Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01


the Argentine. and the present Of
horse to gucse Is neither cxtravagant
nor uncommon.
a curious thing about tho treatment
OF horses In this part Of the world IL
that only the males are used for fidlnh
or driving. A gnucho win not ride q
mare. lie would consider II below his
dignity. Mares are used for little else
than breeding. and when they grow too
numerous are often killed for their
hides.
passed through the estancia where
they killed the mares for hog feed. Ihia
seems "A big story. but II Is true. There
was an Enclosure on the farm which
was filled with mares at the time Of my
visit ana Just back OF II In corral
were at least n thousand tat hogs. They
had grown fat by eating mares meat,
aud by this time they have. l DOUBT
not, consumed the most of the mares
! saw In the Enclosure. Tho mares are
killed and carefully skinned. The fat
II rendered out and the meat and en-
trails are thrown In the raw state TO
the hogs. who fight over them and
grccdily dovour them. Such pork does
not taste quito like our pork II "
rather vealy. and confess since saw
the mare killing establishment | have
decided to stick TO our hams.
no MONEY IN MEAT.
Some of the best things In South
America IN the way Of money making
are To- be found In Uruguay. I have not
heard Of anything that pays better than
the meat extract establishments at
Fray Hcntos, on the Uruguay river
These establishments have been capt.
tnllzcd for about two million and a
half dollars In shares of ono hundred
dollars each. aud they pay about 20
NIaHH al "a aI.auN Ia
ilshcd last February see that the
profits In 1896 and 1897. one year.
amounted to more than sjj0.Onp. The
company II an English one. and the
stock II nearly all held In London. II
kills about 100000 cattle annually and
reduces them to extract. saving the
hides, tnllow. horns, hair and blood
ana everything else connected with the
animal FOR other purposes. II takes
100 pounds Of meat to make 2is pounds
~ extract. which IN worth at Wholesale
about n dollar n pound.
The work " done during seven
months OF the year. ana ut this time
one thousand cattle are killed n day.
The company makes Il n rule to take
no animal under four years Of aye. The
cattle are killed by driving n knife into
them just back of the horns In the
same way that bulls are killed nt INV
close OF a bull flght. II takes Just
unout ttWht minutes 10 XIII n htois SKIN
Il and cut II up. The skinncrs nrv
paid ~ cents n head. After akinnine
the meat n cut M and rtcwed In warm
but not hot water. n IN SKINNED again
and avain TO get on the fat ana left
upon the firc until II cvaporatea into n
thin molanacH. IA Il gets cold II jol.
lies. when II Is packed into $50 pound
boxes and shipped tn Hamburg. Her,
IL ~ ropncked In little porcelain Jars
and shipped all over the world. II
n claimed that n pound OF the extract
II equal 10 forty.fiye pounds OF meat
and win make 90 plates OF soup.
LIQUID MEAT.
In connection with this there has
been new discovery made by Uru-
| runynn chemist. which may possibly
supofscdc the ordinary extract Of beef
/ This IL called cArnc ilquidn. or liquit
meat. am told that Il combines both
the qualities Of tho extract OF meat
with the food properties OF the meat
itself. The ordinary meat extracts ar
more tonics than anything else. Thee
are Htimuianta. but they give it'll
nourishmcnt. This new liquid meat u
not only "a rtlnulant. but II retains thi
nourishmcnt In the meat no we'll ~
process OF manufacture lr the secret %
III. chemist who invented Il, and II n
believe. only made In connection will
him.