PROTECTING N.Z, MEAT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1751, 16 May 1913, Page 8

PROTECTING N.Z, MEAT.

HIGH COMMISSIONER ACTIVE; Writing from London tinder date March 2S, tho correspondent of the Christchurch "I'ress" says: , "It is a well-known fact in this country. that at times Argentine and Australian meat is substituted for that, of New Zealand. Many public institutions distinctly specify New Zealand meat in their advertisements, but it is doubtful whether the institutions always obtain tlio class ,of moat, contracted for. 'I ho ■High Commissioner's Office has been in"vcstigatiing tho question,-and also that of tho substitution 'of frozen mutton or beef of a lower grade quality than that specified in tho supply contracts. Out of 77 public institutions communicated with by tho High Commissioner's Office, it has been found that 2a accept English meat only. Tho great bulk of the others specify New Zealand meat, and especially that of Canterbury, whilo ft few namo Australian and Argentine, and three do not specify the country-of origin, i"These investigations -have been promoted with a view to advising the Government .as to tho liteaus that n\ay bo employed to prevent tho substitution of lower gradei'meat for that of New Zealand, when tho specifications so provide, and .'SI; is-thought that something',may "bo dono -an tlio matter of protecting the interests of tho;Neii':Zealand, producer.. It question that should be taken up in tlio .'Dominion, witiv a view to placing a distinctive! label on both tlio carcass 'and the bag, so that, institutions iV England Eould easily detect substitution." i A VALUABLE SHORTHORN. ; IMPORTATION FROM IRELAND. I Thero is at present in quarantine at .iLyttottoii a valuable' Shorthorn bull im- ' ported ty Mr. W. B. Cunningham, of .tuvooksido. Tho bull, which is a roanj 'was calved on September 10, 1911, and was bred by tho Right Hon. F. Wrench, "of ICillcoona, Dublin. His name is Orphan Clansman, and ho is by Albert Zenith, oftt of Oriihan 27tli. Tho Orphan ■family is one of tho most .noted strains milking Shorthorns in Ireland, and Sir. Cunningham's bull is said to to the pick of tho 1911 calves in the Hon; Mr. , Wrench's lierd. Tho herd was founded in 1905, and in Ims account of it tho Hon. F. Wrench, points out that a Shorthorn is uow generally admitted should (be a dun V.purpose animal for tho produc.tion of both beei and milk, and in conFeyucnco much' attention has been paid to the milking properties of the females that-wero .purchased, and no bull has fteeii uncd that has iiol.' himself been the produce of a good--milking' cow; When making his first put'ilhafts ho was 'much'.' .<-lnick wifli : the genehil excellence and'; deep milking powers of a family of Shorthorns known as fho "Orphans" that havo been long and carefully bred in the North of Ireland, and no expense was spared to obtain possession of. very high-class . specimens of this excellent family. The ;hord.',is''cbmpps«l of foui; rather distinct, strains of'blond: (1) direct descendants of Anios..''CruicksHahk'sßrawitli Bud, Crocus nnd .Secret, families, all acquired front.Sir. »T. Deone Willis; (2) members of families of. practically Booth blood,'with more or )ess strong infusions of Scotch crosses ion the tops of their:pedigrees; (3) choice representatives of well-known Scotch families; (4) the Cambridge Roses,