The New York herald., 1879-03-17
sLOP FEEDING IN THE WEST,

ANOTHER LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT KNOX
OF THE NATIONAL STOCK YARDs--No STILL
FEED OR Stops USED.
NATIONAL STOCK YARDS.
EAST Sr. LOUIS. March Il, 1872
To THE EDITOR HERALD
Despite the assertion of your ST. Louis correspond
ent on the l1th inst Iciterate that cattle have
never been fed in these yards on sop still feed,
and it is simply impossible for owners to so feed
without our knowledge. McNeill writes from Green
Vile. March 9:-
There is not, nor ever has BEEN dstillery or
brewery in this lBond) county. / am not feeding
here or at any other place. cattle still feed OF
entirely false St or sion M fssin am e,srsv mn.
known in this county.
II your correspondent substentiate his charges
trust he will lose time in doing so. I did not
charge insinuate that you got up the cattle dis
that there diseased cattle in the
country. but asserted the opinion OF all dealers that
the cattle received at these yards for moro than
year Fast had been unusually healthy, and that such
letters you published the 9th magninca the ex-
tent of the disease and tended the prcju-
dice the English authorities have against American
cattle. ISAAC II. KNOX, Vice President
RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION BY OUR COR
REsPoNDENT-No sLop FEEDING AT EAST ST.
TIES WHERE sLops AND STILL FEED ARE
UsED-EFFEcTs on THE CATTLE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
ST. LOUIS No., March 16, 1879.
have made careful investigation into the cattle
business as indicated in your kilograms and have to
report that there cattle fod Stops at the
farm Of A. II. McNcill. who livcs at Grcenvle, ILL.,
and that the statement to that effect aabrica-
fax1
National Stock Yards East st. Louis; neither arc
sop fed cattle brought to the National Stock Yards
of East St. Louis, mixed with sound cattle aud
shipped East.
THE FACTS IN THE
The following are the facts in tho case There ar-
pGr at the st. Louis National Stock Yards in the
fall OF each year buyers for professional sop feeders
and the kind Of stock selected is such as was
described in the original despatch from this place.
Siop feeding is principally carried at Springfield.
ILL.,; Peoria. ILL.,; Chicago. Cincinnati snd Louisville
The best informed stock men at the National Stock
Yards estimate that from 10000 to 10000 head
boine fed on slops at the points named. There
two thousand at Springfield about eight thousand at
Chicago. about ten thousand at Cincinnati and prob
ably three thousand at Louisville. The remainder
at different places in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. All
tho so-called Shoppers bought at the st. Louis
National Yards are fed in these three States.
EFFECT FEEDING.
The sops consist of the wastage OF distleries and
the cattle fed them found be diseased stock
Men here state that Texan cattle will not touch tho
slops until they driven to it by starvation. Tho
condition of tho amin Is in the slop pens sheds is
said to be HORRIBLE and while the meat of slop fed
cattlo looks well when hrst dressed it is acknowl
cdged that it will not bear sailing the pickle This
is convincing proof Of it's diseased condition.
be said the credit the ST. Y,Ouia
National Stock Yards that tho hay and corn fed to
stock there is of tho very best quality and that the
cattle passing through there this yoar exceed
ingy healthy. The slop fed cattle shipped from
the points at which they fed and go to Buffalo
and thonoo east to Now York. Boston and Phiadel-
phia. Tho slop feeding iniquity Is not perpetratod
ut St Louis, but ut points east of this.