Travel-worn Chilled Beef

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)

Travel-worn Chilled Beef

DISPLAYS IN LONDON LONDON, January 14. I An. outstanding event of the New Tear at Smithfield was the simultaneous arrival, in the m.v. New Zealand .Star, of two consignments of “show” chilled beef from the Dominion. From the linlay works, one consignment consisted of 124 hinds and the same nura- , ber of fores from prize-winning cattle exhibited at the Wanganui Show. I On the whole, tho condition of the | beef on arrival was satisfactory, although there was some ice in the , tissues, as might be expected from . chilled beef which was just over fifty- ! four days in transit. Many of the | quarters were of outstanding quality, but some were far too heavy and car- | ried too much fat for the London trade, I a defect which led to the unplacing, when judged at Smithfield, by those | well-known experts, Messrs J. J. Hamil--1 ton and W. Bates, of the quarters which were placed first on the hooks in New Zealand. Gas-staining Evident Incidentally, gas-staining was again evident, due to a combination of faulty stowage, chafing, and imperfect air circulation in the hold. The long period in transit^,}lyas, of course, due to the vessel having to wait for Auckland and Hawke's Bay lambs, and the opinion at .Smithfield is that it would have been well worth while to have delayed killing the cattle for the beef to have been sent north by rail for shipment at the last moment. The improved butchering at the Imlay works was again evident, sufficient of the white connective tissue having been left on the legs to give the dressed quarters a good appearance. The Smithfield judges’ awards were aB follows: Fen No. 40, Angus-Short-horn crossbreds from Messrs J. Wyiey and Sons, who were also winners last year, 1; pen No. 13, Rerefords frojn Mr D. R. Jackson, 2; pens No. 39 and 41, Angus-Shorthorn crossbreds from Messrs J. Wyiey and Sons, 3 and 4. The hinds averaged 3s 6|d per stone, and the fores made around 2a 2ijd per tone on a dull market. Hawke’s Bay Beef On the following day, an impressive display of quarters from prize-whmftig cattle at the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society’s Show was staged at Smithfield by Messrs W. Weddel and Go., Ltd. This consignment, comprising 104 quarters, was judged on the hooks by Messrs G. Bolton, F. Gardner, and \V. Fiske, and attracted a good deal of attention. The judges awarded points purely from the standpoint of the requirements of the London trade, and the winning quarters were placed in-the following order: Pen No. 51C, 1; pen No. 515, 2; pen No. 512, 3; pen No. 518, 4; pen No. 510, 5. In the opinion of tho judges, the first-prize quarters were outstanding, and bore evidence of perfect breeding and feeding. Conformation throughout the consignment was inclined to be uneven, and many of the pens were poorly matched. Thus, while individual quar-, ters hero and there probably justified a place in the prize list, they were accompanied by dissimilar quarters of lower grade. As in tho case of the Wanganui beef and for the same reason, there was a little ice in the tissues, and while the bloom on the whole was very fair, the internal fat showed signs of discolouration. The breeds or crosses from which the quarters originated were not known at Smith field, although it was believed that Angus-Shorthorn crossbreds pro dominated, and were to tho fore in the prize list. It may be mentioned that, during the last three years, AberdeenAngus crossbreds have produced beef of a far more outstanding and regr*»»r quality than that obtained from *.e purebred Angus cattle. ITCHING PILES RELIEVED. Try Zaun Treatment at our expense. Ninepence brings generous trial sample, affording immediate relief. Zaun Proorietary, Box 9525. Wellington.