ORDERLY METHODS.

Shannon News, 17 February 1925, Page 4

ORDERLY METHODS.

The regulation of shipments in this way 'necessarily entails holding large stocks of meat in the Dominion during the* flush of the season; but this really adds to the advantage of a stable market the advantage of storage under the best conditions. For several reasons it is much better that stocks should be held i"a New Zealand than in London or in any centre at the other end of the world. During the war storage space far in excess of present requirements was erected in the Dominion, the result being that meat now can be stored at a much lower rate here than it can be in any of the consuming countries. Moreover, the conditions of storage in New Zealand are much better than~tho conditions prevailing in Great Britain. Frozen meat, if it is to retain the quality of freshly killed meat, must be kept at a uniform temperature. There is little difficulty of doing this in New Zealand as the various chambers alter being lilled with meat are closed up and rarely opened until their contents are required for shipment. I'a London and in other British distributing" centres, on the other hand, the chambers are continually being opened for retail purposes and as a consequence a uniform temperature is not maintained and the qualit.x of the meat is impaired. The disad vantage to the producers of having largo stocks, subject to deterioration, thrown upon an over-loaded market has bee'a sufficiently illustrated by the recent experience of the New Zealand dairy-men.