Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-24
GOAT SOLD As LAMB.
n - said 60 Ne . Common Custom
All over me COuntry.

n ID said 60 Ne . Common Custom
All over me Countrv.
Goat. the hollow horned, four stom.
ached animal, raised for its milk, flesh
and skin primarily. 10, according to
the department Of agriculture. furnish.
ing q considerable part Of the ''iamb"
and mutton" handled BY the packing
houses and retail dealers all over the
country. Dealers in goats At the stock.
yards say this 10 true IN Kansas City
% well - elsewhere.
Several times Of late have gone
into butcher shops with the purpose
Of buying mutton for my morning
msal and have found nothing In the
shop except goat, represented to me
to be mutton" said a goat dealer at
the stockyards recently.
The average man u fooled. It Is
easy enough. though, to distinguish the
difference between sheep aud goat
meat II one will only take the time
and trouble. Herein the difference
lies: In the sheep the front leg from
the boot to the knee IL about the same
length as from the knee TO the shout
der. With the goat the distance from
the hoof to the knee is only about half
a. great as from the knee to the
shoulder. Also, the goat is much more
'nsor backed than the sheep. The
backbone OF spinal column Is not 90
flexible AZ that Of the sheep and It
cannot be SO easily broken. Mutton
IL much more plentiful, but the cost Is
greater.
Even II the people are being de-
ceived and are eating goat, 1t matters
not SO much II the animal IL young. for
kid meat is more delectable than lamb.
l am Of the opinion that both the pack
er and the butcher are at fault. Often
the green butcher thinks that he Ia
buying the most Innocent Of animals
the lamb-when he has bought the
goat, and. again. the retail dealer
knows that he has bought goat and
he sells It TO the consumer for NUT
ton"
The Kansas City market receives q
large number Of goats. compared with
other markets. but compared with the
number Of sheep received the number
IL small. The biggest goat years were
1902 and 1903. In 1902 there were
from 5000 to $4,000 goats sold and In
1908 from $4,000 to 5000. Last year
there were only $4,000 on the market
From the number thus far this year II
looks as II the receipts will exceed las,
years. The bulk Of the goat trade
comes from Texas and New Mexico
The trade here Is handled by a few
| firms. AS such a limited number OF
goats arrive they usually find a ready
market. Fat goats this week are sell
ing from about $3.50 to 1915 hun
dred. Nanniss, or does. are bringing
from So to - a head.
Even II goats do not arrive very
often at the stockyards, there are al
ways goats there, for the stockyards
company owns about fifteen, and eact
packing house has an animal Thes&
are used to lead the sheep. Whenever
q load OF sheep arrives . goat = taker
to the train to lead the band OF sheep
sometimes numbering thousands. t.
tho pens. later to be slaughtered. TIT
costs are most needed after rain. To-
then sheep batk. ~ they are AFRAID o.
mud puddies.
All men that are familiar with tn,
history OF tho Kansas CITY sheep yard
we'll remember a goat called Mike
He won his renown by his marked de
gree Of intelligence He died about /
year ago Of old age. after having seel
ten years Of service at the yards
Kansas City Star