New-York tribune., 1870-01-06

ward AN hour or so each day. This doubtful. for 1t
before milking time In the afternoon % wnsn S
as though they had not seen day light for year. mknR
in in the afternoon at l. some Of the stalls had just
been cleaned the others were extremely diry hpou.
half OF the cows plastered with Nth few had
short tails and onethird Of them were evidently Ia
| nlheath; all were more or less bloated. Az mrs,
sight one would be surprised to see them 80 sleek ana
TAI; but closer examination shows that nearly every
feyersh and IN an snneS se
slmey swill The excremont which runs constantly hS
Knows an OK from heller is well that animal
be healthy in condition here snown h The Streets Of
The odor OF the swi ia sokenng and one Is constantly
reminded OF putrfactiOn and OF death The 'enlatOn
B Disgrace TO the State and the less there Is su ABOUT
light the better for the proprietor He declared that
Indicated that the cattle seldom tasted Of the article
Huge carts loaded with swll tGer SOns.aI yGnie
shed s generally 9S6I acknowledges has Of hat Mne
they will not touch the swi. but starvation brings them
it in few days An ordinary country staple Is ad p
milk even II the were fed on hay ana corn Wouu
be impossible In this Of decaying hlth Fuly one
half OF the animals ha from four quarts TO peek OF ex
crenent their launches The proprietor was , cour
eous his visitors, and he kindly offered to STOW mem
Orange County milk" our reporter proceeded 10 tnh
sWillmilk establishment near the loot Oi franAiiH''
ANOTHER STABLE.
This is the famous stable visited by Frank Leslies ar
lists Mr. Hildrehs house Is at tho upper end OF tho
block Really there stables, each owned by dier
ent persons They are sheltered by gwO low roofs LOOK
ing at the poor brues besmeared with it one Instinct
lively feels like shooting somebody. The following con,
versaon occurred between THE TRIBUNE reporter ana
one OF the milk maids"
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
Q. when do you turn these COWS into the yardi n
Never. -, . ,.,.,. or,,s
Question by pOliceman-That is a fine cow jimmy.
Take uto the country and feed her plenty OF corn
and she'd give lots Of milk il. No, she wOudhti no.
WbvP a. She would die they can't stand the cold
air they amt used 10 it, You must keep them just 80
Question by the reporter-Do you feed hayi A. Yes,
splendid clover hay. They have what they can eat SIR
All the hay in the would not sustain 80 hcad OF
cattle two days And here 200 that had never seen
hay box mauger since they hrst entered the Dud'
ing There was not 30 pounds OF bay in the stables
FiIfb and swill was everywhere While the sw was
poured the tanks, the slime ran out through he
cutters Thecows were covered an men deep, III some
places with manure. The other stables were aDomi'
nable 10 behold these were damnable to dream or one
the milk maids, from the county OI CVh OF theI
abouts, a skullcap which was literally pIas.ered
pai foil Of Orange County milk would not be ut to
drink after 1t been carried through this wilder.
sWI II kept here an hour To talk of pure milk coming
from those cows is ridiculous. AegHy 0nehdg NJ mem
are shynU taded" This the milk maids say, is caused
by inocuation 10 prevent disease The disease Is the
swi milk dstempcr, and occasionally 1t makes great
rayages among the cattle. Sometimes they take the dis
ease months after they have been inoculated.
1t Is said that the strychnlne used IN dstInng
symptoms first discovered they are immediately sold
as they come TO the stable. This done by making slit
i'm their tai and Inserting from dead cows
lungs The tail usually rot or and about one-ourth OF
tLe COWS die on removing the skins, the hind par Of
the body is IN many instances mortified Whlle under
regularly and II said that the milk Is sold with the
best
MILK FROM DISEASED COWS.
Scientific tests show that the milk Of cows fed on dis
tIIery sop i5 much weaker than pure country milk In
1000 parts Of Orange County milk So butter while OF
1000 parts Of swill milk there but 3 and even 10
parts only OF butter Those who buy milk in the neigh
boroOd of sWi establishments say that after II has
stood few hours scum rises, ana when confined to
close vessel, an odor Of sw Is pcIceptibe. Dstllery
milk Will not cOaguate IN less than hye hours, whlle
pure milk under the same temperature codgulaes III one
Ii has been shown that when milk is taken into the
human It's first change Is coaguatOn the second
@oasaaa Il nj IN 6o H Per-
haps this accounts for the conyulsons, vomiting, and
prgng common OmOng children reared III the Clty.
WHAT A DIsTILLER SAID.
our reporter was informed at Brooklyn distlery that
usually hundred hogsheads OF swill were purchased
daily by the mkmen The price is about one dollar per
hogshead OF gallons Thus for few cents the indus.
cows In sumpuOus manner Hot swirl Is always before
them. and, after slight dstilation through Their
mansions IL would that the swirl milk question Is
heIe o there would be no sw and without
swl the production OF swill milk is Impossible
DKUSKES COWS.
Those who frequent the stables say that the cows are
m state OF standardization, and often they become
delrou from the alcoholic properties contained in the
sw Even when apparently in good health their teeth
are loose and their bones partially Gecayed Ihe sny
unnatural In the first stable visited there were 1913 am
mails and in the one on Franklin-aye the number was
from 200 10 800 The atmosphere OF the vicinity is fit
for any to breathe. but when one considers
IN I' sort o Of Gndrsr6ad twilight from the time they
first un they die, the thought becomes horrible
be than living on single kind Of food year after year
We're II NOT i0r Tue sti.uiati pUiCJo Az T b ~
sooner than they do 4 gentleman who was present
when an apparently healthy COW was dlssectcd said
that about four gallons OF purd matter was taken from
the inferior OF the animal The stables III Brooklyn are
not flthy they twelve years ago, but even
now the liquid slime oozes up between the hoorOoards
rs walks over them.
II any person wishes 10 reduce his milk bills and be-
teotalcr he should visit Of the stables in the
WHAT ruE LAW SAYS.
The laws touching this subject stringent, and the
Infamous traffic IN swlilmilk be suppressed II the
public officials will enforce them, the following will
show .,-.,,.-....., .....-....,.,.,....,
ou unsuitable fool Lass OF Ne"losA, chap 5i page ls
sros Section one Of chapter rsu, , ana 'y seven of,he
.gbp b5lre and .irttso Is hereby amended so as
read os, person vbo shall kuovingy sci or
ball be DEEMED guilty ard
and s1ery oaes and the aae not paid a be imprisoned for rot
less than I days the Pelena or County Jail or uuul SAID bns
sre = Aay person who shall adue milk offering
the sale eIcbaage snail keep m the production Of
milk for aIse % for sale or Ichlnge u crowded and unheHL,
uuwtolesons milk sa be deemed guilty Of ieeaH9 and 9n con
eyey ofen paid shall less
than thirty days Ia the Penena county jail OF until said ane shall
SIC Any person person, shall any the cities Of b.
.S isSs I .ad every eau 10 pS lie milk carried or exposed i
sale srehsass sad the ers or Vehicle from which the sane
Indicating by ssi mark the locality from whence said mix
the or person. sas ss be subject to the gss,rs;
t, act by marking carriage vehicle the
idea tna ,a milk produced OF procured from different locality than
Of 100 10 the Psn'enIay County jail both IN