The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-20

Of this city, and herewith rspor. to Jon the re.N
These COW stables are built in three rows 0, IA
block bounded BY Tenth and Eleventh avenues, aad
from the Tenth nearly to the Eleventh avenue, IN
length. One row IL on Fifteenth street, one en-
sixteenth street and one nearly " sCe centre OF NE
block With an alley way on each side OF the centre
twenty feet Wide. The lower 20 ton Of tds roy 81
COW sheds Sixteenth street are built Of brick
two stories high, and far uperor in every way -
aDs o + vn,sn arc 'hsds but ono rsoy Aa
In each Of these sheds two cows are placed In
double lows, the width Of .he she'd and tht re /. a
sight descent made from the head Of each saaa To
| the centre Of each Of the double rows, fer Tie sx-
cIement and filth from the cows TO run OF AMI a
trough is PLACED on the lover and outside OF each
shed to carry OF the sad excrezent and filth from
the premises, but neither answer the purpose weM;
the descent Is not sufficient. nor the trough pro.
perry constructed, and II the cows excTsmen,s were
Of healthy or natural Character, the tro1ghs, &c.,
would be entirely usclefg.
found these COW Sheds on tho day vited
them, occupied by 1883 Cows. and over 90 horses.
besides goats, turkeys. geese, chickens, &c,
The space allotted to each COW does not exceed
three feet in WIDTH the space In length Is sufficient;
rope. The ceilings Of sI these sheds are very loy
and scarce any place for ventilation, EXCEPT the
doors, and they are very few and narrow, and the
ar IN them is extremely FOUL filthy and sickenins;
were painting for breath and ayr, and apparently h
afeverish condition; and Indeed how could Is hr
otherwise, confined IS they are in their close hot
and unventilated Sheds surround ed with Doxioul,
filthy and sinking atmOs 1here, not ray Of Gods
sunlight to shine on them, nor breath Of rnre air
allowed to pass through their nostsilsf
Ip6eed. foul il le air in these stables that ~
Health Wardens WHO accompanied me were c0.s-
PEELED to suspend the inspection tor time % ID
cover from its kickeniug eff ct upon them.
The cows kept In these sheds are fed upon T'il
and sops made ct the distilery Of Messrs. johnson
& Co., which Is situated on tee block west Of these
premises OIL the swill Is brought nrdor the see<
by OF pipes to the swl reservoirs IN the yards
OF the cow sheds, and from thence it Is foreel .o
the houghs placed in the STA 3les, and from which Is
is eaten. This swill is given TO each COW thee
times daily. ~8
The Messrs. johnson Il Co. own these sheds ara
supply the swi'l to the COWS; the owners Of 40
cows pay them for rent and swill for each coy tts
Twas told that some Of the owners Of the cows
gave them hay and meal, but saw no evidence Ct
such fact. ~ a,
about fortythree owners Of COWS STABBED herc hey
own from six to two hundre Is coga each. They
all sell milk, beside others who purchase milk there
to sell again.
In The course Of my inspection. found one Pa.
trick Whine, who owns or keeps ,ows on the no
misses, in the act Of mixing the milk from thesa
heated, feverisa aud swillfed COWS. with etain
mixture which he called burnt sugar, put in tho
.Hn, % 10 SvvAJ WIN Anut aoA s-S Puipup0
it proper, rich, creamy and natural color, il having
been watered to that extent that il became neccs
ssry to give It proper color; ar If the milk from
those poor, poisoned grass torsaken cows, without
sunshine and without pure air, fed on slops AMI
sw, was too good, too pure, too rich to sell 70 hl
customers without reducing it to proper degree
of strength, and then sugar It to proper color.
Arouad these stables, painted in glowing eolora,
are the wagons Of these persons to carry fourth aud
retail this rich, pure, and sugar colored milk; and
many Of these wagons are not Only emblaSoned with
the owners name, but have also painted on them
coDapicuously, in letters Of gold, "West8leftcr
County Milk, }" "Pure Country Mill, !" 'Morlsania
Mix" DC. &C.. and with these false eigns palm OF
their sugar, chalk and egg, switl and sop mixture,
as "Pure County Milk" sending death OF disease
wherever it is used.
Is it not fun time that something was done 10 stop
this business?
have obtained two samples Of the best hind Of
milk they had at those stables, and for which paid
their highest prices; and also obtained sample q
common country milk, from farme . grass fed
cow, who have had pure air and fee fields; ard
let the report Of Professor Reef, who has anayzeh
the three samples, speak If the relative difference
Of their quality.
pecessny, can furnish the names Of tho pay
ties from whom Obtained the sanplts OF milk
trust that this report will prove satLfac.ofy 10
you, ard that it may in some gre aid ycn 10 y1u
desire and ambition to preserve tie PUBLIC hsd.h,
which is paramount to nearly every other CONSIDER
alton. Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
Superintendent Of Sanitary Inspection