STATE GRADING OF MEAT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 768, 17 March 1910, Page 8

STATE GRADING OF MEAT.

[ — » GISBOENE HESOLTJTIOX. f - ; - - Mr. W. D.-Lysnar,: of Gisborne, is still K'SF.continuing.his campaign :for/tbe\compulR" •?;| bory Government:'grading ■of meat for exfV :: iport as vigorously as i ever.- The full text [' of' tlle resolution: winch the Gisbbrne ;branch : ;6fthe :larmers J i.UnibriY has passed 5%; on : Jiis,"motion.;'isas "That .this R - ''4 meeting -would strongly/urge the gSm:''Oovenunent.'V tdv-seb.'V that'ythe:Vnecessary

is'introduced- making it com--K# , iy'^ls6f^"vfbt ;, aU^ihbat^Kpbrted:;fri)in' , -the ' Dominion to;bo graded by a Government !i -: ;grader,--m ' the sainev maimer afe- butter, It;.is i?v 'suggested 'tliat there should be one |£^;ij-ii^6rih;-pade ; tK^ußhniit\the ,: Db'miriion,; rtfiat;.if [the...eipert^;'coiisider -'tliat -there a marked'difference in quality; k||,VdifeeH6p:-:sliould:-b'oVaUbwe\i them'; nor IB lit; siiggested'.thatj.thetjtrader 'should ['■ 1 . be 1 , given' any., power., to.-' interfere with the 1 classification' of : the -meatfor' trade

.purposes/ :s&thieift'.i£~'it Siißfcested that ■ fglvyte^shiijdJ-;;itoJi .tlie'.export' of ;any. .meat , : so-long, as'.it .is .not. diseased,: ami is lit , ipriiimaiuconsumption,..-although it;, is j -t l)41ow . tho .standard of: the ordinary es- J j .. ftablished grades, but that it should he %^^•;^!'ma^kW^.as/'^'belon• : ■'CTa'diWl , i-'as is done and ( 'fc'.' vcKeesM.with-the-.following: main Objects:' 1 .y,\(2)..T0.-simplify.'business;.'(b) to provide .< for 'checking' and,' protecting the i ; !rt'i: ; regards..the i 5 j"| j . : ; worKs - London agents, i sVi|J;Vhile:, it'%ill : also, tend :to vediicato :the ] jSv.v toimer: to; proVide ; agaiiist: defects in his '• gtock; (c) to establish auniformity vof ft;^ : ! protect the !:■ . of the farmer, as . well as -the Jbuyer; (d) to establish an- impartial and ! independent MisdiuA'to-fainUtaU.jthe'-pool-H;K'.-\.'ing'.of-jsmall'shipihents of meat, if jt is p;;i*r* .fptmd;necessary. I ':' |. . - Mr: .Lysnar, in - proposing his motion, t' -i ' eaid- the? movement. «as for the" protection K^'.9.-/.of , ,the'-pisdii(«r,\Wh. , at'thiß end and;the :-. Wndon end ;: hot' only to 'ensure ; ,tbat. his ' aieat was properly:, killed, dressed, . and p ; factory-iu this (Dominion, iS -Tvould.' be a to ensuro lv;r ;'.;;: l that: : farmers obtained la- proper .valuation : aiid j sale at' the .-London' : end. -. - Such : a '■• >* measure of protection, .ho /went on to say, : ■'.: ■ was.': already afforded in ' the sale of wool j" • by-. a special : valuation, and subsequently kdisposed of by public auction. ' Butter, i'.oheese.Vand,hemp..already ;underwent this •method.-■ It was .classified by a Government grader, and valued at Home' by V thej; High: Commissioner's, .staff on the ■ basis of- the grading, certificate.. A Gov- '/ - ■ ■ ernment, grader he had interviewed had ; suggested .that .meat should be classified -3 on'the following five .points:—,(l)- Weight, (2) condition,- (3) shape of carcass, (4) general appearance,--.and - colour, and -'(5) ; .butchering and dressing,, each head being •sv,i J-: allowed; say, .20. points,, with a - provision grSiji.ifor .general'-remarks. The grade certifif cates, therefore, would educate the farf:.; mer as -to the dnfecls in his' stock, as {'•' /well as letting him know, if the factory "was .killing.-and- dressing the' meat, pro--vperlyi-.' There. ' conld be. a South ■ Island ■ and a' North'lsland grade, or even a hi** provincial grade.