The Daily Telegraph. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1883.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3670, 19 April 1883, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1883.

Mb W. J. Cullen, of Linkwater Dale, Picton, who has recently returned from a visit to the old country, furnishes the readers of the Christchurcli Press with some information that he obtained in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Scotland. Mr Cullon says that the gentlemen he saw in connection with various establishments one and all said in effect—"Grow fine wool if you can. Every person wants goods that 'feel soft when handled, and anything that will spin a two-fold weft is sure to be valuable. If your land is too damp, and docs not suit merinos, grow the finest wool you can ; and, on the whole, it is more satisfactory to send it Homo in the grease, and free from tar or sand." A gentleman in London, who for some years has sold Mr Cullen's wool, said—" In sorting your cross-bred wools sec that the long, or Lincoln, is kept separate for the shorter cross-bred wools. The cross-bred with a good deal of merino quality, and having a length of staple of three or four inches, sells best as a rule. Too many distinctions in classing should be avoided, but locks and pieces, lambs', rams 1 , and black wool should be kept separate ; also, a void putting two classes of wool in one bale." The following portion of Mr Cullen's letter will be read with interest byHawke's Bay settlers: —" I found that great interest was being taken at Home in the frozen meat trade. I might state that Mr J. "Wethercd, of Bristol, wrote me to the effect that Mr John Chambers, of Hawkc'sßay, was then in England, and had invented an improvement in the refrigerating machine which would greatly lessen the present cost of freezing meat to bo brought from Now Zealand to" England. Several influential English merchants were at that time in communication with Mr Chambers with the view of not only fitting up vessels, but also erecting freezing houses in New Zealand, so that the carcases of sheep and cattle can be stored till vessels arc ready to take them on board." Mr "Wethercd further adds— ' ' That such an enterjvrisc as the frozen meat trade should greatly enhance both the value of stock and land in the colony." As an instance of the increasing popularity and usefulness of the refrigerator, Mr Cullen mentions that on the way home in the Lusitania fresh meat, fish, poultry, &c, were served to the passengers daily, and the meat served for dinner off Plymouth was even better than that dined off of when leaving Adelaide, thus dispelling the illusion that the refrigerator takes the goodness out of the meat, For the travelling public the refrigerator is an inestimable boon, and does away with the unpleasant practice of carrying live cattle, pigs, poultry, &c, on the ship's deck. In common with Mr Cullen we may look forward to the time when frozen butter will be successfully sent from New Zealand to England;'but success in this direction will not~be gained till butter makers learn to work their butter so as to remove the cause of so many white streaks. In short, butter alone—not butter and water—would have to be sent.