A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 12, 26 July 1882, Page 3

A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

The more people reflect on Professpt BartFs discoverr that by heating boracic acid with, glycerine a compound was obtained which keeps food perfectly sound and sweet ior months* ramarkc the Pull Mall Gazette, the greater will be their conception of the revolutionary character of iborog'j'cer ide. To begin with the vast refrigerating vaults which have been constructea at Victoria Docks, in which' 4300 " muttons" can be stored at a time, will be rendered useless, and the demand tor refrigerators will suddenly cease. That, however, is one of tho< ino-t trifling consequences of Pro., BarfFs discovery, a t-ultry day will no longer be able to spoil " the harvest of tue tea," and London and ali the inland towns will tor the first time b«s able to enjoy a constant supply of choap frenh fish. Ihe revolution will: fall heaviest on Jarmers Mutton is a penny a pound in New South Wales, and beef tlirer -r-half pence a pound ie Texas. If Devonshire cream can bft delivered in Zanzibar as fresh as when it left the En^l|*h dairy, the one r>reat elenent which has hitherto favoured the British agriculturist in his struggle against loreign competition wi 1 disappear Kent 3 will fall once more, ana the reluctance of the Irish tenant to purchase his holding will be greater rhan ever. Professor Rm ff m >v yet figure, in history as. tb(.j revolutionist who administered the ''coupde gr^ce" to the ancient landed. , t-ysleui of Great B. it itiiii • .: :' ' i ■