THE DISPLAY OF MEAT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 December 1885, Page 2

THE DISPLAY OF MEAT.

The butchers in Masterton had an excellent display of meat last night, and the yarjpijs shops were crowded with customers and sigfttsgefg, ■' Messrs Wickerson and Wagland had some splendid qheep f^om' tljo faints fif Mrs Yates and "Mr T: E. Chamberlain, i Upper Plain. None of them were very heavy, the largest being about 1151bs in weight, but all of them were in the best sPnljtion for the table. A lamb weighing 631bs and brer) on Mr T. E. Chamberlain's farm, Miki Miki, among the attractions,' The heaviest bullock in the shop was a thi-ee year old, which turneij the scale at something over (IflOlbs, fio came from the run of. Messrs Wardell, was some . fine veal in the shop, and an TOjlent display of well-cured ham and bacon, fjie shop was very neatly decorated with eyej?CT6§i)s. . Mr Perry had made a special effort to make his 'No '1 shop attractive; but the beft beef at his 'dispoSar had been divided tetpenhistyo shops.in Queen-street. of -three 'bullocks' whiqh t«ok .prizef >s ai ihe j&te " stock, show in Mastertonj were" reserved for the display. One of these w : as;bred on Mr , Perry V own : farmland the other two came 1 from the run. of Mr J; C. Vallance, Kahumingi,. Either oftliem would have turned the scale 1400

lbs. There w q fine display of k'mbs, all of whichwere bred by Mr,; Perry,; as well as of veal,;.;-. The heaviest sheep was about 120 lbsi ' The:- display at Mr.■ Perry other shops'was similar to that at, No l'.;/ ■" MessrsaJ.' and:C. Herbert's shop had an exceedingly riice'display of meat, though none,; of the animals were very 'heavy. A splendid calf attracted the most attehtion, and i its■; joints will, no doubt,' be eagerly sought after to-day. There were. some excellent sheep of medium weight, which came from the farm of Mr J. Macara, and Several fine bullocks, which came from Messrs Herbert's own farm on the Opaki. Mr Hockley had a very fine display of prime Christmas beef, lambs and sucking pigs. The show was artistically fixed up with ferns and evergreens, and the goods nicely dressed.