Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-04

or the state OF vermont put tne Htob-
rity Of the drovers and the supervision
and care of the Massachusetts ana United
States officials exercised In another COM
monwealth. No attempt has been made
by our cattle commission to keep q rec
ord of the different herds. of where they
were disposed Of, or Of what returns were
received for them. It is not possible TO
trace any animal or herd from any rec
ords which the cattle commission have,
to hpow whether tho animals were sold
for purposes of food or disposed OF for
fertilizer. Except In the one or two IN
stances hereinafter referred to. the com
mission have left 1t entirely to the New
England company, at Somerville, as to
what shall be paid the State for the
condemned animals 1t Is supposed that
every condemned animal Is subject to
n post mortem examination at the time
OF its slaughter at Somerville. II ap'
pears that reports Of this post mortem
could be secured, but tho commission
have not taken the trouble to secure
them except in a very few instances,
and there Is no record. and no way to
tell from anything which the commits
sion have as TO what the post mortem
showed in the case Of any animal or any
herd. The New England company makes
It's return to the drovers in lump sum
for each lot Of condemned cattle that
Is. II parts OF several herds are con-
demned IN a locality, they are all ship
ped together by the drover. with no at
tempt TO identify the cattle from each
particular herd, and II Is supposed that
these condemned cattle are separated from
the drover's own cattle when they reach
Somerville, by means OF tho TX" clipped
IN the hair or other Identification, to
mark the Condemned cattle. hut whether
the separation of the condemned cattle
from the drover's own stock Is correctly
done, depends upon the care and honesty
of the persons handling the stock al
Somervile. arI not upon any care OF
supervision of the officers of the state
Of Vermont There is no evidence &c
show that the matter has been other
wise than correctly and honestly handled
and there is no reason for charging thai
the persons doing the business have been
other than square and honest but there
is nothing which tho cattle commssio'
have done 70 give us light upon this
question one way or the other.
RETURNS NOT SPECIFIC.
Tho returns are made in lump sum =
the drover. who takes out his commission
and freight of SO per head, and sends his
check for the BALANCE TO the commits
s,oner who condemned the lot of cattle
In question. | attach TO this report
return from the New England compan!
to W. A. Kicker for a herd of % catt"
under date of June 49, 1906, together viii
-f..g .,,Nf
| lance for net balance to Commissions
Stephens. II will be roted that the New
| England company does not itself dtspos
Of all these carCasses which are Sol'
; for food purposes, but they turn por
$tius. OF them over TO other commission
houses in Boston as is shown on tAi
| statement of Rlckers. the papers attach
ed showing the detail. out OF this par
ticular lot of % cattle. three were con
demned and used for fertilizer; 10 wer
sold for food purposes. at prices rang
| ing from three to six cerSts per pound
There is nothing on the books Of tn
commission to Indicate from whenc
| these cattle came.
SOLD DIRECT TO DRONERS.
In two or three instances since tn
law of 1904 took effect, the commisslCt
ers have sold the condemned cattle direc
to the drovsr. The one particularly | de
sire to call attention to is the sale i
October or November, 1905. of the cattl
condemned from the herds of Charlie
White and NJ. S. Whitcomb Of Richmond
The commission tested the herds Of thes
two parties at RichmCsid and Cond"inne
1875 COWS Of the herd Of Whitcomb an
6s of the herd Of White. and Victor
Spear then one OF the commissioner
took charge of the disposition of II
condemned cattle. The state paid on II
Icondemnat io,, of the Whitcomb and Whit
cattle approximately $500 a head. Con
missioner Spear approached Mr.. NJ.
Rowell of Randolph. one Of the dro'
ers. who had previously been shppin
condemned cattle for the State in Il
mars.ar above set forth, and asked no
much he would give for the Whtcon
and White cattle. Spear saying that /
had been offered 5000 per head for ther
though il doesn't appear who made II
offer or whether such an offer W;
made. Rowell replied that he wanted
; see the cattle first. and he thereupc
looked them over and told Spear tn.
|
and Spear accepted the offer. Comm
sicrer Spear must have understood thu
Rowell was buying cattle with the e
pectation Of using a considerable 20
ton of them at least for food purpose
for they were not worth anything III
the sum paid n they were to he use
only for fertilizer. Rowell, at Spears r
quest, looked at some other oondemn'
, cattle In the vicinity al the same tin,
but refused to buy them. for the stoC
was too poor.
! ROWELL MADE A GOOD THING.
Q Rowell assorted these cattle. put tho
e in good condition in one lot. and Il
e poorer IN another lot and shipped the
= to Massachusetts, mixed in with 9th
a Of his own stock. One carload of n he;
S was shipped to Haverh!ll: these were
S the poorer stock 1t doesn't definite
= appear as to Just what purpose this sto
;, was expected to be put. other than tn
. were shipped to the slauEhter-house
=. Haverhill, which 10 market for cat,
( called Gamers" q term meaning po
d stock used for canned beef. 1t is su
s posed that this stock was subject to I
Q inspection OF the Massachusetts, Sta
d officers. although 1t doesn't very clear
i appear. Tho last seen Of this herd of
/ cows at Haverhill was in lot near t
t siaughter-house there. There Is no a.
o dence to show what became Of them. 7
e other ia head which Rowell purchase
e as above stated. he shipped to the NJ
e England company at Somerville, whe
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