, 1877-05-06

from this we may date the commencement OF Inl
immense and increasing demand for American
meats. The first shipment was made on th
White Star Line Steamship Baltic from New forl
to Liverpool, and was composed Of fresh beef
pork oysters. and prairie chickens. That arriving
In good condition the following order ensucd:
NJ M.E9 ~ IL iis7s-sh!R So bead ef CATTLE i5 head
But right here there is to follow another new de
paEture. These ocean shipments Of dressed NESTS
by refrigcrators have abundnntly shown that dress
ed meats should also be transported by Refrigerator
cars as well rs by refrigerated apartments on steam
ers, and all our meats brought from 700 to l. 5o(
| OF 2, 600 miles westward should be transported ir
refrigerator cars and thus avoid the immense loss
by shrnkage In weight and the cruelty to the AMI
mails.
Two or three dead cattle are often found in ca,
upon ts arrival. 1t is estimated BY cattle shipper
that every carload Of eighteen cattle shrinks pc1
cent OF the net weight, and this not off farm
weights, but stock-yard weights. twelve hours oil
from food and water. Az rule, every carload OF
| cattle shipped 200 miles more allye will
shrink upon an average $50 per carload
OF say eighteen cattle,-and In this no allowance
Is made for the occasional loss of dead ANIMAL
or the necessary discounts to be made upon thos g
beeyes that are bruised and chafcd against the
sides of the car, is the case more orless with
every car load OF live stock. The price Of beef in
our markets has been enhanced from Il to K Of Il
cent per pound owing to the demand for foreign
shipments. And from present appeara nces the
means, regularly established, and cost Of transport
alton by steamers wholly i1 favor Of the Amer
ican shippers. and are therefore not only likely to
pertor advantages our Amcricnn stock growers
have In pasturagc in the far Western unfenced
valley and mountain grazing grounds. It will
nual report or the Chicago Stock Yards Tor
| some figures to enlightcll upon thls subject Of
fthfrnPn ard hny. fhnf fcr1%ro
| upon which to base ut least All approximate est-
mate of the annual losses totally and absolutely
unnecessary, and which eau be avoided With the
facilities for shipments now being provided for by
refrigerator cars capable OF carrying fresh meats
from l. 900 to !: 600 miles, as may be required. In
Union Stock Yards In Chicago in 1876 !. 0oo, 745
head Of cattle, loQ oo8 ho.+ and 3o4 0o5 sheep.
1n tbs we have 6 GEO eaF1loads Of cattle at e
experience in shipping stock alive that they shrink
upon average about $50 per carload for ali that
Eastern markets be added, it viii exceed $50 per
car: In other words, first quality becomes sccond
and second quality becomes third, and SO down.
provided to carry only eight cattle 10 tho car,
having stuffed cushions between the cattle. This
however, is not success, az the cushions chafe
cost OF transportation by these Is doubled,
since they carry only one-ha1f as many cattle to
Inst only about one half many carried in
dressed form IN the refrigerator CARE 1t is not
too much to say that Of all the stock
srntasa at oe .oo ~, 1oc cat,1 ah
s., 1l6 300 per annnm. This docs not allow for
the IS cents Per head at feed,statons and for At
viii S the for G ice 's M Ct
rates Of freight tn rcfEieerator over livestock
ea1. a lne eas1haSe 1 upon aoss anu shecp II less
down and rest, which the cattle never allowed
to do because Of injury to each other by being
}5en uppa t6 y ins,s 10
saesp W auasG . .hat upon cattIc US Esen above,
say 1or one, tara Ihe amount Or total LOGS upon
over 81 ooo goo per snnnm mn Can we, as Amcri-
markets. y wc M as our own hungry for our DRESSED
isaasportstion as5etSio5s n General pssssiee
Some may say Melt thls VII interfere ~ ~ with my
lines was interfered with by tic intloduc.ion MOI q
railroad cars; but s'ase,dr1ycrs and agents
s9me OF them became RAILROAD conductors md
stages we're announced n by the drivers horn, aud
to the Old country Or city hotel With tue aiF Of "a
y1nns Roman in the amphtthcatrcs OF oldcn times:
The increase Of population, the new demand for
ton as heretofore practiccd tn these days Of prog
rgss. the cruelty to these animals, their fevercd
and that feyered blood peru,eatng and deteriorat-
Ing It's quality, at the same time doubtless adding
humors and disease to the blood q the human
race. II there were no economy In this manner OF
shipment alone, how much better for the health OF
tens Of thousands N Of human 1oings that these ami
valley and mountain grasses is upon their breath
giving life and vigor to their blood,
has been enacted that no animals should be Kept
toud and rest, and If they had added, .'Bc it
further enacted that no animals fer food that have