New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-01
THE SWILL-MILK INQUIRY.
TESTIMONY OF TEE OWNERS AND KEEPERS
Where the Swin Beef is Sold.
THE COWS NEVER GET A DROP OF PURE WATER.
DISGUSTING DETAILS.

sroned we're Of that side.
Abraham 7. Smith il superintendent Of Sixteenth
stree stables. He testified that in general the swll
agrees With the cows; the reduction OF the number OF
cows from 800 to 500 has taken place within the LAST
two weeks the swill-Ak excitement has essened the
demand for the milk all that wers taken away we're
healthy: TIE cows that we're taken away were much
better than those that were exhibited to the Commit
tee the occasion Of their ete visit he uses the mik
in bis own family; has four children; gives them all
the svil milk they want the children are healthy.
He described the process of vaccination, and said that
the stump tails are produced by cutting of in come
ouence Of irritation and swelling in consequent on inoc-
uiation never heard of a tail rOtting Off.
James Aitcheson of No Do West Sixteenth street
-Is employed in Jobpson's stables; gives out the
swill aud tskes the money; been in this dstillefy
twenty years; stables have been this spot all that
time; have had, within the last year 900 to 100
cows in the stables at one time; had 500 on the LIST
May; there are now but 800; 80 have been sent TO
the county; these fresh cows all he thy; cent
them away account Of the swil excitement; there
was 10 market for the milk; we give the dead co "
to the off, contractor; there are exceptions TO this
rule tie cows are MIXED while they are SICK, to in
oouate cows we use virus from the lungs Of dead
cow; ell the cows are fed hay twice a day;
when we buy new mich cows We milk them
till they Iun dry, and then We sell them for beef;
since the let May there have been no chages made
as TO the cleanliness Of the stables; they have
been as clean they are now for ten yeaN;
the dstemper is prevalent in the country as wei
the CITY: the SICK cows are IN country
az well as il the city, the building that was tern down
was not destroyed account of the milk excitement,
but TO make improvements; the change has been in
contemplation since last SPRING the lnocalatng
Sickness lasts three four week.: there have been
no cows in the stables with ulcers them, save ore
COW which chad bad back" she died; she was not
MIXED while sick; the beef from these cows is taken
to Washington market; the COWS that went away
were better thsn hOse remainng the cows are inocu
lated to prevent the COW epidemic; country cows are
iroculated here the COWS could not live without
hay grass do not lose their teeth In conse-
quence of swl diet; have never known such a case,
aId have beer there twenty years; the sw diet would
not increase the quantity of milk COVE cannot re-
main in healthy state without air and exercise our
stables are airy the cows have abundance of air;
have known of COWS losing the use OF their limbs
from their cramped position.
Ovid P. Wells, No l29 Ninth avenue, is physician to
the family of Abraham T. Smith, the Superintendent;
bis children are unife my healthy; my bill for attend
ing them has been but 81 for two years.
Abraham T. Smith, cross administrations OF the
are ulceredi have never seen COW With
ulcers on her.
keeper of some Of the in the Sixteenth street sta
bes keep from 1870 to liO; have kept this number up
to the LIST of May now have but bs have sold % %
butcher; sent two away to the " bone man; they
died after very short Sickness do not milk sick
cows with the rest; milk them on the ground after
being sick fow days they give no milk; sold my
cows at $i5 per heed the price was low on account
Of the milk excitement; have kept 10 cows at once;
always feed plenty of hay; give them hay twice
day; cows have never had any sores OF any conse-
quen slurg up any OF my cows to milk them;
the cows sold were better than those seen 6y the
Committed pay for cows from $40 to SOL, at Bulls
Head; have been II yFars in the Sixteenthstreet
stables; went one year with Orange County milk, end
could not keen my customers; my Orange County
milk wouldn't keep--it gets sour much quicker than
swi milk; never knew any teeth to fall out on &C.
count of the cows eating swill milk the fresh COWS
take the disease in from six weeks to two months afer
they come to the stable; we sometimes cut oil the
~ = IL l-aavN tha aohl .la
stables are generally kept cleaner than they are now
William Gallagher, Sixteenth street, between Elghl
and Ninth svenues-Is butcher; bought % cows OF
Mr.. Thomas to slaughter; the beef the CommIttes
SAW in Sixteenth street from these cows, and the
same beef was sold in Washington Market; got
cent pound more for this beef tnan any otne beef
in the market that day brought; sold 1t to Philip
Reed in Washington Market; he is a retail butcher;
have been in the habit of buying at the
street stables for the last ten years. the appearance OF
thelcows in the Sxteenth-st stables generally good;
have seen cOwes with sores; the stables look now
as they have for the last eight or ten years; all the
butchers purchase from these stables, and give
full as much if Lot more, for them than Tor others;
they generally healthy; the COWS generally have
better look than BOW.
CARPENTER and do the repairing in the stables they
are now the same in regard to cleanliness as tor tue
past three months have been carpenter There LOT
years; the stables generally look as well a. now the
part that was taken down was removed 10 Duild Ten
ant houses; have cows there with bruises, but
not with sores; have seen cows there thst couldn't
get up; never a COW liberated; the cows cannot
get up on account of weakness after having calves;
nave never seen a COW MIXED in such condition.
John Carroll No. 252 Sixteenth street-Am butch.
err have bought cows at the Sixteenth street stables;
bought - there since May |; bought them to saugh-
bring better price than any other beef they bring
general thing than Others found no disease
in the lungs and liver Of these cows from the Sixteenth
street stables gave Sol 30 per head for them saw no
in tha A No Mt mr.
cows had not been very long in the stables; some OF
the COWS boots turn up by being KEEP, in stable.
Edward Callahan, No. 90 West Sixteenth street
Feeds cows in the Sixteenth ST stables; feed them
on sops and hay twice every day, and give them meal
twice day; milk the cows; when the COWS are sick
mik them on the ground; when they are sick they
give very little milk the bone man - took away
four since the let of NAV; have been driven
into the country from my stable; OF my cows are
now SICK Tic cotrs Rerer get any pure udter from ne
time they go IN TIL they come Out-HOthlng out Stops;
have seen cows being driven into the country since
the LIST OF May they were too poor to be sold 10 the
butcher.
Here COPY of Leslies paper was produced, which
amused the Iommlttee considerably
Adm. j. Post, No. ll2 Ninth avenue-hnow the
Sixeenih-sf-eet stables visited them the 5n OF April
lss,; went there with clergyman from the country
told Mr.. Smith beforehand that was coming down
TO the stables, and did so the stables were In
good condition; the COWS ell healthy but one
which had sore on ia leg and one or two were SICK
the sore seemed TO be bruse the stable was as
clean stables in the country the cows looked bet.
ter than cows generally do IN the country did not
then use swil mix, and would not use It now am
prejudiced sgainst Il, and won IL don MINK
that II is the way TO keep cows, TO shut them up
Orange County cows MT fed on swllli they are
eoIfred i'll stalls like these; these stables compare
iavorably WITH TIE Orange County cows.
The e1amDaiion OF the ,timptail witnesses VIII oe
continued until that side has nothing more to ofier,
when tie proof the other side Of the question viii
he brought forward.