FARM AND DAIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 2, 27 January 1909, Page 3

FARM AND DAIRY

BOXULESS BKEF THADE. BRITISH REGULATIONS. The Scotch correspondent of til'* " Meat Trades' Journal" wrote recently as follows:—'"We WcTe sonle time back, when the wholesale condemnation of boneless beef was going on in Glasgow, that after January 1 the importation of this class of beef would be prohibited. Mr. Trotter was the authority given for the statement, and that mil masterful inspector dm not, speal. with ™if the hook is Droved by tile regula

tions issued by the Local Government Board last week. Glasgow tang thl ' sole port of entry for Scotland has n-.i----turallv a strong interest in the importation and inspection of all food stuns and not very long ago the Corporation, on the recommendation of tiie iieait

Committee, asked that more power should be given them under the I üblic Bealth Act of 1907, not only to deal with imported meats, but also witlicaicases killed in Glasgow slaughterlouses. Tor instance, they asked that power be given them to make the veterinary surgeon the executive officer, t alter the classification of meat, and to

he enabled to enforce their view that 'the removal of the inner limn;;, or serous membrane, of the carcass be absolutely forbidden.' Well, the Corporation liave not been indulged in tnusc re apeefcs—and a good job, too-but ; tlu. X€ifuUtions under the hauling of for cim Meat' will gladden the hearts o | 'What Fors' in the Council, lhcy arc very stringent in dealing with boneless fcecf, which will only be allowed in O «m such shape and m such condition as to afford sufficient means of idmU flcation with definite ]fflrt ß of » Although this does not am«»nt to I nhibition, it Will certainly exclude nine tenths of the class of goods that «a» heine dumped in Glasgow; and »o -»• Tr<.'tter was not very far astray »hi'i lie spoke of prohibition. The class u( *rnnds he was handling at the time has wSed, ami none too soon. Whatever toneless beef we may get n° w " us n,oro,.b„t then ve need not be .shamed of t. The stipulation a* t(J V ti l thHacking seems to surest that th. pieces must be frown first, and boxed afterwards, instead of being prised in to the boxes first and then frozen, as js now th® practice. If this be the tention of the regulation, it is unlikely that the New Zealand exporters can profitably comply.

• -Marlborough possesses a reputation as IrigH ta regard to the product,on of Parley an Taranaki does in rt S :,rd ; the production of butter and chee,c. The barlev crop this season promised tn be an extraordinarily heavy one, but the Herald reports that the yield will be ntlMstii per cent, under the original estimate. The reduction is due to the Trnut:fo" P pound S of mi* to the Cape Egmont Co-operat" e JWr> Company dunn« the mo . ntll , ( ber was 1,18:>,032. producing 44.4JJbs. n <butter-fat Suppliers received 1* per • 'for their fat, the total ««wujit I>>»J »n for the month being tiiJ 11" 1'• The number of pigs kept 111 the el States is about 40,000,000, ami

exported pork products arc van en< , tl2joofl,ooo annually. Jtenmai k i» . alive to the pig m<lustrv, wlieie . combine it with dairying. I'rmn "" bacon factory in 1888 the nnmtar *i»d | increased to thirty-two 1 OT. .'F® ■of treating 1,000,000 p.?* a «; trriniriiio in a total revenue of tP, AOO. In New Zealand there arc Upt .abOiib (t quarter of a million sck\». would appear reasonable to compii <• -value .of their output of pork and -At filjSWflOO per annum.