The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-05-19
SOON SHIP HORSE
FLESH TO FRANCE

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Cayuse steak and chops win be pes.
sibae to obtain IL the plan proposed by
F. M. Chappeu Of Rochester. N. T., il
| carried into realisation. and he says
| that in June he will be butchering
1000 each week. t Is true that he
does not expect tc offer the steaks and
chops on the American market, but the
horses that are slaughtered will be
the American range type Of the lighter
weights The meat will be prepared
for shipment to the markets of Europe,
where horse meat is considered pal.
atable fod by many ct the people.
The plan meets with the hearty an.
prOval of the Montana state veterin-
arian. DIR. w. J. Butler, who has ad-
vocated such an enterprise for sew
eral years. He has pointed out how
the worthless horses Of the range con-
sumo much Of the grass that ought to
be going into the cattle which make
the beef for the American people. and
he tried for time to interest capital
| to- take a hand in bringing the plan
into realisation.
There are many thousand such horses
are worthless for everything but con-
suming grass. Many of them are
to- IL years of age and never had
halter over their ears. They merely
forage about over the range from
year to year, always keeping shy Of
the approach of man. There are many
aged animals without brand, because
| for the past ten years horses hardly
have been worth the bother OF putting
a brand on them.
All the details of handling the meat
| have been completed by Mr.. Chappell.
With DR.. Butler, he procured the priv
ilege of shipping the horse meat out
| OF the country. He also obtained the
government inspection of his slaugh-
| tering and he has obtained the fecns
| chise OF shipping meat into France AZ
| rapidly as he wishes to do 90, Speak
ing of the horse meat industry and its
possibilities and giving something OF
history CT his preparations, Mr..
Chappell said:
II have spent more than twenty
years in the live stock and meat
| packing business, going into it from
every angle. During the late war I
bought and sold to the Allies more
than 100000 horses and came in con-
officers. They repeatedly remarked
that something should be done to fur
nish their people in Europe the cheap
meat food we have ON our western
| ranges. ~.
| Knowing we had some 10000 CT
these understood horses in the United
| States. of which between 100000 and
| 100000 are here in Montana. became
interested and after the armistice
came west and slaughtered six horses
to determine the value of the meat
and by-products as compared with
| cattle.
Il was astonished at the results 1t
was as fine looking meat as the best
CT cattle and had slightly greater
| food value, owing to the sugar 1t con-
tanned. I Immediately saw its possi-
| bilities and vast economic Importance.
I cured some Of the meat, put some in
brine. made dried beef. solcmi and
other sausages and went to France
with six barrels as samples.
1.-THE French consulate in New York
| informed me would have no difficulty
in getting the product into France.
but upon arriving there I found there
was law prohibiting the importing
of horse meat, except on the hoof and.
| rates prohibited shipping of live
horses to France. finally succeeded
in getting the French minister CT ag-
rfculture to say II the United States
government would give horse meat the
same federal inspection as cattle he
would recommend repeating the pro.
hibitive law.
81 returned to America and got in
touch with your state veterinarian. DR..
W. J. Butler. We went to Washington
and interested the officers of the bu-
reau of animal industry. a number of
senator's. congressman and others and
latter three months of continuous work
succeeded in having horse meat put in
the same category as cattle. sheep and
swine and given the same federal in
spection. An appropriation Of 100000
was provided to carry out the first In
spection work.
II then slaughtered some more
horses and returned tc France with
them In barrels and after making up
the finished product and displaying it
in Paris to the government off cials
, succeeded In five weeks in obtaining
!, a decree permitting us to import horse
meat into France in any form we saw
fit.
II again returned home and slaueh-
, tered over 200 hcrses under govern.
, ment supervision. This was done tc
determine best methods OF hani1lins
and shipping horse meat"