, 1880-06-12
The London "Times" on Packing
In the United States.
Immense Slaughter Houses Of
Chicago and tho West.
Description Of tho Packing Process In
One Of Our Leading Houses.
I<,tstIhfb 4iHtti

md pr1lss, niUvGr, md nthor chont, bulky, un-
aalahfe vegetable fluid. into tho halntlo animal
which readily runs to Innrkcs. Three million
two hin'rrsl nn,l fifty Thousand pxa can be
romnt'.h in tho single state If Illinois. Iowa
nn,l Missouri t4lch hIyo :lUN,uU1 Indiana and
Kentucky t.tch contribute 2.M0,pD. Berkshire
md Fisher lInbl,s, Essex. lnrke and miIde-slzetl
whites, md II useful Cltnn hag Mr1 rsaed. AL Rro
.. wEf.L HttOwH Asb rIH3rITAhLE.
! dill mot sue II thir,f-olnas rig whe In America
Abundance If rum, MID cxerulHc, with vnrtoa
f.t"l whitu growing. duveop Rikc md moro lean
1licMt Than Is exhibited INNING our moru artl-
flcul1y managed. ciosely ennflnrtl aruntcrs. As
ut t,ntnn. tho contagious fntal hoH cs'ofcrn uc-
cIIsibnAlIy occurs, spreading frOtl tho great
markets In tho prcmlses If breeders and feeders,
Ni,s sometimes ca.,RnR rrent krscs. Tho nvcF-
nxe value nj tho American tngs set forth In the
agricultural stIstlcs for 1871 !. only lis. hl; blt
In CDiorudo and other Territories they rcnch
:ls.. n,l'l III massachusetts u1nuunt tn +1s.t AL
thnuxh nf yt,Hll individual white, tho AmcrloMn
farmers c,,plinI III hugs represents n total ar
4rrynte of c.s,,0o0.01! In summer on grnss
and clover, finished OF with corn In wfu-
ter an,,.ng tue cutie In the yprdss; .he.o
snii ut ngcs ylrying frnm s!x to ejgh,oon
months. nt Weights rinRinR, fr0m 100 70 ;N
Ter; tho chcApcr summer sometimes fall ms
low "a ~ rMLcH 1'er p2iln'' Eros. wsix1t. ih,t
70 sma T. t!.o nntlay H. tsinir H,plr!nxing that
few lInEB Rr1 slaughtered md snltcl by tho
farinera, but
THE nl,EAT HULK rAss TO THE PACKERS.
This Is nno uf tho spoclAl arrf p,rosporous indus.
K!nn!l,Hs Hotnc twenty-five ycArs HgO. ind rntl-
i!ly Hrnw!nv wilt, ,lo Er:t!y !neseas!!nx ds-
cent nf tic Ancricnu hog truuuet. Until with
III recent years, much of t!iD hHcun and pork
sbsv Ts % k III Ffs te s,stc. 9n IN bas K
ntt.t boxes; throughout Europe entirely III
l",scs. Formerly tog s!anghter!uE WIS con con"
win abundant supplies q ,che4p leo, obnIt
h!trloM ht,us ,nra. slaughtered, or nearly
snas a s ss sen fso L a''dfEsko ,o IT, 'F3 o y3ss sS
10 % tic lst of Np9ycinbcr, wlcn veectalle ftoti
IL anuniMnt md tho piss c4n lu' q'l'okly and
Shs""y sn caa. cspe mxpep'x viii II ehe bSst rs
Wiltshire, nr Yorkshire. h,t it,, steadily i'm
prOvtng. We're tho hc9s, ilnIeE,etl on ~ they
iii corn: tha Sason wS,,ll doiis!es: i'e ilrmer
md less tla.lo 70 shrink when ennked. II Is not
tor boiled th Vrlllc.l tbfoilctll; w,rn gri!lei 1t
il nlH 1u waste, md so.no Ut II nlst, enlltA q
peculiar ,lnynr. Tho pnuklilg business Is
A nRuw1EG 1EuusTNf.
In 1R1G-1 there wuro O,HNi.4li hDKa packed In
tho UN s,ntcs, II III !S77.s. alll ,+so-
5gi III in's-M cnnntla l,ns:kH nlnut AONii huKs
% 5 ~ sos ss sa ih4nasd; n E ,Ic s.ses sf,Sa %
':" ias sensiy T 4 tho % rite st uout u lcr
EE!!lr. Ahu MtEiAHu NtIHnL ~ sAo .F'11
killed In ls1s-o WIS .i7.H po,,nia; their
nveraga ct'st. ,!et wulEht, l.er eentn! Was t!t,.
nr 81 ccnss lcs4 t1aH tho nvprnEa rrlco FOR tho
rtyrloits Se,tr: nnl only little nygr hat the
price nf lsM-7. Tolnptei ty such IGw prices.
puckcsH hayU cyorywlsuro enlarged tholr l,us.-
iMSs; M H. y. tt.any et,nysnsont 'n,iMts throMxnout
tlio Nest ilrW t6tulill llthnttt3 htEe hucn 0eflptQ
stucks ..f hAculs and pork during tho earlier
iArts nt sast year aScuu Mt.tea TO tic extpilt. y
,yns cstlts,ntc'!+ Of 9lVu,kV,Wu. 1t seoWcl ns u
tho supply hna 1,ttrnn tho demand. Tho gotNt
harvest Of the Wcst !necrlsc'l. hnwnver, ttlc
othur th!nss' thorxpnrt httnnn,t nlsn inGrc4stsl;
rrlceA ndyAnucd: And sIrt!u! stocks hnvH horn
cloarCft s'r. Iho uhLtod hlnhtltn paFlhR iuF heF
"'Hm, nIm,l .,t't,, ~ ~ nt'u, :, It,r M,,l
,,,. - Hmm d'' ,hn H"t NY n ,,p ""t vf m IL" Il,
i t,H ~ s'.I ~ Ti1 H. a.o .' - ~ n,,ia " Miiwn,,
Enn 1mnv.li IN, 'mnntis
MoisE THAN HALr ATE HANDLED IN CHICAGO,
wlure during tho p.st year. f,uU.04l hogs havo
| teon concentrated, nnil b,kn,UM slaughtered.
| There Art, III Ehlcngn n.,nut twenty-five hnuses
employed III this liis1tie'.. 1'hp three principal
| ,lre Mi.Ssrs, ArtuulrN Cn,. the ChpnEn pncking
4 1'rs'vison cnnlrauy, and Messrt. Fowler llr,s
MessrH Armour l. El,. handle siudltiy 1,00l,OO0
1lu1s ,.JltIl1u!)r 1T Chuwt nnl hnyO Hi,rnr rs