New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
PREPARING BEEF FOR H1RkET


METHODS or JEWISH BUTCHER,-UTnIzING EVERY
PART OF A SLAUGHTERED ANIMAL.
| New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City consume
in round numbers 1000 beeyes every week. besides se
numbers Of calves sheep and hogs The supply comes
mostly from Uhnoi. aud kentucky, Chicago being the ds
ributns point in the cattle trade ri the West Few STATE
cattle are slaughtered These beeves will average IN
price from S75 to 800 per head, fne Christmas animals
ranging from 800 to $50. They Will weigh rom oOO
to 500 pounds gross, and will generally net rom "a 10
! 90 per cent OF their live weight
bullock useful from the tips Of his horns 10 the emu
ofhs tail No part Of HIM is wasted but all Is put to some
use and given commercial value Most Of the slaughter
ing f. done along the East River between Forty thru anu
Forty-seyenh ats and it il interesting to observe the
progress o. ~ animal from the time 1t reaches the
sauctcrhouse until Is ready for the cook In the lC
catv named the weeks killing amounts TO 5000 head
besides about 5000 calves and sheep The Strengthening
Is done by the Jewish method-al the slaugherers are
Jews who follow the business for life, and who pcfon
their duties under special license from the Synagogue
No Jew can kill without a license The old Mosaic law Is
cricd ont to the letter its principles being the cVoahce
of torture aud the freeing the carcass OF all blood Inc
method is AS follows: The animal Is driven into small
pen or enclosure into which opens door from the gal
lows or wiuda,s rope from the galows is deTtorous
Fastened about the left hind leg, above the hOcont ana
pascd in front OF the right leg turn OF the WndIas'
rhtens the rope and draws the animal backward INTO the
open door gradually raising fits hind feet from the ground
ptl in its struggles to get its right foot the rope
and unable longer resist the sideways pressure II is
over on its left side its hind parts suspended in the air
and only il, head and shoulders remaining on the moor
Tho butcher then with murderous blade OF the
finest steel two inches wide and two feet long square
poucd and az sharp and keen razor He graSps Tue
now passive animal By the and by sudden move
ment turns the head till the tips of both horns res
on the floor The position Is such that the throat Is
] md +ha amin
With a single stroke Of the knife the head
! is nearly severed from the body. Another turn
is given to the windlass and the dying ahi'ha
hangs there til life extinct and every drop OF blood
drained from the body IS skinned In the usual way
and once more the Jewish slaughterer assumes control
II IL his duty to Open" the carcass and test lts qa
When an aperture Is made he inserts his hand and arm '
feel II the lungs yer and heart in their proper places
and I'm good condition. The lungs may be grown 10 le tbs
the liver may De swollen with gall, the heart may d.
diseased but he can tell instantly their condition. al
81 right inside he pronounees the animal Goshen ano
places a eaden seal upon II; If otherwise ne caiLs /
rafr and it goes into the sale second or third cS
Nostct Jew Will buy beef that has not the leaden sea-
on IT, and he eats the forequarers lest some poou
may remain there Genties are not so particular
when theiptenes are removed the fat lowerjonts and
head are cut off and the is sawed In hail. down
the backbone and hung IN the saesroom These halves
are then carefully trimmed the coating OF fat called the
rail stretched over a. wueh as D s Of seSb
wooden pins driven INTO the nssni ~ 9 tdn ISL ~
over the ribs, outside IL carved Will :ancy kuea irls
flowers or atticcd and the natural contraction caused oy
cooling curls up the cut edees This part OF me bee zoe
IN the retail dealers The head Is skinned and boned the
tone Is ct ont and sold and all the flesh that be got
OF !, nS, Of ~ eTilers and is turned into ground
The horns converted into combs, ulIreu UPS, nul
/ Of the horn, is used for making glue and Ter
| tilizers. The feet also used for making glue
comes of the hide The best of tho hair which come;
of in the tanning process is carefully washed ana allH
and halfd and Is sold for the manufacture oi shoduY
blankets Tue poorer quality Of hair Is worked INTO NOR
! tar by brick masons and pasterers Tue SNl.'n q,
long m OF hair the end OF the tail L. used lOf milking
lair matrcssc5 The heart ana liver are eaten ny most
who are fond OF them. The fat goes INTO oconarIin'
or into OIL the manufacture OF which has grown 10 VOL
dro1 Of the blood IS saved and converted into
fertilizers y i'm tho iutestiuos and onH Large rae
tories are built for the purpose ad ~ fOly 'oG y;
os thc blood and refuse from 5000 bee,es every week
the oGal is used fresh every day II Is not allowed " ne
over ong enough to become tainted thus The Usual eat9
0Irs Inc Slaughter house are avoided. The blood Y
caught In barrels and hauled into this factory "heIt
poured into large tank Ola the ground floor rom WLSi
ur1red into Immense vertica! boilers situated on tit
second n0or their lower ends reaching down hOsh h'
floor into the drying room when niled tneSt boet'
are hernccay sealed and subjected to strainhe pro
cess under pressure OF go po9hus % tne SUI!
! inch. IL requires hut IrW minutes ~ =. 'o IN
/ blood there being much albunen IN II ina
ii soon cOaguiatcs when htateo', ~ - INV NV
dram of Al the bottom OF the uOiess III le aS ns
room when Il put INTO huge sacks o. cocoa alG an
subjected 10 hydrostatic pressure Wcn PEE an uo
ure and leaves the blood dry dusty sups "lGS, NOR -
selnbng Dricl-dUst than anything tlst. houeN uII'
npo similar process. Nhth Coiif iiVh
he boilers where they require 20 be steamed for ouTc
hours ana sometimes longer they look IKE sand WIN
sNrukIiuC Of white gravel The white gravel IS bone
Which NAV easily crushed between the thumb ana Io
| finger The whole Is sent through crusiefs ah'
screens, which reduce 1t to powder "Heh 10 ie"! ~
| market. i. - ~. ,oro nv
allowed to escape annoy the nciShborhood from e.
NJ the boilers pipe carries OFF oil gases, dischargln
them into the bottom o condenser made OF boiler pa'e
SIX feet III diameter by thirty feet HIGH placed on ehd an
filled with brick laid IN alternate rectangular cOufe
with uterslccs an inch square between thel Inc Io
a.es rise through these brick and are met by coluu
az alt water entering the top and dispersed IN spray
which condcuses them Some gases are not 'hecteH o.
tc sat water such drawn from the condenser ~
nIesre bower and forced through pipe into the ui
mace. under lie engines, where they are burleo IN
saIt water having done it, part and being charged vat
oTlne.s is driven back into the river to mnSle Win ia
| tide ,,,. "A .,o,or. 4,
peI,lipg bones They 10 about the streets ana rttS
shops ana gather them up ana seu them 70 he ief@c
I manufacturers,