SPECIAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14822, 13 November 1913, Page 12

SPECIAL ITEMS.

(Published by Arrangement.)

.AN OB J EOT LESSON. CANTERBURY* FROZEN MEAT COMPANY'S EXHIBIT. Ono of the great industries of Canterbury, tho frozen "moat, is admirably placed on view by th© Canterbury _ rozen Meat and Dairy Produce Company, Ltd., in its permanent building on the main avenue near th© Lincoln road gates. This exhibit should be witnessed by ono and all. young and old, as it affords an excellent object lesson of what largely contributes to tho wealth and prosperity of this portion < of tho Dominion.. Particularly should this exhibit bo shown to school children, as without going to tho factory they can at a glance see th© different processes undergone by tho sheep that feed on their fathers' farms, and of tha many products besides wool and mutton that the sheep gives to the community. rhey_ will also understand all the better how it is that tho sheep has contributed* both to their parents' and their country s prosperity." By the citizen of Christchurch tho exhibit should also bo witnessed. It must come as an eyeopener to him to know how very .little of the sheep is wasted, and what a number of products aro extracted from it. Incidentally, it might bo mentioned that th© Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Company is the pioneer freezing company of Canterbury. The products which are manufactured at the company's different works mako a bravo display. The first to catch tho eye is a" fine assortment of preserved* meats of all ."rinds including the company s renowned sheep tongues, which have taken the gold medal wherever shown. To illustrate the demand for these doh'encies, it might bo mentioned that the whole of tho company's output has been sold for somo time past, and those on displhy aro exhibited by the courtesy of tho buyers. There aro also bales of cold water slirjed and scoured wools. It might be noted that theso woois have for somo timo past held tho blue ribbon on the London market. Neatsfoot oil next catches the eyo, and so clear and appetising does it look-that it might be taken for something more palatable than it is. Like tho meats it has avcry ready sale, being much used by tanners, who tako largo quantities for tho preparation of the best leathers. Next on -now aro the manures, which are prepared for all classes of crops, and all classes of soils. They include bonedust, blood, and animal mixtures, all of which are made from stock killed at the various works under Government supervision; and which are mixed as re-, quired with the beßt of other'ingredients of British manufacture. They have proved so satisfactory that as each year comes along tho demand increases for these reliable aids to the farmer. It would be well for farmers to note that as the comnany keeps an expert in agricultural chemistry on the works they -can get their soils analysed at any time free of charge. This year th© company have further added to tho attractiveness of their exhibit by erecting a small freezing chamber, in which can be seen some primo Canterbury lambs of the usual standard of the O.F.M.C. brand, which brand hokls pride of place on tho London market. In the same i chamber is to bo seen a block of ice containing apples. In tho opposite : corner of the building thero is an excellent display of silver beet of different , kinds, exhibited by th© Government Agricultural Department from plots ; from th© Belfast experimental farm. There is also a number of sheaves of 1 grain, linseed, etc., together with ' photos of the exhibit at the Dunedin \ Winter Show, giving full particulars of ' tho feeding, etc., of the several kinds 1 of beet. Ln another part of the build- '• ing thero is a display of hams and i bacon as prepared and cured for i farmers from their own pigs. There i ar© also a number of wool mats and ' pictures of the various works, "fields of i turnips, etc., and somo of the various < lines of prime lambs and sheep that , have been frozen at the company's dif- , ferent works. ' There is also a large j picture of the wonderful sheep bred and fattened by Mr F. Bull, of Waddington, which are supposed to have put ' up a world's record in price for fat ' sheep. All these, with the addition of s flowers in blocks of ice, and pot plants, * go to make one of the best, if not the " most- attractive exhibits on the ground, i It should not be missed. i