European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is washed r Ireland burgeoning the cattle Industry ranks in the 1 thu statistic of it Milf does not carry too treat an intern for the american com inanity in Europe until you add to it the tact that nearly All the beef consumed by service families in Europe it grown and slaughtered in Ireland and shipped direct to commissaries on the the preeminence in the live Stock Industry not Ireland has railed prize beef and pork or generations and no country in the world enjoys the Good reputation of Ireland when it comes to Breeding Fine just four race horses exported to the last year were valued at 51v4 equable Good pasturage and excellent animal husbandry procedures the important contributing to the Success of the Irish livestock Industry the fact that Ireland has licked the problem of Footman Mouth disease in the raising of cattle is also a major Factor in the International acceptance of Irish either on the Hoof for Jive Export or As by the Pound in com Mif Saries throughout in the development of the Nettie in the department of Agri culture exercises Friendly at the same the department offers every possible assistance not Only to the rattle Raiser but also to the ultimate the Irish beef destined for commissary Sale in Europe must be entirely acceptable not Only to the Irish authorities but must also pass inspect Ion by resident Usan veterinary corps inspect Dublin cattle Market docs Between is and fun Lulon in business each by Brendan staff writer according to Florence senior veterinary superintendent for the Irish department of he an animal is not even allowed into the pens at the Market unless it a clean Bill of health from our inspectors at 5 am each the cattle Market with private sales in which the buyers Deal Mantovan with this traditional sort of Market Day trading the purchaser makes the very Best Deal he can and the owner does like also following both afterwards either lunch together or head for a nearby Public House for a couple of glasses of Dublin at 11 the auction sales there Are several professional cattle auctioneers photos by Lloyd Burguss and their procedure is not unlike the famous t o b h c c o auctioneers the cattle Arp brought into the auction ring around which Are the prospective the auctioneer chants out the starting Price and the buyers signal their bids by a toss of the head or an Arm the action is very fast and a dozen or so head of cattle can change hands in a matter of a minute or beef purchased for consumption by americans in Europe is processed at several plants approved by both the and Irish Oleary All meat products Are shipped either chilled or he at Dublin International meat one of the most Modem installations of its Type in the convention of beef on the Hoof to and Han burgers is a streamlined has had a humane animal slaughtering code for years the con Gress has been attempting to enact such which win Render animals in sensible before at air Force sgt Henry of works Side by Side with the Irish department of agriculture inspectors to insure conformity to the Laws of both my assignment Smoak is to see that nothing but the Best goes to the service Community in the Irish have exactly the same senti ments about their meat so this makes for a very agreeable plus three other of enlisted men and an of veterinary corps Are on a regular tour of duty in Ireland As Veteri nary the operation is even to packaging and the Irish typists at International have gotten used to Mak ing out shipping orders for commis Saries in places with strange names like in Grandes and Camp Ireland cattle while not of itself big when compared to countries such As the new zealand or the is the largest single contributor to the National and cattle shipments have Butk made to countries As far away As Algiers and during the past year has imported quantities of Boneless beef for special Laboratory runs bacteria tests on the cattle Are herded into the where they Art in the stars and stripes