GLEANINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7915, 26 September 1911, Page 2

GLEANINGS

Italy, the only Continental country to encourage tho use of frozen meat in a thoroughgoing manner, has now its own meat .vans on English and Continental railways for the transport of New Zealand and other frozen meat from Smithfield to its own markets.

There has just taken placcHn Ontario, Canada, what is described as the world’s record sale of Ayrshire stock. The 11V head sold averaged „G7O. One bull realised <£s2o, said to be the highest price ever paid for a sire of tho breed. A cow changed hands at Al9O, and another at <£lsl.

According to his Majesty’s Consul at Monte Video, Swift and Co., the American meat packers, jntolj .purchased a meat slaughtering establishment in the neighbourhood of Monte Video, and intend spending about JC320,000 in bringing tho works up to date. Tho now works will have an annual capacity of 200,000 ncad of cattle, as well as sheep., During tho first six months of this year Great Britain exported 1121 purebred sheer,, as follows:--To Argentine, 422; Germany, 284; Uruguay, 105; Canada, C 7; Australia, 10; New Zealand, 7; other countries, 215.