The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-06
London Letter.
Irregular Correspondence
LONDON, England, Oct. II, 1885,

During the past week the weather prevail
ing throughout the country has been for the
most part fine and dry, and rapid progress has
been made in securing the gram which re-
manned outstanding at the time OF the recent
excessive rainfall. Although comparatively
small proportion of English wheat remained
in the fields at that time, the damage to I'M
thatched ricks was considerable and the con.
ditiOn Of the samples recently offered has been
materially affected thereby. Nevertheless,
where stacks had been well built, and all
available means used 10 keep out the rain in
the absence of proper covering the damage
has been confined to the top rounds of sheaves,
and therefore the bulk OF the supply on offer
during the week has been IN fairly good mar
ketable condition. With continuance of fine
weather the threshing- machine will be kept
busily at work in order to meet the engage.
ments now falling due; and, in addition To-
this, money Is so greatly in request amongst
farmers that many of them will accept times
price on all their convertible stocks. 1t must,
however, be borne in mind that the sweating
of matched Kicks will now begin to hinder
threshing operations, and some two or three
months must elapse before English wheats
can come freely to hand. This, together with
the fact of the yield being of very disap-
pointing nature, has inspired holders with
confdencein the immediate future Of the trade,
and the market closed on Friday with firm
ness at Is. per Or. advance on Mondays rates
The London directors of the Australian Fro
zen Meat Export Company are actively en-
pIoyed in securing large share of Australians
meat export trade for Melbourne. The com.
pany's refrigerating machine for land use ar
rived in the steamship Garonnc. Arrange
ments to have the slaughtcring of stock done
at the works of the Melbourne Meat.preserv-
ing Company, where the retrigeratlng machine
(Glfford's PATENT Will also be erected, have
been made, and the directors are having the
refrgerating chambers completed with rs lit.
tie delay as possible. A clearinghouse is now
being built at the Melbourne Meat preserving
Companys works, The refrigeratlng machine
imported is OF moderate capacity, and second
will probably be required. 4 practical engi.
neer has been sent out by the Orient Steam
ship Company to take charge of the machin-
cry. Another phase of the movement Is that
efforts are being made in Denlllquln to estab-
fish depot from which meat may be supplied
to Melbourne. At a meeting held recently in
Denllquln it was considered advisable to start
an export company with capital of 10000.
In Queensland the scheme for exporting fro.
zen meat which has been talked of for a long
while, taken up and allowed to fall, and as.
sumed various shapes, has so far been ma.
turcd that the articles Of The Queensland Freez
ing and Food Export Company Ilmited) have
been published. The proposed plan of opera.
tions is to carry on the business of dealers in
and preservers and exporters Of every descrlp.
ton OF food suitable for human consumption
which may require to be frozen or otherwise
preserved prior to or whilst in course of tran
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