Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-10-04

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condemned from the herds OF Charles
White and NJ. s, Whltcomb Of Richmond.
The commission tested the herds OF these
two parties at Riehmasi and condemned
lss cows OF the herd Of whitcomb and
Is OF the herd Of White. and Victor l.,
Spear. then one Of the commissioners.
took charge OF the disposition of the
condemned cattle. The State paid ON the
eondemnatios, OF the Whlteomb and White
cattle approximately $500 a head. Com
missioner Spear approached Mr.. NJ. c.
Rowel Of Randolph, one of the drov-
ers, who had previously been shipping
condemned cattle for the State In the
manner above set forth, and asked how
much he would give for the Whiicomb
and White cattle. Spear saying that he
had been offered siOOo per head for them,
though il doesn't appear who made the
offer, or whether such an offer was
made. Rowell replied that he wanted to
see the cattle first, and he thereupon
looked them over, and told Spear that
he would give sii.OO head for them
and Spear accepted the offer, Commits
sioner Spear must have understood that
Rowen was buying cattle with the ex-
pectatlon OF using considerable por-
tlon of them at least for food purposes
for they were not worth anything like
the sum paid IL they were to be used
only for fertilizer. Rowell, at Spears re-
quest, looked at some other condemned
cattle Ia the vicinity at the same time
but refused TO buy them. for the stock
was too poor.
RowELL MADE A GOOD THING.
Rowel assorted these cattle, put those
In good condition In one lot, and the
poorer in another lot. and shipped them
TO Massachusetts, mixed in with other
of his own stock. Crse carload OF a head
was shipped to HaverhIll: these were Of
the poorer stock. 1t doesn't definitely
appear as to just what purpose this stock
was expected to be put, other than they
were shipped TO the slaughter-house at
Haverhill. which Is a market for cattle
called Gamers" a term meaning poor
stock used for canned beef. 1t Is sup
posed that this stock was subject to the
Inspection of the Massachusetts, State
officers, although II doesn't very clearly
appear The last seen OF this herd of q
cows at Haverhill was In a lot near tho
slaughter-house there. There is no evil
dence to show what became of them. The
other ia head which Rowell purchased
as above stated, he shipped TO the New
England company at Somerville, where
they were disposed of as other stock
consigned to that company is. as abov'
set forth. I have not been able to find
Just how much Rowell received for this
stock He testifies that he cannot him
self tell just exactly, further than that
he made a good profit out of IT, He was
asked to furnish me with return from
the New England company, and has fur
nished one return covering 80 of the cat
tie OF this, one animal was used for
fertilizer and the other AZ were used for
! food purposes, prices varying from two
and three-fourth to three all and one
half cents a pound. ! attach herewith
the return last above referred to- Rowell
testified that out OF the Ia head taken
to the New England company, not more
than % were put into the fertilizer. the
balance being sold for food. This sale
of stock by the commissioners to the
drover is in my Judgment in violation
of the law which is hereinafter cited and
discussed. The other sales by the COM
missioners direct TO drovers appear to
nave been nsignifean. comparatively,
and are not referred to in detail here.
About year ago one A. w. Edwards of
Underhill wrote to DIR. F. A. Rich of the
cattle commission. offering $500 head
for condemned cattle No attention was
paid TO this offer. although it was a
larger sum than the State was receiving
/ from others.
AT BURLINGTON RENDERING co.
! Shortly after the shipment OF cattle to
Massachusetts commenced, in the manner
above cited. the manager of the Burling-
ton Rendering Co., at Burlington, L. e.
Brigham, approached DR.. F. A. Rich, of
the commission, and asked him to turn
some of the State cattle into that con-
cern, saying that they. the Rendering
company. would give what they were
worth, and thereupoo he commission
commenced to ship some o. the condemn
ed cattle to the Rendering company at
Burlington. The commissioners testify
that so far as they know, hare was no
trade made as to how much the Render
ing company should pay for the cattle
they simply trusted the Rendering COM
pany to pay what was right, and took
the returns of that company without
question. The manager test hat the
arrangement was to pay tve cepts a
pound for what should be us-1 for food
and a quarter of cent pound for
what went into the fertilizer. The COM
mssioners have kept no record of the
number of head shipped to the Render
ing company, nor of whence they came,
nor of the returns, except the lump sums
received, and there is nothing to identify
the cattle which went to the Burlington
plant, and nothir,g to show how many of
them were for food purposes and how
many for fertilizer. The testimony is con-
fiicting upon the latter point, but it is
evident that a large portion of the cat
tie takeD to the Burlington plant was
sold for food purposes. Cattle taken
there have been slaughtered and are
supposed to have been subject. all, to the
post morton examination of DR.. Rich, of
the commission, although there has not
been due care exercised in the handling
of these cattle, ard the lack of records
and data concerning it, leaves it i'm
possible to show concusively whether the