NEW ZEALAND BEEF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1379, 4 March 1912, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND BEEF.

FAULTS IN QUALITY AND DRESSING. In some quarters, says the London correspondent: < f tho "l'astoralists' Keview," there has bson a pmtl deal of trouble of Into concerning the quality and dressing of Xew Zealand liecf. .Some Ijppf croiitctl sonip embarrassment lor tlie inspector.-. "It is plain," adds the correspondent, "that cattle have been frozen for shipment, <f a class which should not have been sent away; tins has been {joins on for months. Of course, much of tliu frozen beef arriving from New Zealand is of Hie normal high grade that one looks for, but the serious faults of quality and dressing thiit appear in smiio parcels point to the adverse effect of the dairying industry upon tlie moat export business; lioff that formerly ciinio as boxc-d meat now conies iu quarter form, and, so doing, clearly injures the high reputation '.vWcii New Zealand frozen bppf has enjoyed in Knglish niarkpls. Apart from the general question cf lack of quality, there are certain technical faults in the preparation of the quarters which require, to bo remedied if Australasian beef is to make a good fight with the beef coining from South America; I allude to such points as 'Hush edges, etc."

The C.'C. and D Company refer in their annual report as follows to the shipment of chilled beef made from New Zealand :— "An experiment on a small scale to demonstrate the suitability of n now process for the transport of chilled beef over a long distance was successfully carried out. The beef consisted of a parcel of 70 quarters, per Xluritai, which weru placed on the market in excellent condition, and gave complete satisfaction to buyers. Further shipments are not contemplated as tlie process is too expensive."