MEAT FOR EXPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 4

MEAT FOR EXPORT.

QUESTION OF ' " DRESSING. ' ] Mjcl F. Mjxqpi*., -f -London meat experjt, , writes:— h Having tegss£ *':.tp" cojs&nupus .complaints which one read in all 'N<bw"'Zialand. 'papers, ajfen,tHnfi scanner }$. yhicji Nsjy ;Z§akuid meat is''hWdJed*' i in the.London docks and market, and the resultant. lose of "yialiV I feel compelled to make some pSserygJjwo| on this subject, ii"s& one ujsed'to i»Jll' ,: kin ; ds - ' , pr meal .and " taking a ggg§t interest in' ali '■ things pertaining' to Ivew Zealand, intend-: ding in. 'the near future flattie in..y,onr. country, desire "to '4atf #iUt 1 reg the reports as' greasy/ 'ex|^geii^.ed.' '■% ' fefve" befen with mypeople market for abojc|,t •'s& yeara %urch'Sfeing ; "aJl''sihds'* , tii Jabot afiid Rmtt9n,;^ew;-%to|-. g giy^r: Plate, Dutch, English, and Scotch, and' 'can "confidently i: 'BMite- fiat"' did f M hp^e--kijled'^eai' : ' arrjyfi'' }£' .the'' frozen meat does, "the British "farmer' woufd""!)* cons?deraKy Ifettef c?; Se/pf course, in dressing: and dirt knocks'^hifimgsbffTHie valn&'bf> 1 sheep. • eoJpni4l , lambS" ja» pitched 9V X& the London market "suliib'^pp^erja|[' corj- ; ditjph•,th l #' c^e'-^a^ls|o. ; ! tra,ve)i.e'd thpusan.df ,pi "'ffligeji." - ''3jj»ken"! shanks and "caved-in" ribs occur yery-S-; fregu^tly, and. S? -Pftt- #P -detrimental. tothe y,alue as ; ponsidering "the- jpffiaey' by*' jbpat, ;'m,oying : into the- stores, 4M«ence |by' '• yah Jp' niark.ef, ■ thf in,eai q,rriyes ;n- truly wonderf|Ll' conHition. 'Wbss~ iiejedS mjpjte. careful investigation is "the - dressing;--by Which the carcases are enhanced T ' : iri'''valafe from a butcher's standpoint. The stripping is well dime -.and "the "priiy-real -feTrJt-,--te one which 'can-easrry be' remedied.- -"When" sheen are dressed in England, w£ run"tlje' knife upwards from t&e to %«'%dw ders which egectoally rejnpv'es all blood feoni the-shoulder. This i# : |he'' chief caosV of complaint amongst hutchera.-as-the dirty face which is left has" to'be reWored, 'add thie means stet a: penny most be taken off the value of" each' shoulder"" a "serious consideration in these""ptgsent times. Then very often a weasand *» biok«n-jpr may be a paunch is cut." 'Tfe.e semi-digested "food is invariably left in the ngck Wd £ very disfiguring' to the joint when' presented tor sale to the prbspecllvpfeuycf.' will give this matter due'- prominence in your fcohinnjsT which-J -am sure WTttl-jeach ■ ipost men feack.-' ';. * '- '-■ " *