480 R. S. HUIDEKOPER. 
The buildings are all of brick, laid in cement, and all the 
ground, including that of the open sheds and streets, is covered 
with cement in order to facilitate the most perfect cleanliness. 
To the market is attached a corps of twenty-two (22) veter¬ 
inary surgeons, whose duties are divided between the examination 
of the live animals and the inspection of the butchered meat. 
All cattle coming to Berlin must be unloaded at the market, 
and all butchering must be done here. 
As the cars with the animals are run up to be unloaded, an 
under veterinary surgeon must inspect each load, as it leaves the 
•car, and before it has left the platform, which latter is not allowed 
if any sign of disease is detected. 
The animals are then driven to the stabling allotted to the 
commission merchant, and there again undergo a more thorough 
inspection. 
The unloading platform is cleaned and disinfected eacli night, 
and in case of a contagious disease being detected the animals 
are returned to the same car, to be run to the special building for 
them. 
If the disease is not discovered until the second inspection, the 
animals are not driven, but hauled in special wagons to the sepa¬ 
rate building, so that no additional contact can take place between 
them and the other lots. 
The empty cars, without exception, (even when they have 
only served for the transport of a single horse) are now run into 
a yard for washing. 
The railroad track is here laid on a cement ground, with con¬ 
venient gutters. It runs each side of a large building, which con¬ 
tains boilers for heating water. Each car is first swept out and 
washed with a stream of hot water from a hose. It is then run 
to another track where it is mopped from top to bottom with 
water at a temperature of 70° Celcius (158° F.) which contains 
soda at the rate of 75 grammes (over 2 ounces) to each bucket 
full of water. 
When the disinfection is completed, the foreman pastes a 
blank on the car door, and when the veterinary inspector shall 
have examined the work and signed the blank, the car is again 
ready for use. 
