The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25
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t3clne people OF Powder River county
were shocked to hear Of family sub.
sisttng on diet Of horseflesh for
want OF funds TO procure beef. but
their CONSERVATISM was minimixed by
the Information that ,Europeans are
clamoring for canned horse. And there
IL no one to, argue why hOrsehesh
should not be as welcome as beef, tor
the reason that hcrscs are as clean in
their feed as cattle and noticeably
much more so than hogs or poultry.
And another questicn is being asked,
how many times have we eaten horse
and relished 1t, knowing it as such. or
deceived in the belief 1t was beef
Conversion into canned meat Of
$4,000 useless range horses of Mon.
tana is a probability CT the coming
year, it is announced by DR.. W. J..
Butler. state veterinarian, upon his re-
turn from eastern cities. where he
conferred with promoters Of a "horse-
packing plant" in this state.
The market for the output is as
sured. One exporting company has
agreed to- accept at the port Of New
York all the horse meat products that
can be turned out here. DR. Butler
said. 1t will be shipped to France,
Germany, Belgium, Holland and other
European nations where horseflesh is
prtxed AZ an article Of daily diet. Many
persons there prefer 1t to beef and it
ts believed herse meat can be sold
there at about half the price of beef,
so a ready sale seems certain.
Horse sausage. horse hash. corned
horse and roast horse in cans, similar
in preparation tonly) to the bulk pack
ages Of beef put UP fer the army in
the World War, will form the princi-
pal marketable commodities Of the
proposed pony packing plant. Ship
ment of frozen sides or quarters is to
be followed in the same procedude az
American beef is shipped to DIR. But
Ter and are on exhibition at his office
In the livestock building at the state
capitol. Persons eager to give the
salad oil Il trial may no doubt share
this supply with Dr. Butler.
There are also on exhibition there
samples of the ether horsefiesh prod
ucts it is proposed to manufacture hare
on a large scale. The promoters have
spent more than $15O.O00 in making
laboratory tests and canning expert
ments with horseflesh. DIR. Butler said.
Experts employed by the promoters
have gone into big American packing
plants and studied canning methods
there. These methods have tASn been
adapted tc horseflesh.
The move is simply a business prop
osftton in supplying a market for
cheaper meat in Europe. Its economic
advantages to Montana lie in the re-
moval Of u quarter of million useless
horses that now are consuming wild
hay that would keep an equal number
of cattle. In addition. it will bring to
the state an amount of cash that viii
go q lcng way toward tiding over the
industrial depression. The industry
will provide employment for many
people.
a proposition to utilize these horse.
as food fer Europe was under way 9
couple OF years ago, Dr. Butler said
At that time the Bank Of Engi and wa.
behind the promoters. The fall in thu
exchange value Of the pound sterling
made the British bankers refuse to pu
up their money at American rates. and
the project fell through. 1t has nov
been revived. with American backing
and the state veterinarian believes
from assurances given him while II
the east. that there Is every proba
| btlity the plan will be a success thi
time.