Slaughterings of Stock
THE following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs for the months, May to November, 1942, have been compiled by the Livestock Division:
Slaughterings of Pigs
The 71,455 pigs slaughtered at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during the month of November, 1942, were distributed in weight, ranges approximately as follows:
The grading of porkers was 93 per cent, of Ist quality, 7 per cent, of 2nd quality; and that of haconers was 75 per cent, of Prime I’s, 19 per cent, of Prime 2’s, and 6 per cent, of 2nd quality. In the different weight ranges of haconers the grading was as follows: — o, 15%, 4% of Pl’s, P2’s and 2nds respectively. o, 29%, 10% of Pl’s, P2’s and 2nds respectively.
District. ‘ ' Cattle Calves Sheep Of which Ewes Lambs Pigs were i . )■ were
Meat-export Slaughterhouses—
Auckland . . . . . . 132,342 - 569,327 55,408 30,215 ■ 170,552 101,166 Poverty. Bay-Hawkes Bay 33,682 55,386 71,358 42,593 405,694 9,920 Taranaki-Manawavu ' . . 60,934 204,989 19,007 13,426 155,303 52,956 Wairarapa-Wellington ■ . . 26,409 22,069 36,829 16,272 123,826 11,065 Totals ■ . . . . ... 253,367 851,771 182,602 102,506 855,375 175,107 Abattoirs . . . 77,174 23,302 362,715 162,562 39,357 68,991 North Island Totals ;. . ' 330,541 874,973 545,317 265,068 894,732 244,098
North Island.
Meat-export Slaughter s Nelson-Marlborough 1,354 10,723 7,516 5,239 38,983 2,979 Canterbury-Westland 7,728 34,084 105,515 75,560 294,310 14,176 Otaso-Southland . . s— 1,354 7,728 8,044 10,723 34,084 37,912 7,516 105,515 61,474 5,239 75,560 49,633 38,983 294,310 516,034 2,979 14,176 3,382 Totals . . . . ■ . . 17,126 82,719 174,505 130,432 849,327 20,537 Abattoirs . . .... 17,126 58,710 82,719 13,306 174,505 272,328 130,432 . 139,972 849,327 33,220 20,537 26,618 South Island Totals 75,836 96,025 446,833 270,404 882,547 47,155
South Island.
Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses Abattoirs .. . • 270,493 135,884 934,490 36,508 357,107 635,043 .232,938 ' 302,534 1,704,702 72,577 195,644 95,609 Grand Totals . . . . 406,377 970,998 992,150 535,472 1,777,279 291,253 Same Period, 1941— Meat-export • Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . 305,999 989,607 958,085 552,681 2,001,134 361,467 . . 989,607 958,085 552,681 2,001,134 361,467 Same Period, 1940■ Meat-export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . ' • 346,814 , 987,520 1,162,688 711,816 1,619,582 334,525
Dominion.
Up to 60 lb. . . , 170 61 to 120 lb. . . 18,358 121 to 160 lb. . . 32,273 161 to 1801b. . . 13,230 Over 180 lb. 4,233 Sundries 3,191 121 to 160 lb. 81% 161 to 1801b. 61%
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 66, Issue 1, 15 January 1943, Page 41
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352Slaughterings of Stock New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 66, Issue 1, 15 January 1943, Page 41
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