The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-10-13
Mr., Cist On the Hog Crop.

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Der Of hogs put np for market in 1857, at
Cincinnati, =, $50, 900. That place, he says,
"bein- the BUSINESS centre Of an immense
corn growing and hog-raising region, is in
fact the principal pork market of the Cui'ed
States, aud, without even the exceptions o!
Cork or Belfast, Ireland, the largest in the
wor,i." Ia 1888, the number of hogs put
up was 500, being $50, 900 less than in
1918, when the whole number was l3O,-
0)). The hogs raised for iaaf market are
generally a crop of the Irish GraZier, Ky
field b .rkshiie, Russia and China, in sucI
proportions a, 10 unite the qualifications at
size, tendency to fat, aud beauty Of shape
of the hams. They are driven in generally
at from the age Of eleven TO eighteen
months. They ran in the woods until with
In five or six weeks of killing time, when
they are turned into the ccrnIicldS TO tatten.
From the 9Th to 10th November the pork
season begins, and then Tor what taxes place
read Mr.. Ci>t's account:
"rhev 1.-THE devoted swine) are bought
upb drcvers until sufficient number j.,
gathered for drove. The hogs are driven
into pens adjacent to the respective s,augh.
ter honses. As soon after the drovcr or
farmer sells 10 the packer. the hogs are put
mp into small pens, where they are crowded
in as thick a. they can stand, and man
walks over the drove, knocking them on
the head, successfully, with a two'pclnted
hammar adapted to the purpose. They are
then drawn ont by hooks into the sticking
room, where their thruatS are cut; the blood
passing through drain or sewer below in
to large tanks prepared to receive it. The
blood is saved, to be so,l, together with the
4 = r.. ~.
slate Of potash, and Prussan blue. Ada
cent to the sticking room. are the ScaiinS
trouchs. which are heated by steam. These
tr0ii.hs are Of 1909 gallons capacity each.
After being stalded, the hogs are tossed by
machinery on to a long bench, as many per-
sons getting 10 work Oh hog as can get a.
round il. One cleans out the ear, winch
work must be done while the hog is reeklng
with steam; others pull off the briS,les and
hair, which are thrown on the floor; others,
again, scrape the animal. Whe.. :hcSe op'
craions are through, his hini legs arc
stretched open, with stick called gam
bril-, and the hog is horne OF by three men,
two Of whom carry the front part on their
crossed arms, aud the other scizeS the gam
bril-, by which he carries TO proper place,
aud sings the hog TO a hook, winch SuS-
ponds him from the floor. Here the animal
falls into the hands of another, who takes
out the insides, stripping at thera OF three
hogs TO minute"
Alas, poor hog Some Of the slaughter
ing establishments employ ono hundred
hands each SuppoSng that for the year
ending in March, 1918, the number OF hogs
cut up in Cincinnati, was 10000, Mr.. Cl>t
estimates the product rs follows: l5D,oJ)
barrels Of pork. 81 OD).O)) pounds bacon.
and 3,S)),0)JpoundS lHri. The residHeo of
the carcasscs enter i.to other branches OF
manufacture.
The lard is exported 10 Havana, where II
Is used for cooking and FOR butter. 1t i al
so shipped to the Atlantic markets for lncal
use as well as export to France aud Eng
land either in its original shape, or manu-
featured into oil. Onc establishment. be-
sides putting up ha:1s, &C., is extensively
engaged in extracting the grease from The
rest Of the hog; and operates upon about
10000 hogs per year. II has seven large
circular tanks. holding 5000 pounds each
these receive the entire carcass, except
the hams. and the maSsis subjected to steam
process unhcr a pressure Of seventy pounds
tothe square inch, the elect ol which optr'
alton is to reduce the whole 10 one conSiS-
tence, and "every bone To powder" The
fatis drawn OF by cocks, and the reSidnu,n.
mere earthly substance, is taken away for
manure. TIE lard lis pure and beautiful, be-
ing refined under the steam process.
There are said 10 be thirty lard oil larto-
iics in Cincinnati. Mr.. Cist estimates tie
product OF oil for the year ending March,
1913, at 2i,O0O barrels Of 30 to IL gallons
each. The oil is exported To- the eastern
cities, aud to foreign countries. BcsdcSbc-
ing sold for what it is, It enters largely III
the eastern cities into the adalera'ion al
sperm oil. and in France serves TO reduce
the cost Of olive oil. the skill uf the French
chemists enabling them to incorporate from
sixty-fve to seventy per cent. Of lard oil
with that Of the olive.
Star candles from the s,cariue, are also
manufactured extensively, and the impure
oleue discharged BY hydraulic prrs>nic op-
Grating on the stearnc. is employed in the
manufacture Of soap. We may remark,
that this last is n business which ought to be
extensively carried on in ST. Louis.
Many Other interesting facts are given,
relative to the hog trade and business Of
Cincinnati; bnt the foregoing will suffice to
start the inquiry, whether the advantages
Of ST. Louis, for all these pursuits, are not.
or cannot be made. equal TO those OF Gin
einnati PSI. Louis RerGiAe.