Vermont Farmer

A Needed Reform.

When public opinion shall demand the same inspection of animals, both before and after they are killed, now practiced in Continental European cities, and by the Jews, so far as I am informed, everywhere, and the Christian inspector shall stand at our cattle markets, side by side with the Jewish Rabbi. to condemn and cause to be destroyed the meat of every diseased animal, then animals will be brought to our markets without cruelty, and the Christian will eat as good meat as the Jew. Cattle cars have already been invented and tried with entire success, in which cattle can be carried thousands of miles with food, water, and rest, and arrive in good condition. When these cars come into general use, railroads will make more money, because one-third to one-half more cars will be required to transport the same number of cattle; dealers will make more money, because (saying nothing of the animals that die on the passage) an enormous waste of the best parts of the meat will be saved, and this saving will not only pay the increased charges of transportation, but also have a large margin of gain; consumers getting wholesome meats at one-half to three-fourths the prices they now pay for diseased meats, will buy larger quantities, and so increase the trade. All that is needed is a public opinion which shall require these forms of slaughtering to be generally practiced, and that faithful inspectors shall be stationed at the slaughter-houses to see that they are properly carried out and all animals properly fed and watered up to the time of killing; then the 60,000,000 or more dumb creatures that are now killed annually in this country for food, will die without pain to themselves or danger to the consumer.—[Sanitarian.