MEAT FLOUR.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4340, 9 November 1921, Page 3

MEAT FLOUR.

CLAIMS FOR THE INDUSTRY.

The great value of the new industry to freezing companies may be briefly summarised thusi-: The conversion of a portion_.of meat now send Home as frozen meat will reduce the volume on the London market, and thus give the price a chance to harden : the portion converted into me a. flour’ will give an enhanced return to the farmer for his meat; the capital required to erect a meat flour Works, to work in conjunction with a freezing works, is very little; when tinned meat is a glut on the market meat flour could be made, and the manufacture of meat flour from some of the stock now turned into tinned goods would materially aid in preventing such a glut occurring; an immense market for meat flour, at, present unexploited by the fresh or, frozen meat trade, is awaiting in tropical, arid, and semi-tropical countries. The. claims made and now proved fbr this meat flpur are given briefly as follows: Very great concentration, only surplus moisture . removed ; remarkable keeping qualities under trying conditions; great convenience and saving of time and firing in general household cooking; wide range of utility for general food purposes ; payability and digestibility ; cheaper by at least one-half than other concentrated meat products ; can be made from store or forward stock; can be sold in cartons or. packages like tea; can be made from less valuable parts of beasts and yet show practically the same analysis; does not require storing in a refrigerating chamber at works, port of shipment, ship-board, or port of arrival; greatly reduced freight owing to small space taken up (about one-twelfth that of frozen meat) ; great value lor the millions with defective teeth who cannot masticate fresh meat; inestimable importance in time of war : value in Eastern countries, arid regions, and polar regions ; utility for shipping companies, aviators, motorists, miners, explorers, sportsmen, etc.; comparatively small amount of capital required to be sunk in buildings, plant, machinery, etc.; excep-. tional. value in building up the strength of invalids, dyspeptics, delicate children, etc.; does r.ot require preservatives pfi any kind to improve its keeping qualities. The remarkable growth of the chilled meat industry in the Argentine has practically put New Zealand out of the market as far as \the beef trade is concerned, and it behoves farmers and graziers to take an interest in this matter, which promises to do more for them than even the introduction of freezing many years ago.

A fine herd of Friesians is owned by Mr J. Hart, oft Tatuanui. The herd includes the pedigree sire Prince Pietertje, of Cliffside; the young bull Ditcher Dutchman 11. ■ the imported cow Johanna Fayne Lady, which gave 4981 b of bulttemfat as a two-year-old and 5331 b of butter-, fat at a later stage in her life ; Lady Pauline, which gave 603.851 b of but-ter-fat as a two-yead-old ; and the imported cow Gem Castine Fobes, whicn cost the owner 131 guineas.. One of Johanna Fayne Lady’s daughters gave 6001 b of 1 butter-fat as a two-year-old. Five other daughters, are on the farm. In the herd of 85 cows there ar© 20 pedigree Friesians. Tin others are a nice lot of mixed Jerseys. Mr Hart has 296 acres on the Tatuanui-WaiJoa road, all of which is improved. The whole area has .been top-dressed with 2cwt of super and fine ground phosphate io the acre.