Slaughterings of Stock

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 65, Issue 5, 16 November 1942, Page 296

Slaughterings of Stock

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

Slaughterings of Pigs

The 21,055 pigs slaughtered at meat-export of September, 1942, were distributed in weight

•t slaughterhouses and abattoirs during the month t ranges approximately as follows:- — The grading of porkers is 86 per cent, of Ist quality and 14 per cent, of .2nd quality; and that of bacon is 78 per cent, of Prime l’s, 16 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:14%, 5% of Pl’s, P2’s and 2nds respectively. ; 26%, 10% of Pl’s, P2’s and 2nd? respectively.

good furrow to be turned, particularly on lea ground. Another method in assisting to safeguard the cast share from breakage is

Diagram of cast steel share showing the part of the wing to break off. to break off about half an inch of the point. In this case it is necessary to

reset bv grinding.

—J. R. MURRAY,

Instructor in

Agriculture, Whakatane.

District Cattle Calves • Sheep Of which Ewes were Lambs Pigs Meat-export Slaughterhouse s— North Island. Auckland . . . . s— 110,283 North Island. 1 472,127 | 40,356 40,356 21,391 21,391 122,246 122,246 51,919 51,919

Poverty Bay Hawkes Bay Taranaki-Manawatu Wairarapa-Wellington 29,297 | 54,497 | 23,601 | 45,095 171,501 18,240 53,305 16,457 28,879 33,715 1 12,244 1 14,041 | 134,138 131,366 113,161 | 6,689 31,215 5,859 Totals . . . . . . 217,678 706,963 138,997 1 81,391 | 500,911 95,682 Abattoirs . . 217,678 56,081 706,963 17,879 138,997 1 253,599 81,391 ] 113,104 , 500,911 25,557 95,682 47,059 North Island Totals 273,759 724,842 ] 392,596 194,495 526,468 142,741 Meat-export Slaughterhouse s— South Is !and. Nelson-Marlborough s— 1,307 South Island. 1 8,362 1 7,516 5,239 38,852 2,081 Canterbury 5,949 23,659 94,766 68,933 292,295 9,811 Otago-Southland . . - . . 1,307 • 5,949 7,568 8,362 23,659 21,172 7,516 94,766 60,660 5,239 68,933 49,083 38,852 292,295 516,015 2,081 9,811 2,536 Totals .. 14,824 53,193 162,942 123,255 847,162 14,428 Abattoirs . . . . 14,824 , 49,079 53,193 10,882 162,942 220,482 123,255 112,914 847,162 25,599 14,428 20,320 South Island Totals 63,903 64,075 383,424 236,169 872,761 34,748 Dominion. Meat expt. Slaughterhouses 232,502 Dominion. 760,156 ] 301,939 204,646 1,348,073 110,110 Abattoirs . . 232,502 105,160 760,156 28,761 301,939 474,081 204,646 226,018 1,348,073 51,156 110,110 67,379 Grand Totals . 337,662 788,917 776,020 430,664 1,399,229 177,489 Same Period, 1941— Meat-export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . ' 259,478 791,992 753,914 462,567 1,589,555 219,169- ■ 753,914 462,567 ■ 1,589,555 219,169Same Period, 1940-Meat-export ~ Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 301,364 770,823 1,009,417 636,370 1,441,377 197,941

Up to 60 lb. . . 180 61-120 lb. - .. 10,952 121-160 lb. 6,016 161-180 lb. 1,318 Over 180 lb. ... . . . . 653 Sundries 1,936 121 to 1601b. 81%, - 161 to 1801b. . . 64%,