The Frozen Meat Trade.
Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 6 June 1890, Page 3
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The Frozen Meat Trade.
PROFESSOR WALLACE'S VIEWS. Professor Wallace ban returned to Scotland (writes the London correspondent of the Argus) thoroughly convinced of th>> immense posbibili ties of the New Zealand fi<>zen mutton trade. He does not think much of the prospects of th^ colonial frozen beef trade, but scarcely 1 egrets this as he holds that mutton ia the nuiu ral product of the Australasian colonies ac beef is the natural product of North America. He is endeavouring to combat the impression that is still abroad that evt-n the brat of New Zealand nmt'on is far inferior to that produced in the United Kingdom. He emphases the great natural advantages which New Zealand enjoys for the production of food for stock, and also mentions that imported aninm's exhibit a tendancy to extra vigor of growth when introduced to the colony. He shows that great as lias been the development of the trade in frozen mutlon, New Zealand can still con-ulerably increas 1 th' 1 supply of meat, and afford to sflit even as low as 3d per lb rather than discontinue the trade. In c<ms elusion, profeisor Wallace asserte that a close study great question of naeat supply can lead up to only one
conclusion — vi. thai it is on the eve tif tt wido though pos 1 Sibly gradual expansion. He anticipates a substansial increase in imports of the frozen mutton from Australasia — from NeiV Zealand in the first instance, but ultimately from Australia, in spite of tho rapid growth of her population. He congratulate the British workman up on his good fortune in being able to secure his meat supply so cheaply, and advises the British farmer to begin to lay his plans to meet the reduction in the price of his home, product, which appears to be the most natural result of tho growth ot the foreign trade,
