DAIRY PRODUCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 5 October 1933, Page 5

DAIRY PRODUCE.

MARKETS QUIET. There was a further decline in the price of butter in London on Tuesday, and the market is reported to be very quiet. Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd., have received the following report, dated October 3, from London New Zealand butter, 1026 per cwt; Now Zealand cheese, white and coloured, 50s per cwt. Both markets very quiet. The New Zealand Producers’ Co-opera-tive Marketing Association’s weekly cabled market report from London, dated October 3, is as follows: —Butter: Market quiet. New . Zealand finest grade, 102 s; first grade, 995; Danish, 110 s to 112-3. Cheese: Market quiet. New Zealand white and coloured, 50s to 51s. THE PIG INDUSTRY GRADING REQUIREMENTS. At this season it is advisable to note the requirements in connection with grading of pigs. The following notice was gazetted on June 15, 9133, over the signature of the Minister of Agriculture As from July 1, 1933, all pigs slaughtered in meat export slaughter houses and bacon curing works in the North Island and passed as fit for human consumption will be graded by grading officers approved by the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. In carrying out this duty graders will give consideration to the specifications stated hereunder as constituting the types of carcase most exactly suited for both the export and the local trade, but will carry out their duties on such lines as may. be from- time to time determined by instructions issued by the department in co-operation with the board. PORKERS. First Grade. —Prime barrows and maiden sows, well finished, satisfactory length, light shoulders, well finished legt to hock. Fat flare must be white and firm. Second Grade. —Any pigs of sufficiently good quality not passing as first. Other Pigs.—Pigs passed as fit for human consumption to bo classified by the grader and approved by the inspector as suitable for the export trade or otherwise. Freedom from taint is imperative in all grades. Porkers are to be classed on weight in three divisions as follow: 601 b to 801 b, 81 lb to 1001 b, 101 lb to 1201 b. BACONERS. First Grade.—Prime barrows or maiden sows. Length: The minimum length from aitch hone to first rib, 26in. for pigs weighing 1211 b to 1301 b, 27in. for pigs 1311 b to 1401 b, 28in. for pigs 1411 b to 1601 b, 30in. for pigs 1611 bto 1801 b (deadweight). Fat ness: The maximum thickness of back fat at shoulders not bo exceed liin. in pigs weighing 1211 b to 1301 b, in pigs weighing 1311 b to 1401 b; l|in. in pigs weighing 1411 b to 1611 b; and 2in. in pigs weighing 1611 b to 1801 b (deadweight). Finish and conformity: Neck and shoulders not too heavy; well finished from leg to hock; satisfactory thickness of flank. Fat to be white and firm, free from any oil, fish, or meat taint. . Second Grade—Lacking in above good points, e.g. overfat heavy neck und shoulders. short loin, bad conformity, thickness of bone. . , , , Other Pigs.—Pigs passed as fit for human consumption to be classified by the grader and approved by the inspector as suitable for the export trade or otherwise. WAIKATO FAT LAMBS. BRING MORE THAN SOUTH ISLAND. MORRINSVILLE, Oct. 3. “Ever since the AVaikato A. and P. Society began shipping the carcases of lambs exhibited at the Waikato Show to Smithfield market for judging we have received better prices for AAaikato lambs than the South Island has,’ said Mr G. Irvine, at a general meeting of the Morrinsville A. and P. SoAiembers agreed that the annual competition held by the Waikato Association had been a splendid advertisement for Waikato lambs. It was decided to write to the Waikato Association expressing appreciation. of its efforts on behalf of fat lamb raisers. FROZEN MEAT TRADE. RETAIL PRICES IN LONDON. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following retail prices were being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during September, 1933. These prices represent a fair average of tho prices quoted by the bet-ter-class shops in London for the best quality of New Zealand lamb and muttoN.Z. Lamb.—Legs, 12d per lb; shoulders, lOd; loins, 9id; necks, 6d; breasts, 3d; forequarters, 7jd; hindquarters, 10jd. N.Z. Mutton (wethere). —Logs, B|d per lb; shoulders, 7d; loins, 7d; necks, 4d; breasts, 2d. 81-MONTHLY SHIPMENTS

The New Zealand Meat Producers Board is advised by cablo from its London Office that the shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during tho first half of September were as follows: — Australia. —Carcases mutton 9320, carcases lamb 91,208, quarters beef 15,845. South America.—Carcases'mutton 15,675, carcases lamb 105,543, quarters beef (frozen) 830, (chilled) 186,261. The shipments from New Zealand to tho United Kingdom for tho same period were as follows Carcases mutton 45,302, carcases lamb 70,555, quarters beef nil. Tho shipments from South America to the Continent of Europe during the same period were as follows: —Mutton, ml; frozen beef, nil. FARMING NEWS. RURAL RAKINGS. • 'Money was changing hands at the rate of nearly £5 a minute at a Taranaki pedigree bull fair this week. In nearly hours’ selling approximately £IBOO worth of stock was disposed of. One of the largest property deals carried out in Hawke’s Bay for a number of years has been finalised by tho purchase of To Kouka station, Onga Onga, the property of the • Duncan Macfarlane estate, by Sir James Gunson, of Auckland, for the cash payment of £25,000. Sir James Gunson, who is a member of the New Zealand Railways Board, and a former Mayor of Auckland, has purchased the property for his son, Mr Jcoffrey Gunson. A heavy increase is shown in the average yield of the cows tested by the New Zealand Co-operative Herd Tsteing Association in August, 1933, compared with the yield in August of the two previous years. The increase was duo to the mild winter and tho favourable spring conditions. During August, 1933, the ' association tested 54.828 cows. The average yield was 7011 b milk and 32.111 b butterfat. . The test was 4.56. The figures for the corresponding period of 1931 and 1932 are as follows: August, 1932: Cows tested, 48,937; average yield, 6251 b milk and 27.241 b butterfat; test, 4.36. August, 1931: Cows tested,, 44,557; average yield, 6371 b milk and 27.291 b butterfat; test, 4.35. “It is frequently stated that the raising of the exchange has been of no benefit to dairy farmers and producers generally,” said Mr John Sharp, chairman of directors of the Tai Tapu Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., speaking at the annual meeting. “In case you may be misled regarding the position, I would state that butter at to-day’s market value, 105 s per cwt, equals 10.03 d per lb f.0.b., at par exchange. With , the exchange at 25 per cent.,: 105 s per cwt equals 12.44 d per lb, f.o.b. Expressed in terms of butterfat pay-out, a reduction of exchange to par would mean a reduction in pay-outs to suppliers, at the present market level, of not less than 2J,d per lb butterfat. Without tho assistance of the exchange last year, suppliers can visualise what the payout rate per pound lb butterfat would have been and will recognise the assistance given to dairy farmers and producers generally by the Government’s action in raising the rate of exchange on London.”