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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo Mar., 1911. 



Australian lambs are sold at the Manchester Meat Market on tht^ir 

 merits, and are sometimes preferred. I interviewed the Manager of the 

 Compagna Sansinena de Carnes Congelados, who informed me that he 

 bought quantities of Australian lambs to be sold along with River Plate 

 sheep on his stalls, as his company cannot always obtain a .sufficient quan- 

 tity of South American lambs. The American Meat Companies, such as 

 the Swift Beef Company, the Morris Beef Company, and others, also sell 

 Australian lambs on their stalls in the Manchester Meat Market. 



This fact alone is of great importance. It indicates that the American 

 and Argentine people appreciate the quality of Australian lambs ; that it 

 is popular in the West. It shows, too, the importance of developing the 

 market, for the Argentine people are working up to the requirements, and 

 it is reasonable to predict that the American buyers will not purchase for 

 sale Australian lambs if they can obtain American. No time was more 

 opportune to exploit this exrellt-nt market. 



MEAT-LADEN TRUCKS MANCHESTER TO LONDON . 



Table showing the saving in Distribution of Frozen Meat from Manchester 

 to North of England Towns. 



Frozen Meat, ex Ship to — 



Bolton 



Bradford 



Halifax 



Leeds . . 



Oldham 



Rochdale 



Sheffield 



From London. 

 Per Ton. 



£ s. d. 



2 16 10 



2 10 



2 12 6 



2 10 



2 10 



2 17 6 



1 14 2 



From Manchester. 

 Per Ton. 



14 



1 5 

 1 3 

 1 5 

 15 



15 



1 2 



Saving per Ton. 



£ s. d. 

 2 2 7 

 15 

 1 8 10 

 15 



1 14 10' 



2 2 4 

 11 S 



It is apparent that, in spite of the many handicaps to which Australian 

 mutton is subjected in competing with South American meat, a considerable 

 quantity of Australian is already consumed in this district, and it is there 



