FROZEN MEAT FOR FRANCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 97, 18 October 1915, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT FOR FRANCE.

The trench Department of Agriculture in a report which ia epitomised in the New Zealand Journal uf Agriculture reports that tbe success of tbe trial of frozen meat soon induced tbe War Department not only to replenißb the depots with frozen meat, but also to send some to the front, where tbe soldiers so highly appreciated it that it was decided that all shiploads already arrived or about to arrive should be reserved exclusively for the army, and contracts were also made lor a supply of 15,0U0 tons per month, beginning from 'January Ist, 1915. "Tbe advantages of frozen meat are easily seen," Bays tbe report. "It may be transported from place to place without special precautions, packed in waggons or carts in ea'ily handled quarter*, well protected against external soiling. It is of best quality, not over fat, and perfectly healthy. It has all the qualities of fresh meat when eaten at the proper time—that is, cooled and kept tbe necessary time; it is much more tender than meat still warm after slaughter. It i?, besides, incomparably superior to that furnished by cattle, tired and often ill, following troops; also, infinitely superior to thz flesh of reqoisitioreJ cattle." The quantity of frozen meat consumed in France in the first six months of 1915 is estimated at 150,000 tons, purchased partly by the War Department, partly by privats persons. Tbe meat used is princpially beef, representing about 450,000 head ot cattle, almost half ot what is required weekly in ordinary times.