Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-22


,rr1vcn mp an inclneI plane, which is a GOV.
cred viaduct, from the yaris below TO the
top ;ioor OF the picking house where they
are wanted. A. they com. up into 4 small
pen a man stands in their midst with a chain,
having spring clasp at the enl. This i,
sprung upon one of the ANIMALS hind legs in
a jify, & small stationary engine il started,
and before the hog knows it he IS swinging In
the air and sqIsaling vigorously. The upper
end Of the ,ha n Is attached 10 pulley " b Oh
runs overhead on an iron railway, and car
res the animal a oag toward thu scsllil ~ va
On the way 10 tae the vat he IA les the
| sticker, who, with one iange Of ioaZ, sharp
knife, ends his life. Allowed 10 bleed few
seconds, he Is dropped from tue chain directly
into the scaidIny vat. whiriei over a few
| times, and thsI lifted By hid len machinery
at the bottom Of the vat up 10 a moving te.t
on the surface Of n long beach, which carries
him towari the scraping machine. The
principle ami mechanism II this ma chine Is
siInos- identical with t-lGt Df a ezra heller
Revolving wheels, with flexible scrapers on
their outer edge, are 50 placed and punched
a. 20 hit the surface Of the hog on ali sides at
the sams time. The animal enters thu
machine snout first, passe5 rapidly along, and
emerges as cieanly scraped OF brist.es as lie
could be il tie work had been done slowly
by hand : few men with knives finish tho
parts not completely denudei of their cover
ing, AMI at the sane time cut OF the heal
which is disco: Il in tvinkling
He IS then attached TO another pulley
overhead, running on an iron track and
passed along over the bench to another skill
ful workman vino, with about three strokes
Of knife, diseusowels tho animal and
HANDS over tho iaysarI coHten ts 70 a separate
gans o: wo1SInen for cleansing 4 stream
o. water from hoe rips plays upon the
animal Il lew seconds Dnd then he Is rIin OF
on the elevated railrold toward the cooling
room. At this point the work pf kiln. AMI
dressing IS done, and the tiIn1 q the
who,e process = little les, than
four minutes on an average each day and
week and month. The two men VINO ar. the
most skilled and vino receive the highest
wages for their import ant but disa ,resab!e
work, are the sticks- and disrm oweler.
Very rarely q . eth n OF theys wo kalsl ms
their al II or stroke. But it requires a cool
head and a s;esiy hand to do that wsrs
qulrkiy and well a the Same tina
\ ''eady procession Of swinging hogs,
dead o. dying, Is kept passing through the
room. suspended iron, tho elevated railway,
from morn till night, and no hlscl,ado Of
freish: : allowable Not a moment u lost, !
not particle Of strength is WASTED There
is no heavy lifting Of dead carcass from
the beginning 20 the end Of the process. Ma
chinery tskes tho place of huuIGn labor
whenever II IS possible and the work of MN. !
bio fingers and sharp knives rapidly corn
plcteS ,h' job. II is n process which inii.c,s !
the least amount Of rsin and suffering upon /
the animal 4 be slaughtered, and one uhicl! I
never fails 10 impress the bcholier with an
enduring sense Of astoni-iiment In a word, I
it is scientific slaughterins under the mos. /
Favorable conditions, AM with all gJ-s blo 4
adiunc;S and appliances.