, 1879-07-27
SWILL MILK. =

J.: SWILL MILK. ~..''
ROW CITY cows ARE FED AND gRH,r,n
Milk has for some years been QUE Of ~.
growing industries OF Chicagn. The pas,nr.
lands adjacent to the city and lying far .her ~
where the daisy-covered pratres wave with
grass furnish excellent grazing lands Theore,.
icalY, there IS where all the fragrant, sweet new
milk consumed BY Chicago comes trom<on
which the adult population thrive and the bahia.
grow fat. There the cows are supposed ~
browse and feed all day long On cloyer.bro.
SONS and breathe the Arcadian air Of those s,In !.
brious regions.
Then comes the tripping ri1k-1naid hummfno
vesper-song, to relieve swelling udders =,
the sleek-looking kline OF their foaming contents
These are ideal lands, c1over-blossoms, and
cows. But these are mere creations Of H.
brain. The real cows are lean, lank, persnirns
kline, shut up IN steam!ng sheds, ted on hot, m
wholesome slops from the still, with udder,
aud teats covered with the slime Of the sta1i
aud MIXED by men, nude to the waist. wiz
frowZy hair and short clay pipes in their mouth1
Such Is the difference between facts and fancT
dairy OF George Kirchoff, on Twenty-seconn
street, near South Halsted, for the purposa n
seeing where the milk really came for, This
place is probably rs we'll Kept and clesnfv
as any of the rest Of the kind. Abont
go animals we're found here crowded together
as close as they could stand within low she'd
The warm Gun beating down upon the low foof
caused the poor cows to pant With heat Tia
floor was covered With liquid filth, and In he
troughs In 'front.' was
THE OFFENSIVE sLoPs on WHICH THEY FEn,
One poor creature had succumbed to the heat
and stencil. and bad feed, ard lay in one Of
the narrow walks between the long rows of
COWS, half covered By the rising tide Of liquid
manure. The animals looked uncomfortable
enough with no place to lie. They are hitched
up here from one weeks end to another, With 10
exercise, no fresh air, and no fresh grass 6ume
barefooted wretches, with nothing on but
pair OF pants, wade around in the nith and milk
them twice day. Some Of the cans into which
this milk is poured were observed near The
entrance Of the shed, with q few quarts Of
greenish-looking fluid In them. and swarmng
with flies. One who wishes to experience fof
the first time tue nausea OF sea-s1ckuess, just to
see how it would seem. might get q very good
idea OF how he would feel In hurricane On tie
ocean By looking into one Of these milk.cans.
TT WAS WORSE THAN FILL,
and the reporter resolved thenceforth to taka
Of the dairy business are not numerous, ous
might infer from thess observations. Cows
used for this purpose have few facilities for en-
ioyng themselves, and no opportunity Tor e1-
tending their acquaintance or for sur1eputious
visits to neighborug corn-felds.
When the milk is once deposited N the caus
and the cans are placed in the gayly-paiuted
wagors. and the nobbv driver draws the reins
over. the pranclng horse and dashe5 madly awaL
one is struck with the stirring grandeur OF ths
milk trade. But this show and glitter ts =
hollow deiusion for the purnose OF ensnarng
an aqueous trauo, and every ni1k-wagon, how
ever pnt1ffy la 4 WhiteI sepulcure. In spite OF