Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-16

when I called, and upon my asking IL
he ate horse meat himself he took me
mo nus dining room, where his wife
ana children were deyouring plates Of
soup made frOm horse bones The
children looked healthy and he told me
mat thelr bodies were largely made az
horse flesh
lie asked me 10 sample BIT Of the
meat ana l did 80. It tasted Ike
lough deer with a slight gamey ma
Nor ] don't Ike g. but that may be-
VNlns 10 prejudice. on it may be that
me blte ! took was from 1n old street
car plus tougher than ordinary
in THE HORSE SLAUGHTER
HOUSES
] have visited several of the borsa
slaughter houses. The 6rst ono ,r9s
Ike q big barnyard surrounded bv low
s'apies ana Fenced in at one side with
], ny buildings Ot rca brick At the
right Of The gate stood proup of
butchers, their shirt sleeves rolled IN
above their elbows ana tbeir ba,e
hfaWny arms covered with blood Each
butcher had leather apron. well gpat-
tered and looked altogether rather re-
pulslye than otherwise I had n nor
mt to see the establishment. and In
addition gave q small Zee To- one az
these men, so that everything was
thrown open 10 me
me hrst room we entered contained
lhe horses that had been Killed that
morning There We're several score u
them hung Ike beeves from the raf-
tets. with their heads downward
splendid nay horse which had lust been
Killed was bcidg dressed on the floor,
a white horse was being skinned, and
an Inspector was going over the vau.
GUS cuts OF those hung from the rafters
ana stamping them,
KILLING A HORSE.
Leaving this room was taken TO an.
ether where they were killing As
watched them a magnificent black car.
mage horse was brought In. worth.
was told, 100 marks or S25 II was
not more than six years cid. and a
month on SO ago his value was perhaps
5000 lie had slipped on the smooth
streets few days before, and had so
injured himself that he would be lame
for life
The horse looked at me through his
sort, beautiful eyes as he came h. and
u almost sickened me to think Of his
Death II was affecting TO watch him az
Tue butchers dragged him on his three
legs across the yard. and It seemed
sacrllege when they clipped his name
ana torelock with pair Of sheep shears
Preparatory to his Killing, and more like
murder than anything else when the
deadly blow was struck
AS The horse neared the door he seem.
ed TO realize his approaching end. He
smeled the blood upon the floor. His
sensitive nostrils quivered and he hung
back. with a brutal blow from his
club the butcher drove him on, and he
finally stood there with his legs uuiy-
ering and trembling all over. Now
an apron Of leather a foot square was
hung over his eyes leaving hts fore.
head bare, Then one OF the butcher
RULED down his handsome head and an
ether raised the sledge, the hammer
OF which was as big around as your
wrist, and struck the blinded steed
full in The forehead. There was crash,
ana the beast dropped to the floor. The
blood poured from HIS nostrils, his eye5
shone with pain for second and then
became glazed. He was dead At the
same time second butcher drove a
knife into his heart and the life blood
came forth IN great streams being
caught In pans and saved A little later
the horse was turned over on It's back
and dressed for the market
NOTHING is WASTED.
As I watched the butchery noticed
that every bit Of the horse was saved.
The blood Is used for making buttons.
IL is eyaporated and the residue press
ed into shape The albumen in II is sold
70 photograph establishments and some
parts Of Il are used for fertilizers The
horse skins bring about SO apiece They
are tanned and made into sole leather
The tail goes with the skin, but the
name and fetlocks are cut OF and sold
as hair, bringing about rs cents a
pound.
The bones and hoofs OF each horse
are worth about 80 cents. They arc
used for making fertilizers, being
ground up and disposed OF at so much
per ton. The Old shoes are taken on
ond shipped out 10 China, where they
bring a big price, the Chinese using
them for making razors and other tools
In which fine grade Of iron is needed.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.