THIRTY PER CENT.

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20133, 30 December 1939, Page 13

THIRTY PER CENT.

SAVING IN SPACE TELESCOPING CARCASES A saving of about 30 per cent in refrigerated space is made possible by the system of telescoping lamb and mutton carcases, which has now been generally adopted for the dispatch of New Zealand meat overseas.

Telescoping is a war measure only, as it spoils the appearance of the carcase from a butcher’s point of view, but it has become imperative at a time when every foot of cargo space must be saved. For telescoping, the carcase is cut in two across the loin, and the hind legs thrust inside the fore half. The dock appears in the opening, and the ends of the shanks are just short of protruding from the neck opening. Tlie carcase looks very neat in this form, as it makes a parcel of approximately oblong shape that stacks readily. The telescoped carcase is packed in a stockinette bag as usual, but the bags are barely half the size, and are hung by a loop in the bag, neck up. The system inis much to recommend it as a means of saving space, but doubtless the butcher who likes to make a good display in his windows regards it with the resignation reserved for so many wartime changes.