Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1915 — Beef in Panama. [ARTICLE]

Beef in Panama.

The beef consumed in the Panama Canal Zone is to be from cattle slaughtered there, instead of dressed beef from the United States. It has been ascertained that a saving of from 10 to 20 per cent can thUB be made. The Canal supply department has already begun killing local cattle, in order to test the quality of meat obtainable, and It has further arranged to purchase cattle in other parts of Central America, and even South America, and bring them to the isthmus for final fattening and slaughter. A cattle buyer, assigned to visit the neighboring countries, will have his purchases brought to the Canal and inspected by a veterinary surgeon to prevent the introduction of diseased cattle. The latter official is already on his way to the isthmus.