The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-06


After having been slaughtered and cleaned,
the hogs are allowed TO hang up over night,
when they are hauled to the city. About
twenty hands await them at the cutting
room, where they are resolved into the vari-
Gus component parts of first class pork Ain
the twinkling of an eyen A brawny butch
er, with very suggestive cleaver, slashes
up hog almost as rapidly as we write this
sentence. The trimmers then dress out the
hams, sides, and shoulders, and, as we have
noticed, toss them into the basement below
The heads are piled up at one side OF 'he
haH for the present, to be shortly reduced 10
lard. In this building, pure leaf iara is rem
dered out, while thas known as NUMBER one
lard Is steamed out at the slaughter house
The feet pc shipped to Chicago glue fac
tory The scraps are also rendered out into
1..rd at the large cauldron at one corner of
the hail.
The quality of pork this year is very much
inferior to that of last year. The hogs are
smaller in size, and very lean. Notwith-
standing this fact, however, the market
promises fair enough. People viii cat pork,
whether its quality is superior or Indifferent.
Shaw & Bro. are now packing about two
hundred and Fifty head per day, and will
continue to do so until the termination of
the season, which viii be about Christmas.
Their supplies come principally from this
county. Henry and Mercer. Last year they
purchased considerable nurabuI OF drossAd
hogs at Davenport, and intend to do so this
winter, as soon as the market offers induce
ments to that end. They viii ship very few
dressed hogs. The number which they will
kin and pack this season, should the wealth
er continue to favor their operations, will
be about seven or eight thousand. Asthere
| viii be only about two thousand hogs packed
at Davenport this winter, Shaw Il Bro. keep
| buyer on the street there every day, watch
| ing the market, and besides another a,
| this city, keep four constantly engaged in
the country. On Saturday, the packing
house will contain the product of FIVE thou
sand head of hogs.
The second floor is used for empty storage
/ To save insurance, and make room, the mess
pork, when barreled, is rolled into the street
in front of the pork house. OF the barrels
used in the establishment, one half are pur
| chased in this city, and the other half at the
Iowa state penitentiary, Fort Madison.
The butchers of our city have thus fal
| packed about six hundred head, but will
| greatly increase this amount before the close
of the season. Their operations are mostly
| conducted to meet the necessities OF the To-
| cal trade, though some of them will NO
| doubt make light shipments.
| Messrs kellerstrass Il Vogele are this sea
son doing something in the packing line
They have been engaged in the pork bust
1865 H' rs" si-s Sf-oa ss.s@@s~S-A-@ ann
| mer they built the fine packing house which
stands directly to the rear of their levee
warehouse. This is good building fol-
| the purpose iii view, twenty-five by fifty feet
| in size, constructed of brick, and consisting
of two stories, with deep cellar capable o
| manifold uses pertaining to the business
| We have already mentioned the amount o
| their last years operations. They will shiE
/ no dressed hogs to Chicago, this season, but
will devote their attention entirely to pack
ing. Their hogs are slaughtered at Schin
dler's house, outside of the city limits
Thus far, they have purchased, slaughtered
and packed about five hundred head. Thei
business this winter will not very much ex
| coed that of last season, on account of thu
mild weather which interrupted their opera
| tons. 1t is also evident that the season i,
destined to terminate at an unusually early
| period, as we have before stated. They are
! employing ten or twelve men in their pack
| ing department. Their barrels are manufac
tured in this city. Connected with then
| packing room, is a cauldron for rendering
lard, and an apparatus for straining anc
cooling it. They have also fitted up fin,
smoke house, where they are curing meats
in the most approved manner. Throughout
their establishment an air of system prevails
| while the numerous conveniences provided
for conducting the greatest amount of worl
in the most expeditions manner, cannot fai
to arrest the attention of the observer.
By comparing the above notes, it will b.
seen that our packers and butchers will THU
season handle about ten thousand head o
hogs, notwithstanding the fact that their op
erations have been seriously interfered will
by the mildness of the weather. Their ia
cilities are sufficient for much larger bust
ness. BY the ratio we have previously used
in calculating the shipments of our drovers
we have twenty-five thousand head ofhogs al
the number handled here this winter-jus
the amount of business done last winter
with the obstacle of mild weather to con
tend with. Had the weather been such al
was desired, there can be but little doub
but that double that amount would have
been done.
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