The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-22

hoOfs. from lack Of exercise, grow TO an extra
ordinary length and turn up in The form of
skate 20 ahat il is with difficulty they can walk,
if they are ever &c fortunate Is to be set at lib
erty. In the course Of the wv nty-four hours
one COW will drink about thirty quarts of
swill, aft r It has become accustomed to
it, for ii requires sometime before the repug-
nance Which it entertaiAs at first to II rs over
cone. After this, however, is conquereA, y
has that kind of craving for it which habitual
,tkunkaras feel for spirituous liquors, and
drinks 1t with relish. A few months feed
ing upoa such food generally brings on dis
ease of the most loathsome description; their
teeth literally rot out of their avs, sometimes
the hair falls off and ulcers break out on differ
ent parts of their bodies. This description is
not exaggerated, as any person who may have
the curiosity to investigate the subject, as we
have done, can prove to hi own satisfaction by
visiting one of the many stables in New York
and its vicinity. But this not all; revolving as
1T is our readers will hardly be prepared for
what follows these cows are MIXED in the
very last stages of their loathsome disease I'M
til they are no longer able to stand, and then
they are held up till the process is performed,
though they not unfrequently die one or two
days after
The milk thus obtained forms, as we have
said, more than two thirds of the quantity con-
sumed daily in this city. 1t does not always,
however, reach the consumer in this state;
large proportion Of it having previously to I'M
10 $50 l.lk 30
formed by adding liberal supply of water,
after which compound of chalk, magnesa,
molasses and other ingredients is formed, and
mixed with the original liquid. 1t would be
somewhat difficult to determine whether this is
an Improvement OF otherwise upon the pure
swill milk. We may add to this, that pigs and
calves brains are occasionally used, to impart
due consistency to the whole.
We are thus particular in our description,
not for the purpose of gratifying morbid taste
for the horrible, but simply to give correct
and true idea Of traffic more fatal to human
life than that for the suppression Of which we
demand the enactment of the Maine liquor law
Revolving as the details may appear, they can
not convey an adequate idea of the reality,
which must be seen to be fully appreciated.
When we consider that large number of
children, O nd particularly the children Of the
poor are fed upon this milk, is it at all remark
able that there should be such fearful NOR
tality among them as indicated by the City
Inspectors weekly report. Various names, it
is true, are given to the diseases of which they
die, but in many cases they are produced by the
use of this kind of milk
I've have at present no law regulating the
sale of this important article of food, although
the yearly expenditure in New York and its
suburbs, for both pure and adulterated milk, is
estimated at SIS, 100000. The following table,
obtained from reliable statistics gives the total
receipts from the sale of both kinds
Amount received for pure country milk 81 $50 900
Do for water chalk magnesa moia::es SC. $4,000
Total SIS $50, ooJ
Here we find that nearly four million of dol
lars are expended annually by our citizens in
the purchase Of an article of the most deleteri-
GUS character In view of this fact is it not i'm
pOrtant that something should be done by our
city authorities for the prevention of the sale of
tor, if he have not already the requisite author
ity, should be empowered to indict the cow stables
rs a nuisance. The summer is rapidly an
preaching, when there will be large increase
in it's supply and consumption; and it is, there
fore, absolutely necessary that some such
course should be Immediately adopted Let
the Common Council, then, suspend for q while
the discussion of unimportant matters, and
give this vital subject their earnest considera-
ton ; those COW stables must be removed and
the sales of their poisonous product be pro-
hibited, under heavy penalty. Every thing
should, be done in the meantime, to encourage
the establishment Of pure milk diaries in the
city, for after all this is the most effectual way
of reaching the evil. Lines of railroads now
radiate from New York into all parts of the
country, thus affording every facility for its
transportation; and as it is a business that re-
turns large profits, it presents great induce
ments to men Of capital to engage in it. At pre-
sent, we believe milk Of the worst description is
sold at sixcents quart; but there are few who
would be willing to pay two or three cents more
for the pure article. We perceive with pleasure
that bill has been introduced by Mr. Cum
mines into the Legislature of this State, for the
incorporation of an association to be called the
New York Pure Milk Company The capital
stock is to consist of seven thousand five hundred
shares, of twenty-five dollars each, which may
be increased to ten thousand when deemed ne
cessary. In order to secure the object for
which the association will be established, they
are to lease a farm, or farms, in the vicinity of
the city for their cattle, which are to be fed ac-
cording to the requirements of their proposed
charter, exclusively on hay, grain grass. and
vegetables. This is a move in the right direc-
ton, and if followed up with proper energy it
must be successful. There is now an enterprise
Of the kind in active and profitable operation,
and there is room for dozen more like il.
The New POLICE BnL.-The political Jug
gle now before the Legislature, denomnated