The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-25

must have plenty 81 pure water and
be provided with sewer. Modern sci
ence demands concrete construction
DR.. Van Els declared that the live
stock industry Of the state was badly
in need of cooperation packing
house.
| Meat is food in which decompo
sition sets in very quickly unless il
is very carefully handled. Immedi
ately after hanging the meat should
be placed in chilling room and
left there until thoroughly cooled
When handled in this way it always
proves to have better keeping quail
ties than when it is Improperly
cooled. The following from circular
1885 of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
will also be found of interest.
It is estimated that little more
than one-half of the total meat STRIP
ply Of the United States comes under
the inspection of the Federal Gov.
eminent Most of the remainder re-
ceives no inspection whatever, while
a portion is subjected to a limited
inspection by State or local officers.
Uninspected slaughterhouses as a
rule have many features that are not
only Objectionable but dangerous to
health. The smell of the country
slaughterhouse is proverbial, and the
| conditions at some of these places
are inexpressibly foul and filthy. They
are usually located in some out.of-tke
way place, sometimes outside The
corporate limits, often surrounded by
stables or even being a part of a
building which is also used as a
stable, barn, or for some such pur-
pose. Sometimes they are located
on the banks of small streams and
pollute the water. Such places are
often the means of spreading disease.
1t is frequently the custom to feed
offal to hogs or to throw it where
dogs, hogs, and rats have access to
it. BY this means trichinae, tape
worms, and other animal parasites
are disseminated, some of which are
dangerous to man. Hog cholera. tn
berculosis, and other contagious dis
eases may also be spread by Such
conditions. Usually there is no pro-
lection to the meat against rats, flies,
and OTHER insects and vermin, and
this condition constitutes danger
Gus source of contamination and IN
lection.
The objectionable conditions a-o
not confined to the little SLAUGHTER
houses in small communities. Eve,
IN some Of the large cities there ara
large abbatoirs which do 4 purely
local business and at which tho
conditions and methods arc , axc 500
lngly unsanitarv and where q vcrv
poor class Of live stock is slaughter
ed.
mere are two main problems in an
encent system of local meat in
spect1on. The first relates to the
location. construction, equipment.
and management of the slaughter
houses, and the second to the admin
1stration of the inspection service
1t is preferable for the town to
build and own the abattoir and to
require all Strengthening to be done
there, except where conditions are
such to justify private plants and
where inspection is already in effect
at such plants or can readily be ap-
piled. Where it is not pra cticable
for the municipality to own and op
crate an abbatoir the next best plan
is to have a central public abba tcir
owned and operated by private en-.
terprise, and in that case the plan:
should Of course be under an official
inspection system.
Perhaps the most satisfactory plan
Of compensating the inspectors IL
for the State or the municipality to
pay them annual salaries. No in.
! spector should under any Circumstance
es receive his pay directly from the
slaughterers, for reasons that are OBJ
vio1s. The expense Of inspection may
be met by charging fees, but these
fees should 60 into the State or mu.
nicipal treasury, and not directly from
the meat dealer or slaughterer to the
inspector.
The city Of Paris, Tex, in 1900
erected a municipal abattoir which
is said to be the first such plant In
the United States. The abattok - 10
Gated about II miles from the city.
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