Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

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Identifikator:: 1800540760

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-185131

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: vi, 65 Seiten; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter III. Present sources of supply

Collection:: Economics Books

in Diagram D, on p. 63, which is considerable in spite of the growth +f the chilled-beef trade. For beef of lower quality and for cow beef, i.e., for his plain beef, he has the Continental market where iean beef is in demand, though in times of good Continental demand, frozen beef which would normally have found its way to this country is sometimes sent to the Continent. On the other hand, when a glut occurs on the Continent—and during the past few years this has not been infrequent—*‘ continental” beef is diverted to this country, where, however, its indifferent quality makes it a difficult commodity to sell. South America looms so largely as a supplier of beef that its importance as a supplier of mutton and lamb tends to be overshadowed. As regards mutton, Diagram E shows that South America has often been the largest single supplier in recent years, whilst its lamb shipments have been always less than those of New Zealand, but sometimes greater and sometimes less than those from Australia. (See Diagram F, on page 65.) The sheep population of the principal supplying areas in South America is, at present, estimated as being : Argentine, 12,000,000 (including Patagonia, 12,000,000); Uruguay. 17,000,000. Not all these flocks, however, are available for mutton production as, in many districts remote from railways, production for wool is the only purpose for which sheep are kept. In such districts, lack of transport facilities and the consequent enormous distances over which flocks would have to be driven on the hoof to reach a freezing works, render cross-breeding for mutton unprofitable. On the other hand, great improvement by crossing with stock imported from Britain, New Zealand and Australia has been made in the sheep of those parts of Argentine Uruguay and Southern Chile which are near to freezing works or railways. The killing season for mutton and lamb in the Argentine is usually from October to June, and is heaviest between November and March; further south, in Southern Chile and Patagonia, the season is later and shorter, usually starting in February and lasting to June. The shipments are fairly well spread over the whole year (see Table II, on page 59). (iv) South Africa.—Up to the present, this Dominion has not been an important source of supply, nor is it likely to become such for some years. The surplus available for export during the last three years—which have been very dry—has not been generally ap to the quality required on British markets. The exports of beef and veal for these years have been: 1922, 300 tons; 1923. 275 tons; 1924, 3,836 tons; the last figure shows that South Africa was able to take advantage of the recent improvement in the beef trade, the principal markets served being Italy and Belgium. This improvement in the export trade has enhanced the price of cattle in the Dominion; this should assist producers and encourage breeding for export. With a view to stimulating the export trade. the Union Government. in 1923. passed a

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