The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-14
, House, Farm and Garden.

House, Farm and Garden.
Cruelty to Animals.
The Drovers' Journal, published at
the Union stock.yards, Chicago, ILL.,,
says The Illinois Humane Society
have for some time past kept an agent
at the Union stock-yards portion of
the time. night and day, for the pur.
pose of looking after such abuses as
are referred to BY our caption. Agent
Mcdonald informs us that he has dis
covered considerable "croOkedness'
in the treatment of certain classes of
live stock here, and that he has al
ready prosecuted several cases, and
means to keep it up until a stop is put
to at least the most outrageous kind of
treatment towards certain kinds Of
stock that has been too much inivogue
here. ~ - -. I. s4.s.. : ii
One abuse complained of is, that
certain butchers have been in the
habit of buying cattle for the city
trade and keeping them here any.
where from two to three days with
out feed, which in all cases is simply
outrageous two or three Of these
parties have Ibeeu arrested land fined
for this kind of cruelty. Then there
are pretty large number of men
engaged in the COW trade here that is
they make regular business of SELL
ing mich cows and springers, and
some of these traders have been found
to have 'sdevious ways.'' One has
been to keep the cow and calf apart in
such away as to nearlylstarve the calf
and cause the greatest possible amount
Of distress to the COW, so that she
might show a fine .bag, and thus be
made to bring a big price.
Another way is to take very fine
wire and put and fasten it around the
calf's jaw in such d manner that it
would be impossible for the calf to
suck the COW, and in this manner the
COW is shown to have an immense bag
and as having far more milk than the
calf can take, although it is by her
side all the time.
Another trick is to get hold Of a cow
that has beeh MIXED two or three
months, but is without a calf a loose
calf of the proper age is picked up, and
after being we'll washed with salt and
water is put alongside the COW. Of
course the cow ticks it in the most af.
fectionate manner, allowing it to suck,
etc., and here is a fresh cow with a
young calf for the first customer that
comes along. Some three or four par
ties that have been engaged in these
crooked ways have been arrested and
fined pretty heavily. According toour
observation, there is no kind of stock
received at the Union stock-yards that
has to suffer more than young calves !;
they are often brought here in hot, dry
weather, and after a run of perhaps
twenty four hours on the cars they are
kept here for day or two in pens,
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they are taken away to be slaughtered.
We hope the Illinois Humane Society
will keep right on after all the crook
edness of whatever kind in connection
with the handling of live stock here.
Selected Recipes,
Pie Crust.-One coffee.cup of lard,
two coffee-cups of flour, one half cof-
fee.cup of very cold water, pinch of
salt. Use a knife to cut the lard
through the -four until fine, then add
the water and mix with the knife I'm.
til all is a lump, and no flour remains
in the bowl. Roll in large sheet and
dust with flour fold up, turning in
the ends, and repeat the process twice.
At the last rolling cut the paste into
strips the width of the hand and lay
one on top of the other, cutting from
this pieces for the top and bottom.
This will make two large pies. For
mince pies, place small bits of we'll
washed butter over the sheets of
paste, dust we'll, and proceed as be-
fore. Also glaze them before baking,
with equal quantities of white of egg
and cold water, laid on evenly with
c1non nnu hrnsh-an ordinary shaw