New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-19
SICK Cattle on LONG ISLAND.

A PEST-HOLE FOUND BY THE OFFICERS.
FEtDlNG FAKM AT HENPsTEAD WHERE 26S CATTLE
WE'RE KEPT IN A SHOCKING CONFEDERATION
OF THE Authorities
J.tfoward Rushmore. agent for the State Cattle
Commission in Queens Couaty, Long Island. re-
ported to Commissioner N. Il. Patrick that he had
discovered All extensive feeding station for sick
cattle on a farm owned by Sidney W. Hendrickson,
at Hempstead l.. l. In the stables there were
found seventy eight cows one bull aud 1S9 calves,
all of them in a starving and sick condition. One
of the animals was reported 10 be suffering from
acnte tuberculosis, twelve from chronic tubercu-
lcsis and four from pleuro-pneumOnia. In the
official report which Veterinary Surgeon james ID.
Hopkins. of this city, who was sent Wednesday
last TO make a thorough examination of the ANIMALS
and tile premises, makes il is stated:
These mails are fed exclusively on soup made from
the refuse New York hotels, and as the food IS un-
ia ,ural they take very little OF IT, TINS J. one OF the
many ieedlag stations located IN the ycin'y OF New
York fatIeung calves for markei. This Is the most
extensive OF IT, KIND. aud the fly place have
ever seen Here animals III the last stages Of disease
may be sa Uttered aud the caicasses carried 10 The
sausage.maker. aud meat INSPECTOR can detect ine
nhuman piartec This IS one OF the pr;t-ho!es t'"t
shOuld be- bolted from tue face OF the earth
The names OF the owners of the cattle are not
known. except i'll one instance 1t appears that on
November Is last Moses Heilman OF First ave. and
Forthwith ST. obtained a permit to remove 100
head of cattle from the cattle yard at the foot Of
West Sixty -trSt-st 10 the cattle yard IN jersey
City; the most of this herd were suffering from
various diseases. and it is supposed that they were
smuggled i'll that condition To the HcntTc kSOn
farm Dr. Hopkins has not been able vet TO as en-
tain the names of the OHneIs OF the cattle but he
has no doubt of his ability to do so III TINE. The
owner of the farm p1OlCSSed not 10 know the
names. The cows aud the bull were kept III an open
ward and the calves in a dark cellar. which was
flooded with LIQUID filth to the depth of from four to
six inches. The animals found to be suffering from
disease killed at once and the establishment
was quarantlned and put IN charge OF Sherlf
AlonzO Wright, of Queens County.
The officers have called up0n the New York and
BIOoklyn II ealth authorities for cooperation III the
discovery and punishment OF persons VINO make
practice of transporting diseased cattle To feeding
farms in the nclghborhood OF the two cities. DIR.
HOPKINS said that the swill used III feeding on
Ieud ricksOn's farm cooked IN cauldron,
and the refuse used In its preparation was OF such
character that he has not been able to purify ms
hands since he used them in the examination of the
SOUP which was brewing, wien lie arrived AT the
place. One cow he SAID, had Just been killed,
and the attendants were prepared to cut up the
carcass aud place the lesh IN the cauldron when
his arrival prevented them The ANIMALS remain
ing area suffering from diarrhpa, the effect of the
soup and are consequently not fit Tor human food.
Al the Office of the Brooklyn Board of Health it
was learned that all the funds at the disposal Of
the Commission, of which General Patrick rs the
head had been expended and that the lack OF
money interfered seriously with the business and
duties OF the Commission, notably where It's employees
ought to slaughter all animals affected and be pre-
pared to indemnify the owners. Veterinary Surgeon
Mclean and Bell, at the Instance OF DE- Crane, ples
dent of the Board of Health. have made an eX-
animation OF COW stables situated within the city
limits. Many cases OF peuro-pneumOnla were
found. hut the disease is not so prevalent as had
been reported. Twenty-seven cases only were re
corded up to yesterday. In one instance the permit
granted by the Board of Health was revoked. In
another it was ascertalned that the mix sup
Piled by sick cows was mixed with pure milk.
What makes the discovery of this prlcIIce worthy
of serious attention is the tact that II is by no
means easy TO disc Oven the impnrty OF MIX thus
mixed when il is taken into consideration ply
stefan connected with the Board of Health said
Yesterday that many Of the cattle examined have
been found to snfler from tuberculosis disease
which forming III the lungs and stomach of the
animal presents all the symptoms peculiar TO the
human disorder consumption, ii Is OF the greatest
importance to prevent the sale of article which
is distributed over "a wide area. Children fed upon
this poisonous fluid. receive into the System at an
early age the germs of consumption.