T^ THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



oi the refrigerated ships l>\ the Imperial authorities for other 

 purposes. The freighl dislocation has. however, been less than, 

 in many other t rades. 



"The prospects after the war are of the brightest. The 

 good profits reaped by farmers from the war prices may be 

 expected to stimulate settlement and increased cultivation of 

 land, .lust what, the measure of this may be no one can tell, 

 bu1 no better stimulus to these operations could exist. It is 

 generally recognised that the bringing into cultivation of more 



Meat Works at Kaiapot, New Zealand 



land musl in the North Island be very extensive for years to 

 come, and that the South Island is also far from its limit of 

 production in meat. Other markets than London will be 

 competing for our meat. It is believed that America will 

 want the quality of mutton and lamb which we can give them 

 and which they can never get at home. And so the trade 

 which has re-made New Zealand during the last thirty years 

 may be expected to continue its great contribution to the 

 country's prospects. 



" It may be said that Xew Zealand differs from Australia in 

 not having yet found other markets for meat than the United 



