WELLINGTON MEAT EXPORT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1894, 31 October 1913, Page 10

WELLINGTON MEAT EXPORT.

[Pobmseied Br Arrangement.] Tho Wellington Meat Export Co., Jjtd., had a. very complete and interesting display on. the Carterton Show-i > grounds. Hero tho'visitor finds a "splendid and instructive collection of jfivools, hides, tallows, oils, pelts, preserved meats, and, in fact, the whole iof tho by-products connected with tho frozen meat Tho exhibit is attractively arranged in a largo marquco located in a central position on tho j grounds, which every producer should mako it his businoss to visit, becatiEo ho is directly concerned in one or other cf its features, and may learn something to his advantago. Sheepskins aro shown in every stage of manufac-

ture, from tlie rough pelt to the highlyfinished basil, imitation chamois, alligator skin, and other fancy leathers that are so widely used in manufacture. Tot so high a decree of perfection has the tannor's art been displayed in tho product under lioiico that none but an expert icould tell the substitute for tho real article. Practically every grade of wool {jrown in New Zealand is shown iu all stages of preparation, from tho unscourcd article to tho finished product ready for the weaver's loom. Tho wool is so classed that tho farmer can seo at a glance which class his own fleeces sliould be in. In addition, tliero is a collection of wool fonn all parts of tho world which enables comparisons to bo made. I'his miniature exhibition of by-products is of such a comprehensive nature as to strikingly demonstrate at a glance what tho freezing industry has done and is doing for tho farmers of New Zealand. This is tho more pronounced when it is'remembered a few years ago tho only asset which slieepowners obtained from their surplus stock was a few shillings for the skin and tallow. Tho exhibit is under the charge of Mr. Gandv, and tho marqueo was thronged with interested spectators, to whom tho collection as a whole was quite a revelation.