EXPENSIVE MEAT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1671, 11 February 1913, Page 10

EXPENSIVE MEAT.

; 3pLiAß'■Foß'A•N^.';'CHoP.•'' ; ''' ('TVhilst. crossing I'i had, the pleasure of paying a dollar (4s. 2d.) for a New Zealand chop, but it was .-worth it compared with their own'mutton." So says Mr. "P.. B". Chauvel, , rin Australian • stock-ttwndf, who'has been;oii. a tour of ' 'America, where ha paid particular atten-' tion to thecattle industry. .'■.. ..•• v .,.; ; '/■The cattlo raiser in tho State 9. (accord:'l Jng to Sir. Chauvel) invariably ship 3 his 'stock to market by rail. Droving by road is.not considered satisfactory, and the' /country is so well provided with railroads [it is simple to rait;thein., Thoy even do '-this if their market is only ten or twelve! ''miles'distant.;..Stock are not'auctioned ».iu tho yards, as is-dono in Australasia. :'Agents'whq have consignments invite, .offers'from, likely.buyers, and when one considered satisfactory, accept it. Thiri ..ir.sthod struck Mr. Chauvel as being most unsatisfactory to the seller, and open to abuse. Cattle are sold at per pound, live '"■■weight, and, nt the big saleyards of ;. Chicago,. Kansas, arid Port Worth, they ,«fe weighed by tho pen. Whilst Mr. Chauvel was in Chicago,- prime baby beef 1 .was worth lie. (5Jd.) per lb. (live weight), innd it is'claimed.this class ,only dress about" 301b.,: in; the hundred, thru thecost to the cnrcnss.butcher on tho block, without labour, would be abqut Is. Even this' '■high'price .hardly- explains why the restaurants chargo 6s; or 7s. per. portion ■if you order "tenderloin" steak. What is termed' baby' beef is' keenly sought after: in the States now, and itis generally conceded that'this craze is going to. causo the price! of beef to materially increase as . the shortago of aged cattlo on tho markets is becoming more marked each year. Qf ■course the tariff blocks the introduction of outside, beef at present, but' during tho late Presidential election the Democrats claimed-that if Woodrow Wjlson was elected there.would be a great opening for Australian and Nejw- Zealand beef and mutton.-' ...'_'.':. ~•■'

"Dnring 1912 ' tho AVnitemata Fruitgrowers' Co-operativo Society made an exV peri mental shipment of 100.0 eases of jipples to South America," stated-a clause '- of, a report read by tho secretary at a meeting of tho society last week. Tho ' shipment' had turned out satisfactorily in every .-way, the report continued, and had created a good impression. This season space for 4000 cases, to bo shipped to the same, country, had be<>n secured, and of this quantity Port Albert growers had already guaranteed to supply over 2000 cases. No difficulty in securing tho balance was anticipated,', as tho ' orchardists Tealised how important it was to obtain markets outside the Dominion, and not to allow tho export branch of the industry to slip,into tho hands of neighbouring colonies.

When a dairy farmer takes'" his. milk' to tho factory in a-thoroughly fresh, properly cooled condition, ho gets the best test and the highest price. The very'opposite is tho lot of the farmor whose milk has deteriorated through being allowed to cool by itself. Parton's Milk Coolers enable farmers to cool the milk immediately it comes from tho'cdws, and milk thus cooled still retains its freshness on arrival at 'the. factory./ All ert J.Parton, Carterton".—Advt;

A WIXNEK'OF COMPETITIONS. Tho J JEgg-laving competitions for 1010-11 and 1911-12 we're both Won by hens reared on "A, and'P." Chich Raiser. Tho first o?s»ntiar for'' profitable!. poultry keeping, < obtainable from - all Stofekeeoers.—Advt.