934,622 30,232 1 17,760 400,311 311,728 934,622 30,282 Domini on. Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses Abattoirs . . . . 175,013 60.894 Dominion. 533,750 | 414,012 18.826 | 261.314 414,012 286,777 261,314 137.541 286,777 1,558,174 137,541 27,292 1,558,174 132,14.0 27,292 54,328 132,140 54,328 Grand Totals . . . . 235,907 552,576 675,326 424,318 1,585,466 186,468 Same Period, 1940— Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 283,857 536,480 944,108 605,275 1,439,235 176,687 Same Period, 1939 Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs .. ■■ ■■■ 221,226 534.095 678,554 362,642 1,496,955 129,954

121-160 lb. .. .. ' .. 76%, 19%, 5% of Pl, Pl, P2, and 2nds respectively. 161-180 lb 59%, 28%, 13% of Pl, Pl, P2, and 2nds respectively.

In the different weight ranges of baconers, the grading is as follows: ,