VENTURE IN RUBBER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19806, 29 November 1927, Page 9

VENTURE IN RUBBER.

HENRY FORD'S PURCHASE. AREA OF 5,000,000 ACRES. Sun. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. Mr. Henry Ford announces that hia company has recently purchased 5,000,000 acres of land from the Brazilian Government, for the purpose of a rubber plantation. The area is situated on the Piquabuba Plateau, in the State of Para. It is rich, volcanic soil. Mr. Ford says that if the entire tract can bo placed in production, it will not only change the entire situation of the rubber industry in the world, but will give Northern ' Brazil a tremendous agricultural and industrial impetus. The planting of rubber is to begin immediately, and it is expected that in seven years there will bo an immense annual production from the area.

NEW ZEALAND MEAT. EXHIBITION IN LONDON. TRIUMPH IN CEROPLASTIC ART. [from our own correspondent. 3 LONDON, Oct. 22. An excellent New Zealand meat display has been arranged in the show window of the High Commissioner's Office. Sir James Allen, the former High Osmmissioner, initiated the idea of having lamb carcases imitated in wax, and after several experiments made by an expert, a couple of splendid specimens of the ceroplastic art were completed. These were shown in several exhibitions. The Imperial Institute had two made for exhibition purposes, and the Meat Producers' Board has also had a number made. Seven of these wax carcases form the chief feature in the window display. They are hung from the regulation meat hooks, the under surface of two of them being shown and the backs of five. Extra realism is given to them by means of a cloth cover over the necks.

The ground work of the exhibit is made up of imitation grass, and over this are distributed a score of plaster models of sheep and lambs. At each side of the window is a diorama showing the scene of a sheep station in New Zealand. As a background there are two paintings of sheep country, and surmounting these two New Zealand flags. A number of good photographs, also illustrate the subject. Placards produced for the Meat Board's, displays give the public information regarding New Zealand's meat. For instance: "New Zealand meat is slaughtered under perfect hygienic conditions and stringent Government veterinary inspec; tion. Always pure and nourishing." Again: "New Zealand sheep and lambs are fed on the best English grasses and watered beside pure mountain streams. This makes the New Zealand meat the best flavoured in the world." "New Zealand is Britain's greatest supplier of mutton and lamb. New Zealand lamb is always good and tender, always pure and full of nourishment."

So true in likeness to the real lamb with the finest bloom are the wax figures that probably the great majority of people who pass by never for a moment realise that they are models Indeed, last Saturday ! a well-known business man rang up New Zealand House to know if they were real or not, as he wished to settle a bet. Another man who had been in the trade for years inquired the price that would be accepted for the sever, carcases, as he had handled New Zealand meat, but he had never seen such fine lambs before. The models have cost £l5O, but the outlay is well worth while, as they enable a large body of people, who otherwise would not have the opportunity, to see what New Zealand lamb is like. It is suggested that the principle could be extended to butter and cheese, at least for those sections of exhibits which make up the background and bulk. PORT CAROLINE BUTTER. SALE OF 15,000 BOXES. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Nov. 27. Fifteen thousand dry boxes of the Port Caroline's damaged bjitter has been sold to blenders, but the underwriters ruled out an offer for the bulk purchase of the remaining wet portion with an undertaking that it be used up in blending, so that its New Zealand origin would not be revealed. CO-OPERATIVE PIG MARKETING. FIRST ADVANCE PAYMENT. [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Mondiy. The first advance payment by the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association (Incorporated) was paid to-day. The advance was made on the basis of 3d per lb. for pork, and 2d for baconers. The executive* purposely made the advances on a conservative basis to protect the suppliers from any risk of a reclamation. Approximately £I3OO was absorbed by the advance. Payments will be made fortnightly in future. * „ The association has handled 1500 pigs since it commenced operations a month ago, and the numbers coining forward are increasing rapidly everv week. _ '1 he advanced price is tio indication ot the final payout. The association is receiving excellent support. Thirteen dairy companies, including the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company. Limited, arc behind the association, and have urged their suppliers to use the organisation for the disposal of their pigs. PRODUCE FROM DOMINIONS. NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTS. fpßOil Of It OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. Oct. £2. A comparison of last month's food imports with those for the corresponding month of 1926 shows that Australia and New Zealand have more than made up for smaller quantities of mutton and lamb from Argentina, and that the Irish Free State continues to profit by the ban on pork from Holland. Ireland also shows an improving trade in bacon, notwithstanding the effort of Holland to supply us with pigs in the cured form as the fresh meat is shut out:. Butter from Australia and the 'Argentine has fallen in quantity, and none was received from Canada, but New Zealand and Ireland aided in making total supplies heavier than last year.

MILK DISTRIBUTION. ENGLISH METHODS PRAISED. " England has got all other European countries beaten in regard to methods of milk distribution," said Mr. J. B. Bryant, of Kow South Wales, who lately returned from a visit to Britain. He has spent six months investigating the methods of milk distribution in Great Britain and tho Continent on behalf of milk distributing companies in Australia. He visited nil the big plants of the distributing com. panics, and found that England was a long way ahead of Germany, where possibly the second best methods were in vogue. Australian methods aro very antiquated," Mr. Bryant said. "As "a result of the better methods practised in England consumers are getting a milk supply free from disease and of a very high food value."