Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 64, Issue 4, 15 April 1942, Page 261

Slaughterings of Stock

Slaughterings , of Pigs

The 115,726 pigs slaughtered in meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during the month of February, 1942, were distributed' in. weight ranges . approximately as follows:

Up to 60 lb. ' . . '. . ' "... * 943 61-110 lb.. '.. . . '• .. 43,846 111-120 lb; .. • 12,827 121-160 lb 45,734 161-180 lb ... . .'. ■ 5,880 Over 180 lb. .... . . 3,068 Sundries . . . . . . • 3,428

The grading of porkers was 91 per cent, of Ist quality and 9 per cent, of 2nd quality, and the grading of baconers was 74 per cent, of prime I’s, 20 per cent, of prime 2’s and. 6 per cent, of second quality. In the different weight ranges of baconers the grading is as follows:

111-120 lbs. . . . . . . 80%, 17%, 3% of Pl, P2 and. 2nds respectively. 121-160 lbs. . . . . . . 73%, 21%, 6% of Pl, P2 and 2nds respectively. 161-180 lbs. .. . . .. 68%, 24%, 8% of Pl, P2 and 2nds respectively.

District Cattle Calves Sheep Of which Ewes were Lambs Swine j North Island Meat-export Slaughterhouse s— Yv; North I sland i ■< ’■ ' ?. ■■ ■ Auckland . . ... Poverty Bay-Hawke’s Bay Taranaki Manawatu ... Wairarapa-Wellington s —- 132,078 . 44,097 57,807 •' 32,704 576,358 53,178 216,688 25,799 199,701 466,567 251,014 279,423 80,613 242,028 163,581 154,597 | 1,281,686 | 1,393,698 | 1,240,413 | 909,993 310,830 24,206 130,20427,776 Totals .. .. Abattoirs . . . . ■ . . ; 266,686 98,064 . 872,023 31,553 1,196,705 424,835 . 640,819 ■ 208,154 4,825,790 | . 81,128 493,016 105,014 North Island Totals 364,750 903,576 1,621,540 848,973 | 4,906,918 4,906,918 598,030 598,030 Meat-export Slaughterhouses—; South Island Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury ■ . . , . . . Otago-Southland . . s —■ 730 8,835 4,589 South Island 1 - 11,095 | 24,314 39,052 | 385,063 42,124 | 224,486 24,31410,071 385,063.332,464 224,486 204,879 10,071 180,411 332,464 1,677,921 204,879 1,877,181 180,411 9,714 1,677,921 31,149 1,877,181 5,847 9,714 31,149 5,847 Totals Abattoirs . . ■ ■. . ... 14,154 45,015 92,272 11,095 633,863 . 225,255 547,414 , 121,142 3,735,513 44,274 46,710 36,490 South Island Totals 59,169 103,367 859,118 668,556 | 3,779,787 1 83,200 ... 3,779,787 83,200 • , Dominion Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses Abattoirs . . . . ■ 280,840 143,079 Dominion 964,295 | 1,830,568 42,648 | 650,090 1,830,568 1,188,233 650,090 329,296 1,188,233 8,561,303 329,296 125,402 | 8,561,303 539,726 125,402 141,504 539,726 141,504 Grand Totals . . . 423,919 1,006,943 2,480,658 1,517,529 8,686,705 '| 681,230 1 681,230 Same Period, 1940-41 —- Meat Export Slaughter- ' houses and Abattoirs . . 489,923 1 1,038,212 ■ 1 2,642,138 1,789,258 1 8,367,571 | 645,443 1 645,443 Same Period, 1939-40— Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 1 407,145 1,027,998 2,477,657 1,348,247 7,418,803 | 7,418,803 529,920 1 529,920

The following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs for the ten months, May, 1941, to February, 1942, have been compiled by the Livestock Division:-