Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 5, 15 November 1941, Page 367

Slaughterings of Stock

Slaughterings of Pigs

, The 32,701 pigs slaughtered in meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during September were distributed in weight ranges approximately as follows:

Under 60 lb. . . . . . . . 247 60-120 lb. ' 18,735 121-160 lb. . . . . . . 9,834 161-180 lb. 757 Over 1801b1,176 Sundries ... . . . . . . 1,952

The grading of porkers is 87 per cent, of first quality and 13 per cent, of second quality, and the grading of baconers is 82 per cent, of prime I’s, 14 per cent, of prime 2’s, and 4 per cent, of second quality.

In the differentweight ranges of baconers, th® grading is as follows:- —

! 121-160 lb. J". . .. : . . ... .'. 83%, 13%, 4% of Pl, P2 and 2nds respectively.' 161-180 lb. , .. ... .. .. .. 72%, 17%, 11% of Pl, P2 and 2nds respectively.

District Cattle Calves Sheep Of which Ewes were Lambs Swine Meat Export Slaiighterhous es— North Island. land. Auckland'./ ' Poverty Bay-Hawke’s Bay Taranaki-Mahawatu. Wair ar apa-Wellington 81,019 29,982 39,912 23,360 468,847 45,252 177,161 20,322 42,912 34,782 10,721 24,231 16,303 5,386 1,476 5,210 140,823 218,373 144,705 128,888 82,187 8,558 38,011 ' 7,086 Totals . . ' Abattoirs... . . . 174,273 51,955 711,582 18,147 112,646 . 215,237 28,375 109,249 632,789 20,577 135,842 47,731 North Island Totals 226,228 729,729 327,883 137,624 653,366 v 183,573 A. '■ . ■■ ; . ' *• ? ' '■ ■' ' '■ South Island. Meat Export Slaughterhous 68“ ■ t South Island. / , ■ ■ ■ ■ Nelson-Marlborough . . Canterbury . . . . Otago-Soutliland . . 692 5,136 3,754 8,595 24,334 24,471 11,214 162,258 139,658 5,937 . 127,686 129,467 . 70,906 388,180 467,254 3,621 10,806 2,642 Totals . . . . Abattoirs . . . . . . 9,582 23,668 57,400 5,061 313,130 112,881 263,090 ■ 61,853 926,340 -9,849 17,069 18,527 South Island Totals . . . 33,250 62,461 426,011 324,943 936,189 35,596 > L. . . Dominion. Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses Abattoirs . . . . 183,855 75,623 768,982 23,208 425,776 328,118 291,465 171,102 1,559,129 - 30,426 - 152,911 66,258 Grand Totals - 259,478 792,190 753,894 462,567 1,589,555 219,169 ■ 462,567 1,589,555 219,169 Same Period, 1940— . Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 301,364 ■770,823 ■ 1,009,417 636,370 1,441,377 197,941 • - 636,370 1,441,377 197,941 .Same Period 1939 Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs. . . 242,311 . 775,674 / - ■'. . 751,772 397,257 1,499,073 150,431

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