Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — Spread of Hippophagy. [ARTICLE]

Spread of Hippophagy.

Horse meat is quite extensively eaten in several European countries. Its use in Paris began in July, 1866, and in 1869 the consumption was 2,758 horses, 65,000 during the siege, 5,732 in 1872, and 10,619 in 1877. The horse butcheries numbered 48 on January 1, 1874, and 132 on January 1, 1889. The present price of the meat is about half that of beef. Horse butcheries are rapidly increasing in other Frentji cities, and their output is becoming enormous, and were seriously affecting the trade in other meats. Horse meat is in great favor in Rotterdam, as well as in Germany, Denmark, Sweden jhd parts of Italy, although rejected in Turin. Regrets have been expressed that it has not been adopted in Spain, where it would greatly benefit many poor laborers. --{Trenton (N. J.j American.