Slaughterings of Stock.
'T’HE following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughter--1 houses and abattoirs for the months May, 1944, to March, 1945, have been compiled by the Livestock Division:—
Slaughterings of Pigs The 97,321 pigs slaughtered at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs during ths month of March, 1945, were distributed in weight ranges 'as follows: I. ' .’ -
The grading of porkers was :■ —- 94 per cent, of Ist quality, 6 per cent. 2nd quality; and that of baconers was :— 83 per cent, of prime I’s, 13 per cent, of prime 2’s, and 4 per cent, of 2nd quality. In the different weight ranges the grading was as follows:Prime I’s. Prime 2’s. 2nd quality. 87 per cent. 10 per cent. 3 per cent. 74 ” ” 21 ” ” 5 ” ” 71 ” ” 22 ” ” 7 ” ” 75 » » 16 » » 9 ” . ”
District. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Of which ■ Ewes . were , Lambs. Pigs. Meat-export Slaughterhouse s - North Island. Auckland. .. .. .. Poverty Bay-Hawke’s Bay Taranaki-Manawatu Wairarapa-Wellington s— 163,192 47,466 67,117 28,189 North Is 563,866 47,108 205,309 19,230 land. 509,030 689,805 419,338 350,335 355,232 391,694 312,048 199,078 1,518,256 1 1,466,471 | 1,426,392 | 935,718 .r . 291,814 27,286 133,652 28,222 Totals ... ... . . Abattoirs .. .« . , 305,964 . 105,005 835,513 26,293 1,968,508 §11,580 1,258,052 149,834 5,346,837 | 109,189 480,974 51,917 North Island Totals 410,969 | 861,806 | 2,480,088 2,480,088 1,407,886 1,407,886 | 5,456,026 5,456,026 532,891 532,891 Meat-export Slaughterhouse I-—— South Island. Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury ... .. Otago-Southland .. .. 3— 1,461 12,714 11,619 South Island. 1 10,023 29,734 36,893 1 371,639 32,183 | 361,775 29,734 20,267 371,639 308,416 361,775 335,118 20,267 167,674 308,416 1,631,706 335,118 2,126,141 167,674 14,283 1,631,706 34,032 2,126,141 ’ 5,695 14,283 34,032 5,695 ■ Totals ... .. .. , Ie . Abattoirs , .. .. 25,794 47,169 79,099 8,491 763,148 235,140 663,801 118,033 3,925,521 . 52,559 54,010 11,584 South Island Totals 72,963 87,590 998,288 781,834 | 3,978,080 65,594 Dominion. Meat-expt. Slaugherhouses Abattoirs _.. .. 331,758 152,174 914,612 34,784 2,731,656 746,726 1,921,853 267,867 9,272,358 161,748 534,984 63,501 GRAND TOTALS 331,758 152,174 Dominion. ,1 914,612 2,731,656 34,784 | 746,720 1,921,853 267,867 1 9,272,358' 161,748 534,984 63,501 483,932 949,396 | 3,478,376 2,189,720 | 9,434,106 598,485 Same Period, 1943-44-— Meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs . . 528,831 1,021,171 3,248,312 1 2,162,215 9,077,337 582,434 1 582,434 Same Period, 1942-43 — Meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs . . 527,326 1 1,011,694 | 2,348,226 1, 1,564,206 1 8,089,665 1 '■ 1 1,564,206 570,663 8,089,665 570,663
Up to 601b. 369 60 to 1201b. . . 27,327 121 to 1601b. . . 46,101 161 to 1751b. . . 15,938 176 to 1851b. 3,131 186 to 2001b. 1,390 Over 2001b. 3,065 Total . . 97,321 121-1601b. ' 161-1751b. ‘ 176-18511). 186-2 001b. .
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 70, Issue 5, 15 May 1945, Page 525
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