CHILLED BEEF.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9679, 31 December 1909, Page 3

CHILLED BEEF.

THE LINLEY PROCESS. GREAT SATISFACTION]US EXPRESSED. The London correspondent of the oydney "Daily Telegraph" writes:—Much interest has been taken on this side in the first shipment of chilled beef carried from Australia to England under the Linley process, and great satisfaction is exat the successful result of the experiment. The Marathon arrived in London last weak with 1,331 quarters of beef, shipped at Brisbane early in September. Despite its 62 days on board ship the meat came ' up to Smithfield in splendid condition; I there was a vf-ry slight trace of : mould on one or two quarters, but \ generally the meat was excellent in | appearance and compared very favourably with Argentine beef, which had only been killed about 30 days. In butchering and dressing the Australian meat was not so good as that fiom Argentina, but the quality of ( the first grade Australian was decidedly superior. Unlortunately some of the Australian caresses were not prime btef, and these did not make a good show, but the first quality carcases left iittle to be desired, and they created a very favourable impression in Smithfield. The lean was a very good colour, and the fat white and firm. Some of the carcases ware slightly stained with blood. This was due to the butchers having made a |hole under the aitch-bone in order to let the air get to the bone, and so prevtnt bone-taint. This practice should be avoided in future, as the trickling of blood from the hole makes the appearance of the fat unsightly. t The London newspapers devoted much space to this experiment, and several of them exDressed the "opinion that chilled beef from Australia would bring about the downfall of the American Beef Trust as far as English markets are concerned, 'this is perhaps rather an exaggerated idea, but there is, no doubt that the trade heartily welcomes the Australian chilled beef, and will be pleased to see it coming here regularly in large quantities. The success of thin experiment opens up very large possibilities, and for a time, at least, the market fo* Australian and New Zealand beef will be greatly improved. But some far-seeing people are already pointing' out that thp general adoption of the chilling process to beef will ultimately bring prices down to the frozen beef level. This may be so, but for the present, at any rate, it is a matter for congratulation that the Linley process means another penny a pound for his beef to the Australian producer.