Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-26
BEEF FOR JOHNNY ETLi.
2st0ri OF the American Ccasni at New.
castlc-On-Tyne-.Thc Increasing De-
mand for American Ecef-.;ts Superb
ority Over TIE British Production.

The consul of the United States at
y GVCastie-On-IynC transmits t., the de-
partment OF STATE n reUOrt upon the
animal food supply OF the United King
dom, with especial reference to the i'm
portations from the United States. 1t
appears from this report that previous
to 1912 exotic animal food was subject
to a tnsiierable import duty, and was
confined 10 cured or sailed meet and
dairy produce. The foreign supply
up 10 that year scarcely exceeded the
quality exported; the trade was then
chiefly carried on with the colonies and
dependencies of Great Britain. Since
1872, however, when free-trade mea-
surcs were adopted under Sir Robert
Peers administration, the people of the
United Kingdom have, to great ex-
tent, become dependent upon foreign
countries for their supply of animal
food, including ilesh-yielding live stock
The importations of live stock into
Great Britain during the year 1875 were
rs follows:
Estimated
Animals Numbers weights
oxen, bulls, and COWS .... .22is69 10 ,gt ,7G
calves $4,000. ........ e. 81 12g '"'-''''
Sleeps and lambs ,............ 91l. 1862 505;s $50
flSs...,....... .,.............. l,9T S,O55,931
The transportation across the Attain
TIC of either live stock or fresh meet
was little more than experimental until
within the present decade. Loss in
most cases attented such enterprises,
through the death of great proportion
of the animals shipped and by the
meat becoming, by its putrcfaction, UNI
TT To be food for man. Some of the
evils attending the transit of cattle
from America have, TO great extent,
been mltlgatcd during late wears. Tn
der TINS system the animals are kept in
boxes or cages while confined in the
hold, and are hoisted ON deck for excr-
else and air whenever the state of the
weather may permit of it. BY this
means cattle have frequently of hate
been carried across the Atlantic with
little or no pcrccptiblc deterioration of
the condition in which they were
shipped IN America. But ii must be
borne Ill mind that this improved mode
of conveying cattle across the sea in
wolves great additional cost Of freight:
and furthermore, during adverse wealth
er the improved system becomes inn
practicable, and the old dangers and
disadvantages return.
For some years past the expectation
of butchers meat in its fresh state
from America into the British Isles
was frequently attempted, but with very
uncertain success. Last year (lS760
however, the problem of how to obtain
an unlimited supply of this important
necessary of life to Great Britain WAS
most satisfactorily solved The plan
adopted for the preservation of the
meat IN sound and sweet condition is
the speedy withdrawal of the animal
heat immediately on the extinction of
HE from the animal. This is accom-
phshed 10y Il refrigcrating process ut
temperature of 80 deg. to 70 dec
Fahrenheit. After which, and as spccd
NY rs possible, the meat is sewcd up in
canvas wrappers of open texture and
transferred to air.tght chambers Icon-
NtruCtCd in manner also uon-conduct-
ING of heat in the ship in which il is
TO toe conveyed across the ocean. The
condition of the meat is excellent far
surprising that generally produced in
NIeat Britain at the present duv. Pre-
JUDGES against the meat have been
overcome The American exporters
should now do all i'm their power % I'M
part confidence into the eeularity
durability, and suiliuoucy VI this im-
portaut trade
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