The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21

feeders. sho. 10 carry on men ~V'-
more successfully and Glade detection,
ship the car.ie of TO out Of way places.
reshiD them TO the stock yard alter
putting thea through The ta,ieniuE
process and send them East 20 mixed
lots With through shipments, thus pre-
venting even fair estimate OF the
number of slop fed stock that is in
this way thrown upon the Eastern
markets. Beer slops aud whs. is call
ed. chop" feeding va. carried on to
large extent righ, 10 the stock yards
until owuers found that il damaged
their sales.
now IT IS DONE.
As soon as a lot of Texan cattle are
brought into the yards the best sp>
pearing and most s.lsblo are quickly
disposed of and shipped of within
twenty four or forty eight hours. but
the healthy cattle ,hxt the East re
ceives 10 this way have terrible ofse,
in what follows After the yards are
pretty we'll cleared then comes the pro
t-s<ional feeder aud buys up all the
poor aud diseased cattle aud the odds
aud ends Of uusalabls stock, getting
great bargains. IS the owners are glad
to get them eff their hands at Any
price.
WHERE IT IL DONE.
At an expense of msch time and
labor Jour correspondent at lati ferret
ed out the location OF these feeding
quarters and discovered that the busi-
ness is carried on TO large extent at
GreenviIlc, Worden, Vinceuuss. aud
even AS far up as Peoria. Wishing to
satisfy himself as TO the condition Of
the cattle and the extent to which il,
was carried on. he took on early train
yesterday aud visited the shed Of one
A II Mcneil located at Greenville,
Bond county, some forty miles north
OF 81 Louis The conditions and sur
roundiggs of the cs;,lo there found
was enough 10 breed disease. even il
lhey we're fed on wholesome hay and
cora, 10 three long, snsrrow she'd
there vas an average Of $50 head OF
cattle crowded into marrow stalls, with
no space TO move about 10, breathing
the .sme air over aud over agaiu. a.
no naeaus for ventilation were provided,
and 9Th supreme Long troughs run
, the full length Of the sheds and pre-
sent almost as filthy appearance as the
, foor and sides OF the wail-slimy.
stesmiug, and actually rotiening; these
troughs are filled twice 4 day with beer
slops and chop feed. which the cattle
after q time learn to devour ravenous
". as no cora or hay is given them
during the whole iatteuing process,
which geaeraliy lssts from two TO three
months
YREsu ARRIVALS
While your correspondent, was look
ing at the sheds sn,sIl herd arrived
that we're easily recognized as TEXAS
cattle They we're poor and thin aud
appeared weak. ei'her from starvation
or disease, and apabie to carry wi,hou,
ro,rering the weight OF their enormous
horns They were separated and driv
en- into . vacant she'd aud each assign
, ed stall. after which the feeding pro
cess commenced A quantity Of beer
slops and bran mixed WAS emptied into
: the common trough freM barrels Al
! though thev had not undoubtedly been
. fed for forty eight hours, and from IN
sufficient food while in transit present
a half starved appearance. they merely
, shifted at the vile mixture and utterly
refused TO iouchit. some Of them iyioe
down as soon as they were driven int
the STALE, to be quickly pr"dded al
with long poles 10 the hands OF 'h
men who had them in charge. The,
are penned up 10 this way several day
before they. will touch food at all, bu
a. soon az they do commence to fee
2 upon il it ia surprising how rapid
e they fs'ten up add the healthy appear
{ nnce they prsseIt. They are kept .
I these close sheds ~herc no pure al
. can reach them tor two or three months
, kept in filthy ssd dvesse breedln
condition, and fed on nothing bat di'
ullery refuse and beer sIops u5til the
. present a healthy and fat condition
: when they are reshipped to East >
. Louis and there sold from the stoc
/ yards rs fresh and healthy Texan cal
: tie, mixed up with bona 6ds shipment
: from Texas aud Colorado.
:, UNDOUBTEDLY DISEASED.
d In this way there are daily shove
S on the Easfern market from eight hal
d dred TO a thousand head of cattle sa'
e are undoubtedly diseased, 40 interni,
n ed with good condition. stock that It
impossible to separate them after The
reach the East. This is very easy
do at this cod. there being no vetcr
IS nary surgeon 1t the yards. aod
: effort is made before shipping to sep
V rate and examine even what are kro~
G 10 be mixed lots. and. as a consequence
/, is safe TO say that all are more
4 less diseased by the time they reae
| New York.
:, This ne.srious proceeding is not COZ
= fined TO up country bayers. bat II
= also practiced by the original owneI
y Thew come here daily with niserab
'e looking lot Of cattle with the in,snti'
Is of holdipg them over ia the Fast
is Louis yards for the purpose Of sl'
e fatten,ng. but ~heo they end that q
buyers are becoming too sharp to
;mno.ed 90 IN this msnner they ASST
a them to the out of town feeders, Al
y make come suicahle arrangome
Ie whereby it will be covered up wh