The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

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A correspondent writes " che London
Tines Having recently returned from
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matter an IN = rosiflon ~ supply ~
ditl0nsl Information respecting The ~
faiGpmenf ~ this rev trade, The pfih.
eipie ut1n Which the pisn NJ INST md
uit preaafYa ion IL based i simply ~
bsep these articles " ? temperature lusi
below freezing point Ihesysnbundfed
TINS n mat brought over last week was
landed In such rood order ~ 10 have been
Immediately aoId H. tact such u Us
quality Oftbs meat. and mch the oondt'
zion in which II is placed upon tho mar
Net here that your correspondent was
told a. Smithfeld market that Canadian
meat wiz. sold here N metropolitan butch.
era and cold BY them without distinction
~ name, and alasi vith-ui distinction 0i
price. The plan Of bringing meat TO
England IL not only less expensive than
Transporting live stock, but y " placed
on the market IN better condition. Even
alter a voyage from the continent, or
even from Ireland, cattle must be landed
IN a feyerish condition after the unnatural
experience Of the discomfts of a sea voy-
age. Killed on their pastures, and only
the marketable portion shipped to this
country, the quality Of the meat is i'm
proved and the cost of the transportation
lessened. Your correspondent, ct. @.
p" points chiefly to Canada as the
main souIce of q meat supply for this
market, referring only incidentally to the
far west. Allow me, however, to say
that if we depended only on the domin-
ion for a supply OF beef sufficient to re-
duce its price. we should, | feel conf
dent, be disappointed. Our hope, SO far
a. America is concerned, center5 chiefly
in the pastures of the central and western
states, and especially in Kansas and
Texas and the eastern portion of Colora-
90. The rich grasses of this region, its
mild climate and abundance Of water,
give il advantages over Canada and other
states exposed to similar severe winters,
in which stock has to be fed six out of
twelve months. q
The Farmer says: A story was told us
last week in S%mithfeld. A wealthy gen.
tleman, having a west-end establishment,
had read so much of this American meat
that he wished to try q joint of it, and
that he might be sure to have what he
wanted, obtained an introduction TO a
certain salesman in the metropolitan
market. OF course he was received pc
litely, and was promised that he should
have what he wanted. The salesman's
son deferentially asked the gentleman
who was his butcher. ooh, so-and-so,"
was the answer, eve have no reason to
complain, as he sends us the best Scotch
beef he can buy" The salesman did not
laugh just then but he did so soon as the
gentleman's back was turned, tor he
knew that "the. best Scotch beef" which
the butcher had supplied, had for fully
months past, ONE all the way from
New York. We see that in the prov
inces the consumers are getting a fair ad-
vantage out of the added supplies from
America. In London the butchers have
almost all the advantage. They
have bought as cheaply ss they could,
and sold as if they had bought at the
ruling rates. Wise in their gen,
Grafton, they do not label the meat they
sell.