The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-13

az vented without COOKING
have every facility for here ".
presence of the bacillus t"SuurIng Tia
and FORTS introduction with sSSercCuloSE
system. Tt is not surnriS;nlEe human
fore, that at several of the roasS, there
so per cent. Of the Indians dc asVatiOOs
culosIs. True their close bIooL tgber.
habits andeexposure in stonNs, htAy
insufficient clothing, predisnoan With
disease, but there is wantoS0 70 tie
these the one essential causeWG beside
lers, and this they mainly deriVoe Geacl,
the beef. Ve IRON
In addition to tuberculosis
causes the largest mortality in which
any single disease, we have a lonaa11t
of animal diseases communicOIs list
man and a still longer list infooAle to
municable between animals SPGCon.
which nan is not subject, SUI to
the latter like swine plegue, costynte Of
of millions annually and vet : Vls
Of them could be extirpated or ty a
restricted by judi sious inspectioD0 auy
supervision. and
The inspection of the dairy ba,a.
especially called for as %caIcnloto5s 4
cut short the tuberculous scorT". %
man, and to save the stock owner
the continuous losses that come tbrovo41
the prevalence of the disease in ooIIsa
and other animals. '"'de
In regard to many of the otbOr ~
tagious diseases, science has NON @l'
nished the means of fortifying the "
tenn of the animal against an attacHy;s y
the same way as the victim Of a Gu
attack is not liable to another. 7, ~
eases like anthrax, black onartas
strangles, tetanus, canim madness
canim disteInper, ETC., the chemiooi
poisons ptomaims and toxins1 ra
duced by the living germs can be n rS
to thus fortify the system and woOS
off the disease, and thus eudunic JS
eases, incident to given soils, NAV I.
reduced harmless to animals placed W. w
such soils.
SO also certain products (antitoYins
of the recovered animal can be usoS
for the cure of certain diseases 5mt
time forbids entering into this.
For the inspection of meat. one nr.
requisite is important. We should fl
low the lead of Europe in est4bIisbin.
municipal slaughterhouses, whqTss
alone the meat to be used in the citV
must be killed. Properly conductsSS
these could be made cheaper and more
convenient for the butcher than if bS
provided his own sla~ughterhouse. and
they furnish the means d protecting
the community against diseases. anS
(2) tracing infectious disease TO ia
source in a gwen herd and taking
measures to stamp it out and prevent
further loss to the owner of that herd
or danger to the public.
There is one further consideration in
regard to such meat inspection. For
a length of time stock-bTeeders and
feeders have complained that all stock
tended to Kansas City, Omaha, ST.
Louis and Chicago, and that the great
packers In these cities virtually CON,
manded the markets at both ends. set.
ting the prices at which they would
buy the live stock and killing out com.
petition in the meat market BY under.
selling the competitor when necessary
TO compel the local butcher to use their
products only. ,
This competition from the West has
practically ruined the beefraising in.
dustry In the East and is one of the
great causes of continuous cropping
and soil exhaustion.
But In the past two years the case
has become even worse. In order to
open the markets of Continental Eu,
rope to our meat products, it became
neces sary to furnish certificates of the
veterinary inspection of the meats
shipped. The government had not
sufficient funds available for establish
ing inspections all over the land but
they could and did establish them at
the great packing centres. This ViEtu-
ually placed in the hands of our great
packers a monopoly of the whole for.
eign market. As it now stands, no
one outside the great centres can ship
to Europe, and as the great dressed
meat men are given the sold disposal
of u surplus meat they al now more
than ever set their own rates for meat
and paralyze the stock-raising indus
try, no matter how it may contribute
to the speedy and thorough exhaustion
of our soil by continuous scourgng
cropping.
The condition demands a remedy,
and this is not to be sought in again
closing the European market agalns
our beef. liz must be sought rather ID
the adoption of the European system
of a general meat inspection which VIII
afford a much-needed means Of protey,
ton of our herds against suffering ana
death, and which will furnish ts
stock raiser and honorable butcna
everywhere the same advantage lntl.
home and foreign market which IS nov
reserved for the great packers go,
eminent certificate a~ttesting the SCUM
ness OF the meat product he offers.
ADvrprTcrpc bran THIS.