The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-10-19
Vaqueros VS.. Beef.

There j., we may say without fear q
contradiction. no country in the world OF
The same extent which Is better adapted
O. cattle grazing than the Hawaiian Isl
au5s The vast slopes and valleys along
Cur mountains, where perpetual spring
prevails. offer facilities TO grsziers which
are seldom found in other parts of the
world No provision for the Indictment
Wilter j. necessary; no hay TO be moved,
uu- produce f0r the sustenance Of the herds
OF cattle to be ganered, but nature, from
one wears end TO smother. with scarcely a
faiiure, furnishes provision the abundance
q which can easily be seen by any one
who VIII visit our cattle ranches and look
zpou the fat and sleek condition Of the
stock
An occasional 50 drive IN, - snd the yearly
branding Of the young and unbranded cat
tle, J. al the labor required from the stock
raiser 10 secure him a rich return for the
carital invested in the business and for
II, pa-ience-if he commences with ''smaH
beginnings, in waiting until his stock
becomes Sufficiently numerous to enable
hin 10 share with others in supplying the
wants Of the towns and plantations with
beef
The ease with which cattle are raised in
favorable localities, and the comparatively
small care which It Is necessary to give
then, Is undoubtedly the reason why 4 lar
ger portion Of those raised on our larger
ranches are liltle better than wild cattle.
which, n order 10 bring them 10 market.
require rough handling, and in some cases. (
extremely hard driving: 50 hard indeed.
tAas By the time they reach the market. the
treatment they have received renders
them actually unit to he used as food. .
More particularly Is this the case when
they have been driven for long distance
over hard roads and In a hurry, TO some (
piacs Of euharkation where there is no /
water bat sea-Eater and no food, and .
then foSted of 20 a schooner for trans .
po-rztion 10 Honolulu In these cases.
when they arrive al the beach. overhead
Cd and half mad with the furious chase
they have had, they at once rush into the
salt water 20 quench their thirst: if this
does not have the effect to Kill them at
once, L Is an even chance that large por-
tion Of a cargo VIII have TO be thrown
overheard on the passage, and those that
survive, when brought to market and
Slaughtered for the public consumption,
make a-qaaIity Of beef which Is not at all
sdmined either for tenderness or favor.
The fact that beef brought TO the market
IL such > manner Is tough and fayorless,
may be . safeguard to the public
health, because If a bullock which
his been driven furiously through the
heat and dust foT fifteen or twenty miles.
ss fast IS il can run, made as good
steaks or rossts as II would when killed
czrecs and cool from the pasture, people
would eat 50 much Of the unhealthy stuff
thAs Il might breed an epidemic, as after
passing through al the trials they have
70 pass through the cattle treated in this
way. snHst necessarily make unwholesome
beef
New, II Is not at all singular, i1 view Of
tie above, that the people of Honolulu
have fAvOTite brands of beef that every
body Is aware that cattle from one ranch
srs always better when they arrive here
than those from another, though, we be
Ieve, they arr mistaken when they sup
pose that the cattle on one are better on
Tie grOund than those Of another. Let
any one visit the different ranches and
AT Of the beef killed on the ranch, and in :
lTery case the meat is Of the finest quality; {