Meat Branding By Electricity.
CHIUSTCHUKCH, May, 20, An important invention for murking the carcases of frozen meat has been patented.lby Mr A. J. Uobcrts, instructor in electricity at the Kuiupoi technical tkuiscs. The principle adopted is the burning in of the brand on the carcase by means of electricity. The letters comprising the brand consist of platinum wire on a plane of . mica. iVcctric'ity is conveyed along these wires, and the stamp is applied to the carcase, with tho result that tho brand is clearly abd cleanly burnt in. It is claimed that the brand cannot be obliterated except by cutting off the portion of the carcase treated. Mr T. Anderson, Government Inspector at the Canterbury Meat Company's freezing works at Belfast, has tested this new niotVod, and is satisfied with tho rssuft. Carcases branded by the process and frozen remained in the freezing <cjiambers to}- three wepk>, and when ta-lwm out and thawed the b'ands (diowed; i)o s)gns pj obliteration. Mr Roberts intends placing his in-l vention - before the Department of'' 1 Agriculture, • ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7829, 23 May 1905, Page 2
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174Meat Branding By Electricity. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7829, 23 May 1905, Page 2
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