FROZEN MEAT PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT PROSPECTS

THE PRESENT TREM)

'iSMail;advices^^•received-ffom.;.London this MKSltVJStafe's,'tlifitVthe/'"olS-.'stqcTEs '■p£':;fiCQSß«i. vimeit = - r, swin"v.to'/hViTbV-bej!ii'i*orked/.-off , .''at,. Jliistixand'fim^rters^f^Austraiiah-Vnieaii s:^ : ; s^ling;;stcadilyfas;the:meat : .-arrives. : : i'At"pr^nt'it*loo^ Jte",h&i&y;^tii{s\ .there.should; ;ibej'nb-. block' ; probable; J.that i:WithV-,.the' of! lineal':coming.from.VAustraiia'-.aud . New iiZe^and/via^/yearfsyWghe^.'prices^will: ■ '.liko '■ ■"regularphipmcnts'/however,.'there should' s,be;-npvslump^"!.-;SS;.''A-.; v - v i'-; , .i-"^y...;- 1 - : j' ■• ~i ; : ;which;vis^iiow ; ::aU, :but; closed, - ''^;inater;.ilbMly^te' : '^7e'''eyer^'-pipinise ! gKater';;tha'n vf or^anyj; : ; month; : ;'6incbl;the. frpzett began;'with; ;! the" excbptibn'iof -VAp'ril;■; and : ;.May-'.of -last ; ; yeEr-xlvlastK month's' vshigments^'were 5 ■?and i.ithe.. :.-;February'; ; :e'xcess.: is ■ partly ~:.a, /carry-over "frpindast,* month.s. vHoweverat ■'■'ia?.td6--ea'riy:-fe'^o>^sfi'itheXi , obruar3r'r:flß-'. an':>'unusually /jiarge'. S boats;are:'now;'loading-.inUhe; l v'away.-'tOMVvuntilj'il.arch;'.:'"'..-'■■;;;.; ;v.:.v ! , ;.*:.:The:.freezing.'.works'.dn the- 'Dominion ;i-haye;been'-ivprldng ; 1 -lYom 'the-lbcal! paper, , ; it ■ appears'; that; at ; ; the (Gear jjompan3 r !s:;l!ctone... works?there ';has beenYa^rull,-board; for 'sbinetiino/'pasv Weighty:., biitchbrsl'rbeing;; at" ■ work-;; in;; theI'slaughtering'department;"vTo within the. .*week:.'or >twtfi;these • imen-'-had . killed : ■-, and?, dressed, •between.'nv.e.; and: six'-ithqu--''fiiind sheep lately;, on account iof * insufficiency.of:• stock!coming,to hand, h the) number -.at -S Head :put•■ thro ugh' has :"not !;bfl.eiiV-iip' ; to't',the';!"avernge;ft- Last;,summer; '.the-'meat'".companiess, worked;: steadily; ); throughout, 'the. seasonV'- but , , this -year; tne ?etpck~lias; ! 'boeii , i;v,comiflg' : .i:;t6-':«hands-, in; ■l : :'growers, appear■';.to ■be '.holding-: their; sheep; V-rtncKlengcr'-.tlmn.vsualj'iaiid'itiis'.'aiitici;'. it ne--5 cessary; to-extend .the'jseason'.(whichvusii-: Vi^'iterihinates--51^./^';';-;;;.; .j:f,;From';the. : ;experience :bf thej.meaticom-' i.pani<!s^'''large.-: , nambers-offfarmers :;'are ! ■evidently'.vh'oldingiback'fpr'iaVrisein; the. interesting'to; London ■i"Meat : : Trades ■■ held;;' in: ftradeVcircles-aGHqme .that; muttofr-.wi11.-. -;iinprbye:'iii;jvalu > e.'!before : the.\year .'is;,far ;.;gbne. s .%;This: 'prediction isjbased/on.theasy .■^umptibn>that}ith'e|:sheep : . : ;s'tock:V of.i the, l f.trorld'•• has? diminished '.'in;. the' past. '■■•_ ten; Syears;w;The ;;Lqhdpn.\'fTiines,";sin :.?inen^.n&Ciw^.tlus;;-.'iTi.e^i, i op,tJie"..siti>a'ti6n / - ; i≥Bay'^that;.' unless I .'■ the*::rate.jpf:.dccline';hrisj 'ibeeirmore[''prbhcuriceditftheVpast year; qt; iinfliieneo\'did ridt'.seryfl.to- maintain '^.yal-, , . {;uee-Jast:,yeac: i andjin;i?pß:j': : "lf, supplyand ■ .Tdemaid''ihad.'beeri'i.theVjmainVfactbrs:im-: : : r'egulatirigtthe^ifecent.'.'priceJpf; muttpn?'': .Veays':.^..-y"Wmes/'v;"a;vfaUinß'/i ; '.iriarket; ? Bhqul'd" not .havji'been .the. accompaniment; '::tp3e"r'statis'ti'cal.; : e'videhce::tp>'su'pport % the ?p'rdphec"yiqf, :; rei|uced isup''plies,;.-Dut'-flock-; SmXstefS'have':'lbst''jconfidonce'-in: : : .-' f qr''iad : :'Statisficis:; Jbebn:;' afi V trnStwo'rtHy. ?-^BJs?.bhVSrKieg^Xfwndrcalculatit]ns-'.,the.' T risi" ; nothihg^:.'incbh;.. : .Bist'eht:yi'ith' : a hopb'ful,.View/ ofi.the mutton' tho v qutlpok' presents- noVfea- , .'. '■'tiire'y.th'at'fWpuldV-jusfifxvexpe'qtatipns/'lpt:. J anyiarlySchaiigeyifor ;'tlie;Jietter..- of ;;.any" I^, ;^^;-^'. , '-;:-:';: 1 : :S/jThe''isfatistical': ; .pbsitioh-:is;- made .'."the :iDasis;:of;ran;interesting: n ot« :by-;Gaptain'' '■'pe : arse\"in\;the?euTO'nt'';'-;ivi'nAer. , ' ; of,'the; ?'Tastoralists?:(Revie\v;'',:.All' Reports,:'■lβ- ; ' eays, ;gb;tb'.show' that : in .a; few^years- the. JitJ.nitod',: States:.wilt' ; .bo.' impbrting r muttpn ; ; fand ■lamb;fl ; ;Am'ericanK.haye Abut}mutt.qn. and vlamb vareVnow;.coming; :;iinro*ihcreaang;demand,'.arid : thejtrade. : ;is ytintiingiv: Captain :Pearse: 'fy'/Xfi: rtegardediasa- good-.'market-fbr- Australian', j and V New, (Zealandi, jniitton:-;and ■' lamb ",, in; vthe:nearVfuture, v 'and' : :\i'hen';,>that : v,cbmes eabout .thej : 6ccasibhal[ slump in:the prices ; ;;invßritain:;will!-be.',aUhing;ofHhb;;;pasti, jßeef, ; hpwever,'can'be raised 'in vastquaß-f ?tities.'iiivMexico )? ,Venezeula;:Brazil; Bara-! i'BPay.V'pod' Argentina.';,v.;:Evei-y ! ..year.,iim-: •Vpr6yeme"nt':fcikcsV:place "in.:•.the;quality,, ;o£. £ the'lherdsanvthose-iconntries'.:: ..Pedigree, ■: ctockvrisj'!imported ;frqm. Great Britain ; in. i inereasing.-iiiumbers.i and for.■'transportN,;are;.im.prpyed;ievery>,year;:. i VS6 ■ conyey''cattle"toS,any£,part,'-of 'North i A'mbnca,;and '.of, daily. of -the, Panama, vCa'nalii'n'abbuti'fqnK.years'-time will>en ; . ; able! cattle.',to .be cpnyeye'd-'from J erh?'port^.<df: South AmericaVtp'tlie west-.',erh':pQrts"iof:-the;-;States:.without:having' itoVgp'round ■ Cape,»Hqrri, sb •■ there-iirillt'bo. • no,scarcity.;pf!;peef for.;thq:;TJriited : States 1 iforji'many 'years : ,''tq',';coni'e. : .- ! {However,; ' a ;meiit-, )!.eating:!pebple,; is/a- gbodfithirig yioi. f . Au's-itralian.'-'cattle fpwhers, i because '■-. even' -if ■ they,; -;get.-.'aji. improved,, market-: irifGreat.-Bn--; : ;te -0$ ;,';