Milford chronicle., 1905-08-25
GOAT SOLD AS LAMB.
~ Es said to De a Common CustOna
An Over the Country.

II - SAAN 10 ne q Common CuBtD1i
An Over the Country.
Goat, the hollow horned four ston,-
ached animal, raised for its milk, flesh
and skin primarily. is. according to
the department of agriculture. furnish
ing considerable part of the "lamb'
and mutton" handled by the packing
houses and retail dealers all over the
country. Dealers in goats at the stock.
yards say this is true in Kansas, City
as well as elsewhere.
Several times of late I have. gone
into butcher shops with the purpose
Of buying mutton for my morning
meal 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 is fooled. 1t is
easy enough, though, to distinguish the
difference between sheep and goat
meat if one will only take the time
and trouble. Herein the difference
lies: In the sheep the front leg from
the hOOf to the knee is about the same
length as from the knee to the shOul-
der. With the goat the distance from
the hOof to the knee is only about half
as great as from the knee to the
shoulder. Also, the goat is much more
razor backed than the sheep. The |
backbone or spinal column is not so 1
flexible as that of the sheep and it |
cannot be so easily broken Mutton
is much more plentiful, but the cost is
greater.
Even if the people are being de-
ceived and are eating goat, it matters
not so much if the animal is young. for
kid meat is more delectable than lamb.
am of the opinion that both the pack
er and the butcher are at fault. Often
the green butcher thinks that he is
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
ne sells it to the consumer for NUT
on"
The Kansas City market receives a
arge number of goats, compared with Z
'ther markets, but compared with the I
lumber Of sheep received the number
5 small. The biggest goat years were
9O2 and 1903. In 1902 there were
rom 10000 to $4,000 goats sold and in
9OS from $4,000 to 10000. Last year q
here were only $4,000 on the market.
rom the number thus far this year it
)oks as if the receipts will exceed last
ears. The bulk of the goat trade
ONES from Texas and New Mexico.
he trade here is handled by a few
rms. As such Il limited number Of
oats arrive they usually find a ready
larket. Fat goats this week are sell
lg from about $3.50 10 $3.75 hun
red Nannies, or does, are bringing
ON SO to 81 head.
Even if goats do not arrive very
ten at the stOckyards, there are al
avs goats there, for the stOckyards
mpany owns about fifteen, and each
licking house has an animal. These
e used to lead the Sheep. Whenever
load Of sheep arrives a goat is taken
the train to lead the band of sheep,
metimes numbering thousands, to
e pens, later to be slaughtered. The
ats are most needed after a rain, for w
en- sheep balk, as they are afraid Of of
I'd puddles. m,
All men that are familiar with the
tory Of the Kansas City sheep yards
II remember a goat called Mike.
; won his TenOwn by his marked de- III.
'e Of intelligence. He died about a oti
ar ago Of old age after having seen
years Of service at the yards reI
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