The National tribune., 1893-01-19

had been slaughtered that morning. They hung
like beeyes. with their heads downward, sus-
pended from the rafters by their hind legs and
from the necks of some of them the blood still
dripped down upon the concrete floor and ran
into hole covered by a grating toward which
the floor sioped.
On the side of the door as we went in saw
a great pile of horses hoofs. with the iron shoes
Still on them. and in another part Of the room
were piles Of horses skins still steaming and
bags of horses tails which had been cut off aud
laid away for sale. Upon the skinned animals
which hung from the rafters ] saw round blue
stamp ia many places. and the butcher told me
that this was the mark which had been put on
them by the doctor who had inspected them,
and that without this stamp the meat could not
be sold Every cut that goes into the market
has TO have this stamp. and one of the finest
animals hanging in the room found had been
condemned by the doctors as unhealthy, and
though ] could see no difference in il from any
Of the Others it was not to be Sold and il was
for the manure pile and not the dnner-tabe.
This room was. judge. at least 100 feet long
and il was filled with carcasses.
Have you ever seen piece of horse meat !?
II looks for all the world like venison and II is
fedder than beef. and tastes much like venison
The horses ! saw to-day were generally fat
and / am told that the Germans sometimes fat
the butchers. fat horse will bring higher
price than lean one aud this butcher shop
betters the condition Of the old horses of Berlin
Before it was established men worked their
horses TO death, and old plug was fed as
little as possible and was worked till he
dropped. Now il pays to keep them in better
Condition, and when they get too old to work
they brought here. Lame and unsound
horses are often brought soon as they become
injured, and many of the horses killed are
young and fat They bring ali the way from
Sl0to $50 apiece and this slaughter house buys
them, and sells them after they are killed to the
retail butchers.
Every part of the horse is utilized. The
skins bring about 50 apiece. and are tanned for
leather. They make the finest OF shoe leather,
am told, and much of the leather sold as por-
poise hide is in reality horse hide. The tail is
sold with the hide. bnt the name and fetlocks
are cut of and sold as hair for Is cents pound
and the bones go 70 the fertilizing establish
ment, and the waste bones Of each horse brings
50 cents.
Every drop of the blood is saved ! visited
blood-drying room, where there were hundreds
OF pans OF blood standing on the shelves of an
evaPorator. much like that used for the drying
of fruit in the United States. Our bloody guide
told Us that large part of the blood was used
Tor the making of buttons, and that the albu-
men IN il was taken out and sold for use in the
making OF photographs. The rest goes for the
making of lime and for manure, and even the
hoofs OF the horses of value. Their shoes
are taken of, barreled up. and shipped cut TO
Ghiaa, where they bring big price and where
they are used, among other things for the
making OF razors and many Chinese head is
shaved with the same metal that once protected
German horses hoof