Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
FOOD FOR. FIVE MILLIONS.
Tho Great M.a5 Daily Consumed
by tho Pooplo &C Lo-den.
Toaa C-ca Tons % Fresh Meats end CaHo
EeQui-ed to Eli tAo tlaasry S;o=-s-
acao OF tao Dwe,iC-s Ia tAs
Worlds Metropolis.


forth fall} the particulars on tina
roiat waul be imposslblc, AL W.
shall OIL +. :claaes at one or two OF the
Gt2p.e supplies, respecting watch We
h2ve Cesa ale - acc2rs something
Ike r,lia5lG il ora 2tioa II spite OF
the growth OF vcCStar.aaism in recent
years, tie vast maj ority o. TIC resi-
dents il the = islands 9,ill believe il
the roast bsef o. ell Eagl2ad." In
Lo&dJI This Is especially tA2 case; an
vkcl yea come to thi@li how l.2Ay of
tic millions CT Thu vast metropolis
ca meat ut last oace day, 3orae flea
laay b. formal Of the extraordinary
resources Tina lau t exist - meet the
leuaHd. Taesc resource are to =
lalCe extent beyond the sea. Not only
does Loal3u ITSELF not furl5A aay OF
the cattle killed fer consumption, Gut
thosc sent from the province end from
Scotland AID Ireland only SO TO fora d
fractlol Of the meat cCnsalned IN Lon
don, Ths larger proportion comes
from the Uaitcd St2tea, C.nada, the
River Platte, New Zealand aud Aus
tralia- either dead or rs livs cattle
Thc later are landed 1t Eeptfo"d and
at Eirl;eahcad, 1t which places they
are killed.
Live cattle from abroad, intended for
the London meat market. are, rs we
have said, llalcl 1T BirlicnAead and
Deptiord. Practically, all the cattle
arriving at Daptford are from the
United States 2al Canada; none rom
European ports are admitted 1T tho
present tiInc. There is splcalil &C.
comnolat!ol fer the Target steamers
at tic Dept ORA iattics, and last year
4G5 of them dlselargcl cattle there,
bc.nT M increase of IL 70 com Jared
with the previous year. Tae total
number of animals LANDED ut Dcptiorl
last year was 80 Gas -l7hGI3 Icing
beasts, aal Ga,UO. sheep. l:nre lately
on arrival, tac cattle arr examined by
the government inspector to Eco that
they are free from disease, than they
are run into sheds, where they remain
TIL then time Of rolc a,;iag colac3. No
animal i allowed to leavs Deptforl
alive: slaughter houses exist here, not
in twos and thrces, Lat il whole
strccts--an all the meat Is, OF course,
sent to London.
Another OF the iccdcra OF 5raithlcll
meat laer.;ct is the Metropolitan cat.
tie la@rliet ut Holloway. Tho cattle
disposed of here come from ell quar-
ters o. England, ,cotla:ll and iceland.
Tdcrc are It present, and have beea
for soiae tins, orders o. the bccr.l OF
arriclltar. IA fo:cs prohibiting cattle
from Canal The Unitei Gtate9 aal
all coatilclt1l couatricJ ), but lest year
toll Was received Oh $3.50 Canadian
-. ,..,..J O..1sl ;3tate5 sheep. 4Aa
total nuia5er OF animal catering
llol oway market last year Has:
Beasts, l0l, 1913; sheep, 9lo,45c; calves,
5,ao7. AMI pigs, 5o7 The yepy small
number II pig6 10 accounted for uy thc
fact that the pig market yves closed
for tic greater portion OF the year
owing TO tic prevalence Of Gwine
| fever.
II London had to depend for lis meat
supply silly upoa the number Of live
cattlc that ar.igt, its wants would be
bat inaluqnltcly met. Ct late years
| there has bpran : ~ an cH .rlor.ilary
| trace il frozen - | chilled meats. 80
| iar rs beef il concrrnc !, America, OF
e5ur3c, laals til, way, AMI so;:lc ilel
! OF tl1 steady growth of til, tr,,IC, IA /
tn proportion wllch the supplies o.
! Amaric!a refrigerated bA2f-vlleh
i simply chill,d not frozen, rs IS cen
cralIi eappos,d-baar5 to tae total Of
su oplies OF mat OF all d. or. 2tiona
which comes ilto the central meat
lnar.;et. may be CLEANED fro:a q state.
meat made b. tie ch3i'iaal OF TIC
/ liz nmo Il co.n 1la9. II ljJ7 tn pro
/ portiJa was oalj : per ceas.; tea years
later it was Q per caat.: aGl List year
taa proportion was 10 PER cent. This
ta.S m,lI, tlIt oaa jo.AS Of bsGf out
OF cyafy tlceS colju.nel il London
ID immediate district i A:Gcr.c.la T..
ri .era.al baaf Tie quantity OF thi
| beef old in the csat.al meet market
for ciyls II )uths to taa cal o. IA asst
last wear, excacdci that sold during
the corrcspoaling posiol OF tlo pre-
vioul ytar b. @l,7i3 90 pounds. But
beef is oAly one taing. The iAporta.
lions OF from mutton and lamb dur
ing 1891 show the highest ag.sroyat ca
vet reported from New Zealand, Aus.
tralia and tao River Platte, and these
classes OF lnaat seem to Go steadily in
creaaiaS in public favor, as they we'll
deserve TO 90.
Thea there is Lcadcnlall market.
No statistics as t. thc qIaatity dis
posed OF at this narAct are available
but OF meat alone it is vcrj consider
able, and 10 this have to Gc added the
poultry and the game. or poultry. w.
j. Gordon, i'll his interesting bool, on
How London Lives" says tho Great
Eastern company alone brings 10 the
metropolis over 3,0)) tons per annum.
Game also arrives in very large guam
titles and some years ago. according to
tho same authority, wcll-ilnown
salesman estimated that there were
shipped from Lcadenhall alone in
twelve months:
Grouse. 100 oooI Tidgcoa ... 300
! p.rtril= cs .....l O0Jl Teal ........ 3lOJt
! PAaI8a.lt ....... 7000 III duc,;. O.J0(
S1ius ............ 40 mall VIA bad 1890.
J ish p over -. 80 90 rls........... 4JJ,0v(
/ Icy ptiAI quill. 800,
TO these quantities have to be added
PIGEON t...,.. 400 % lIIarcs ,.,....... 100 10