New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-08
PORK PACKING IN CINCINNATI AND
LOTTSVILLE

TOEk PACKING IN CINCfNNfiI M
Louisville.
W,can scarcely take up n Western exchange with.
ont seeing some fresh statement OF learning some later
satisfies from the Pork packing toc' in that region
The Louisville T,mCs estimates that at least one
hundred thousand than the average of hogs VIII
be slaughtered in Kentucky this season. The Lo9's-
rtVe Journal acquaints us that the Fork-packng
establishments in that city are in full operation, and
antiepatos large numerical total when the slaughter
inc shall be completed From Cincinnati the accounts
are not quite fourishing; nevertheless we learn
from The Cincinnati COm@erc,ai that notwlthstand-
ing the ateness of the season. fair average OF pack
inc if vet expected TO be done The staple OF pork
forms a larger item of our national industry than
would be generally credited 10y those uniformed on
H. subject We do not exceed n reasonable caicua-
tion when we set down the number of hogs siauSht-
cred in the various packng-houses at two millions an
nually representing q value of twenty millions OF dol
lars The larger proportion of this is destined for the
export trade But this pOrcine aggregation, vast as
is, bears no proportion 10 she amount slaughtered
through the entire year, TO meet our domestic con
sumption We feel justified in estimating the years
annual production at twenty millions, bearing value
Of two hundred millions Of dollars. Surprising the
profit upon this reproductive supply TO be twenty per
cent 10 the raiser we have annually the considerable
addition Of forty millions n dollars to national
wealth an amount Of profit nearly equal to onchali
the gross value Of the entire cotton crop OF 1854. We
eon perceive 10y this how greatly our industry would
suffer were We to Danish pork from table and to
adopt the lsraetsh dietary.
Viewing the economical importance OF THE Western
branch Of industry, deem the subject Of sufficient
importance justify IN occupying The attention OF
our readers for few moments, while daguer-
reotype the most salient features,o Pork Packing
house. To produce the scene fairly to the mental
vision Of the reader we must beg him to accompany
far the Hourishng City of Cincinnati, and roll
IN mp his pantaoOns to his bOottops, wade the muddy
Ioad with us that passes Deer Creek, and hold
steadily till be- reaches the Packing house 10 which
we are about 10 introduce him. The walk is by no
means On agreeable ole, we admit; the incessant
squalls of fifty thousand hogs which we pass on
road. fall upon ths with most painful effect aud
the villainOus compound of smells that assail us on
every point from the various lard-prcsses, tallOw-
meters, bone boilers and other canverous establish
ments that bne the road, render the atmosphere we
nhale disagrccable in the extreme. Diyergng to the
ri:h short space, and crossing a primitive timber
construction that bridges q creek, we mount
huge step with the assistance of hands and enter
the Office Cf Mr.. Francis BeIesord. Ii il early in the
morning, and the hands not yet to work, they
ae waiting for the aborers 10 partially clear the dry
Ic-room Of the carcasscs Of Yesterdays slaughter TO
afford them room Tor their more recently inundated
victims. Mr.. BeTesford il fas specimen Of the West
bluff, hosptable and hearty, with an diosyncrasy
just adapted TO his social relation, and It is clearly
evident that lie s great ayorite with lis numerous
employees. While they ncase themselves IN their
oil-skin Overails, hong round the stove, we are
greatly edited with the conversation OF the company.
1t is arcGgh pursuit they engaged in aud plainly
requires ess cfco artistic and intellectual state OF
culture than the studio the Opora-but the spirit
tLat an.mates them IL identical with that Of their
more pretentious brethren
"Pugh slaughtered fifteen hundred Yesterday
sxclams one, "aud Kirby turned out eight hundred
in the foTeBoon.'
"Ycs, remarks another, " and Black joe etlitea
seven hogs minute at Aliens aud ten dollars"
AL express increduity az this wonderful achieve
nent, and the affirmation becomes suddenly energetic
10 his reference to authorities in authe ntcaon of his
assertion.
II don't care # oil Cincinnati seed Il, maintains q
third John Woodrough can beat Black Joe, aud be
never eati,d seven hogs yet"
Tins proV"ket disposition 10 w'1ngle, IN when AL
are willing to take sides, ard declamatory contro-
vey is about to onsue; but farther discussion ID sud-
denly cut short by the foreman shouting from the
slaughteT-house, 'tN"B boys now boys you 60
ing to begin to-day p
This i answered by sudden rush 10 their stations
N the scading room, and IN Their sudden exodus we
tnd ourselves among the lorem+ ~ OF N. gang. Ar
rysd n the scolding-room, ior slaughter-housel we
cast ha'ty glance around. 1t u large oblong apart
m'n', paved with stone opening at end, by
q wide dooT Gscerded TO by q staging, into TIE
r.aughterpen, and communicating az the opposite
extremity with the dying room, whore the hogs are
carried nom the slaughter, and hung IN dense rows 10
siif'n TIL The following morning. Il ie now filed with
whole population oi sGspsrded hogs, and numerous
sturdy DaIcLm'n aso busy N loading them into
wagons for then transfer TO the cutting on the
riSU. Connecting with the slaughter pen is an i'm
m.nss longitudinal s"a'dng tub aud appended 20 that
~ a org beech wh,r'on the hocs, after passing the
'cnld, are scrap"d aud slom. The tnb - flied with
mgrty liquid which emts yrefu'e steam. The fore
nan receives word roma negro who has ssccrialned
It." I'mTraiaf' cI rs hqad with a tL.rmomct.r
ud I'u'uno'- ttt .a'a ready. Tbs - ,ar ,anoun,