humane but profitable — the veal is more nourishing, is more agreeable to the palate, and is delicate in appearance. We ask butchers to try this process, assured that with the support of public opinion they will gladly discontinue the present slow torture which calves undergo. “BAD MEAT. “ Perhaps the most certain cause of diseased meat is the violent and cruel treatment of cattle on their way to the markets from the green fields where they have lived in peace and comfort. The brutal conduct of drovers, the deprivation of food and water, the over-driving^ through dusty roads and crowded thoroughfares, are notorious ; and these bring on fever and disease. Surely this treatment should be prevented ! “A NOBLE RESOLUTION AND EXAMPLE. “The Daily Telegraph (July 4, 1867) says — ‘Yesterdays afternoon a meeting of the Nottingham butchers was held at the hide and skin market, for the purpose of taking into consideration what steps should be adopted with reference to the white veal question. Mr. C. W. Simkins was in the chair, and there was a good attendance. A discussion took place which was entirely friendly to the stopping of the system of bleeding calves prior to killing, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: “We, Members of ^ “Mr. Hunt, of North Mundham, in Sussex, who has dealt in calves for thirty-nine years and sends about two thousand every year to market, always conveys them standing in carts which are 6 ft. by 5 ft-, with open rails each side for ventilation. Each van holds fifteen calves, and travels at five miles an hour. In all those years he has only lost one calf on a journey. A similar plan is in use in Paris. HUMANE WAY TO KILL RABBITS App. the Nottingham Butchers’ Association, whose names are appended, pledge ourselves not to bleed calves before kill- ing them, and to use our best efforts to induce the trade generally to adopt the same resolve.” ’ “We advise all butchers, the sake of their own interests, to refrain from ill-treating the animals they have to sell for food, and entreat them on the score of humanity to put them to death by as simple a process as can be effected. We recommend them, instead of the pole-axe, to adopt the method employed by the Portuguese, which is as follows : — The butcher stands in front of the animal, and holding the right horn in his left hand, passes a sharp-pointed knife, about six inches in the blade, over its brow, through the vertebrae of the neck, into the spine, and in an instant it is dead. » RABBITS. “ The best way to kill rabbits is to take the hind-legs in the left hand, so as to allow the head to hang downwards. While in that position a smart blow is struck just behind the ears with a walking-stick, which causes instantaneous death. When the rabbit is very large a second blow is advisable. The jugular, or large veins of the neck, may then be cut through with a penknife, and the body hung up to bleed. Just dividing the veins of the neck without first killing the animal is a very cruel and slow death. “PIGEONS, FOWLS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND TURKEYS. “ The quickest and most painless way of destroying any of these birds is to break or dislocate the neck, all sense of 277 App. HUMANE WAT TO KILL POULTRY feeling being immediately removed. The struggling which follows is not a result of pain, but reflex action.

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humane but profitable — the veal is more nourishing, is more agreeable to the palate, and is delicate in appearance. We ask butchers to try this process, assured that with the support of public opinion they will gladly discontinue the present slow torture which calves undergo. “BAD MEAT. “ Perhaps the most certain cause of diseased meat is the violent and cruel treatment of cattle on their way to the markets from the green fields where they have lived in peace and comfort. The brutal conduct of drovers, the deprivation of food and water, the over-driving through dusty roads and crowded thoroughfares, are notorious ; and these bring on fever and disease. Surely this treatment should be prevented ! “A NOBLE RESOLUTION AND EXAMPLE. “The Daily Telegraph (July 4, 1867) says — ‘Yesterdays afternoon a meeting of the Nottingham butchers was held at the hide and skin market, for the purpose of taking into consideration what steps should be adopted with reference to the white veal question. Mr. C. W. Simkins was in the chair, and there was a good attendance. A discussion took place which was entirely friendly to the stopping of the system of bleeding calves prior to killing, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: “We, Members of ^ “Mr. Hunt, of North Mundham, in Sussex, who has dealt in calves for thirty-nine years and sends about two thousand every year to market, always conveys them standing in carts which are 6 ft. by 5 ft-, with open rails each side for ventilation. Each van holds fifteen calves, and travels at five miles an hour. In all those years he has only lost one calf on a journey. A similar plan is in use in Paris. HUMANE WAY TO KILL RABBITS App. the Nottingham Butchers’ Association, whose names are appended, pledge ourselves not to bleed calves before killing them, and to use our best efforts to induce the trade generally to adopt the same resolve.” ’ “We advise all butchers, the sake of their own interests, to refrain from ill-treating the animals they have to sell for food, and entreat them on the score of humanity to put them to death by as simple a process as can be effected. We recommend them, instead of the pole-axe, to adopt the method employed by the Portuguese, which is as follows : — The butcher stands in front of the animal, and holding the right horn in his left hand, passes a sharp-pointed knife, about six inches in the blade, over its brow, through the vertebrae of the neck, into the spine, and in an instant it is dead. » RABBITS. “ The best way to kill rabbits is to take the hind-legs in the left hand, so as to allow the head to hang downwards. While in that position a smart blow is struck just behind the ears with a walking-stick, which causes instantaneous death. When the rabbit is very large a second blow is advisable. The jugular, or large veins of the neck, may then be cut through with a penknife, and the body hung up to bleed. Just dividing the veins of the neck without first killing the animal is a very cruel and slow death. “PIGEONS, FOWLS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND TURKEYS. “ The quickest and most painless way of destroying any of these birds is to break or dislocate the neck, all sense of App. HUMANE WAT TO KILL POULTRY feeling being immediately removed. The struggling which follows is not a result of pain, but reflex action.

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