Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-06-28
CANNED HORSE FROM OREGON,
From tho San Francisco Examiner.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
PoRTLAND.-The canning Of horse
meat for domestic and foreign con-
sumption has been inaugurated In the
northwest Mr.. NJ. Herrick OF The
Dalles, who owns a salmon cannery,
has converted part OF bis establish
ment into a horse meat cannery. He
has canned in all seven horses, an6
they have yielded an average Of 300
pounds OF flesh
Mr. Herrick has disposed of a mum
Der of cases OF canned meat in this
city and they have been eaten here.
Patrons of the establishments where
Eve cent meals are served probably
could account for some OF the meat,
and Il so they never have made any
complaints about it. A number Of
cases have been sent east, and it is ex-
pected that quite market will be
found for horse beef inside the United
States.
The flesh resembles beef in appear
ance, and cannot be told from it by
taste. The grain Of the flesh is fine,
and, upon opening cans, it certainly
looks good enough to eat. Dozens
of people have sampled. the canned
horse, and are unanimous 10 pronounce
ing good, though there was not one
OF them but confessed to a prejudice
against the eating of horsehesh.
The only trouble Mr.. Herrick has
met with in canning is that the flesh
cannot be packed into cans tightly
enough by hand. The difficulty will
be overcome by using machinery such
as is used in packing corned beef. The
tirst horse killed made six cases Of for
ty-eight pounds each, but others ran
little under that amount.
Mr. Herrck has samples in several
Of the larger cities and is confident
that there will be good demand for
his meat. He expects if the demand
exists, to commence business in earn
est at the close of the salmon season,
and will he able TO handle carload
of cases, or one hundred horses a day.
Arrangements will he made for util.
izing all the waste. The hides bring
good price, and the bones and feet
and waste will all be made into fertil-
izers.
Mr.. Herrick's enterprise has been
followed in Portland by the incorpOra-
tlon of the Weste Packing and Fer
tilizing company, which proposes to
go into the business of horse canning,
and now has in operation an expert
mental plant. The company consists
OF Ben Selling, NJ. Sichel and NJ. Kins-
men, all well known citizens of Port
land. They have already bought
6,000 horses and are negotiating for
more. Their operations are to be con-
Quoted On large scale, and the plant
will have a capacity of 100 horses
day. 1t is estimated that there are
100000 horses now running wild in Or
egon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana and they can be bought at prices
ranging from 81 to s5 each. With
reasonable economy horse meat can
be made from so TO 70 per cent cheap
er than beef.
Tbe great point which the promo
ters of this scheme have to solve is,
can they find a market for horsenesh
canned, or dried and smoked? The
hides, hair, oil and homes OF horses
will realize enough TO pay Tor the ami
NAL and for slaughtering him, and if
the meat can be sold there is chance
for profit. II is well known that
hoTseGesh is eaten in France aud Ger
many by the poorer classes, but it is
furnished to them in a fresh condition
and no one has tried TO put it on their
market canned or dried. A great deal
of trouble has been taken to dnd out
what the prospects are for selling
horsefesh canned and dried. or
course it is impossible 20 find out to
certainty without a practical test, but
the parties interested have been well
convinced that the output can easily
be sold.
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