Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
FITS REPORT ON MEAf CASE.

tlQst OeIOre his term OF ONCE expired.
I The report is lengthy one and covers
all points of the case thoroughly. We
give extracts that cover most of the
main points.
According 30 the report the cattle
commission did not strictly obey the
law OF 1902 which provides that the
carcasses be buried on the farm on
which condemned. When the law of
1894 was passed placing the disposi-
ton Of the condemned cattle in the
discretion of the commissioner the
cattle were disposed of in the follow
ing manner:
SIN most instances, especially
where only a small number. were con.
denned out of a particular herd, the
owner was given the option of having
the animals slaughtered. at home; ia
such case the expense of the slaughter
was charged to the owner, as provided
| in Section of the Act of 1902. In
case of a considerable. number being
condemned, or it the owner didn't
choose to have the Strengthening done
at home, the commission arranged to
have the condemned animals shipped
by some drover to the plant of the
| New England Dressed Meat and Wool
Co., at Somerville, Mass, and there
slaughtered and disposed of by that
company, in the same way it handles
stock for everybody else. The New
| England Dressed Meat and Wool COM
pany is a slaughtering and commits
sion house. It's business largely Is
taking animals on consignment,
slaughtering them, and disposing of
the care asses and hides, taking for
it's own pay the offal, and paying the
| consignor the net amount received
for the carcass and hide. This slaugh-
/ terhouse is under United States
government inspection, and it is
supposed that the disposition of the
carcass of every animal slaughtered
there, that is, whether it be sold for
food purposes or put into fertilizer, is
determined by the United States gov
eminent Inspector, under the regula-
tions above cited. The evidence
shows that the condemned cattle of
the state of Vermont which have
been shipped to that plant have been
handled in the same manner as the
consignments from private individu-
ais"
The report further says:
"The consignments to the New En-
gland company at Somerville have al
ways been in the name of the drover,
and returns madeairect to the drover,
The state has paid the drover $500
per head commission for shipping the
cattle and looking after and turning
8 over remittances, the. drover paying
D the freight. 1t has Melted the drovel
j. from 25 cents to dollar head profit
and in some instances aiiittle more
than a dollar. The drover has in
g Cured no risk in the deal, and the
only services he has performed have
been to load the condemned cattle
with his own shipments, and receive
and turn over the remittance There
has been no system of regulation AZ
to marking the cattle for Identified
ton. As rule.therehas been an''X'
O clipped in the hair on the hip of eacf
). condemned animal. Sometimes th'
animals are numbered by clip in th'
N hair; the condemned animals from
d each herd being numbered separately
The Identification has not been Ger
d tain;the chance for mistake large, ant
k the cattle commissioners have had ~
supervision or oversight of the ami
ar mails from the time they have bee
3 turned over to the drover. In two o
three instances some one of the com
- mission has visited the plant a
: Somerville, but never to exercise an,
is control or supervision over the hand
he lug OF the condemned animals from
Vermont
Tx The report says that the supervision
III OF the killing b as been left to the off
Gals OF Massachusetts and the Unitet
- States government.
"A Inc report gives one instance sine
the law Of 1904 went into effect i
be whlcn the cattle commissioner, Victo
~ l. Spear, sold condemned cattle, 20
tie in all, from herds in Richmond to
drover in Randolph, NJ. G. Rowel
IS Rowell distributed the cattle in tw
: different herds, putting p OF the worz
=. In enc herd which together with som
N cattle of his ovn he shipped to Haver
i'll hill, which is amarket for cattle Gale
he Gamers" term meaning poor stoc
lal used for canned beef. The last see
Re. OF this herr was in lot near tn
slaugbterhouse there. There is n
- evidence to show. what became {
them The other TIA bead Rowe