, 1876-03-11
EXPECTATION OF BEEF.
Results Of the FIRST Consignment OF Beef
90 England.

An invention has now been tested
m an extent which leaves no doubt
that fresh meat can b., As 1t has been
impor;ed from the United States and
Canada and be sold and eaten here
wiibeat the consumer knowing ne bas
hecr ENJOYING cut from a prime
" Scot" Refrigeration, though the
meat /, not actually frozen, best de
scri6eS the process, which has the
meri, of extreme simplicity and of
leaving the meat absolutely unaltered
both in flavor aud appearance The
cattle intended for shlpmen! are kill
eI a Gay or two before the vessel starts
,,reat care being taken 10 extract all
The blood. After the carcass Is cut
up the quarters are sewn up IN canvas
and conveyed TO compartment III
the hold Of the only line OF vessels
Guion's steameTs-as yet fitted up
Tor the purpose. Here the quarters
OF meat are slung 20 as to swing clear
and allow of a free passage Of air
all around them. Tanks around the
compartment are filed with ice sutti
cient TO keep the temperature OF the
air down to 81 degrees during the
passage, and a constant motion and
circulation is maintained by the action
Of large fan worked by steam The
effect of keeping meat in this dry,
cold atmosphere for ten or twelve
Gays is 50 to harden aud solidify the
surface that at the end of the passage
it is more marketable in appearance
than when frs: killed.
Some forty tons SEM as a first ex-
pertinent were forwarded by special
train direct from Liverpool TO the
Central Meat Market at Smilh6eld,
and found ready sale at top prices.
As matter Of experiment sheep aud
pigs have been sent in a similar way
with a result eminenlly satisfactory TO
those who are looking forward To the
Development of i large trade All the
meat has reached market IN splendid
condition, cool, dry, firm and free
from the slightest faint, and it has
been hard to convince experienced
butchers and saieSmen who saw 1t
for the first lime what they were iu>
spectlug.
The inventors of this very promis,
ing process are Messrs. Eastman &
Martin, OF New York. Mr.. j. a. Lip,
pincolt, also of New York, having
successfully applied the principle, So
far as ii has gone, Mr.. j. d. Ling, Of
Liverpool and Of the Central Meat
market, being the agent here. The
capacity Of the compartments so fit
ted in the Guion steamer is about 200
tons. Tne cOnsignmeGls now being
sent every week amount TO fifty tons,
and the supply is now i'll process of
rapid development to the maximum
which the present arrangement
will allow, of 2DJ tons weekly. The
trial has now been Sufficiently extend
ed to dem, nStrate the scientific value
OF the pc,cess, Iulead, it is easy to
conceive that in a compartment main
tAirei at SO low temperance, with
air KEEP perfectly dry aud pure tecom-
position might be almost definitely
arrested, and the meat might hang
for weeks, not only without injury,
but with positive benefit accruing
from keeping, in rendering the fiber
ten Ter aud easily masticated. The
cattle which have been Sc far employ
ed TO test the experiment whether
American beet suits English palates,
are bred in the Western State of Iowa,
the carcasses averaging 100 stone OF
She commercial value of the trade the
conslgnOrS ought to be The best Judges,
aud they express themselves perfectly
satisfied with the result SO far-LOH-
don Daily Standard.