Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-25

ara Nv passage-way, opening into which
Viz s" wei, stalls. These are alternated
WI platforms. upon which tho eyecutinnar
setihds while two assistants force the n,i
mat purpose. p'te' ioi
;s Inc =. man whose rather unpleasant duty it
sIed ~ dispatch the beeves uses a heavy
hlon =; WIN winch he strikes them q smart
I'M IN the forehead. crushing tho sknl
~ ~ summed animal is then rrappled with !.
smrai' raised by means of a pulley. and
th muns forward upon the floor, where his
throat is cut NNA = LAD
III aa avg been partly skinned upon the floor
Wont "l aaa IS raised on Il gambrel and the
W Mo L completed. The viscer;p arc placed
r ~ hand- cars and drawn away to another
I'LL where the tallow is removed. and
oueh portions as are valuable for food or
rs naa,ilss are separated and prepared for the
newt process. ''-S
e Gases arc cut in half and passed along on
. uno oNefhead rollers. They arc thorourhly
1 haanea ana then propelled onward to the
i Luso coollng-room. where they are hung in
tlrely removed. "
~, FROM 9, the cooling room the sides of beef
are distributed, some to the city markets,
i soto TO be cut up for canning and dried
, pesl' While large portion are shipped in
ii eti cars. This last process is an
hl,- -. oue' anu is uone IN a femarka-
t pis snort time. From the cooling rooms
s oa; SIDES are pushed out into Il long room
az auJaesnt to the tracks where the cars are
ssis ,g, Before q small wooden Office
, .net are stopped upon a small detached
poilh OF the metal track which carries the
aoLets. lhls connects with IL scale and in
d Jew seconds the weight has been taken
ANY, sI numbered tab placed upon the side.
y. MlIl marvellous deNterlty q man then cuts
rae sac INTO quarters. leaving only a small
poIuon to hold them together until they
!! the outer platform. where the work
IS completed, and they are carried into tho
~ rigHrator cars and hung up for shipment.
III inc same establishments an inferior
s si1Ia5 o. o. cattle largely from Texas. arc
s Ar,oed not cannng purposes. These are
ing Knocked down with Il sledge.
~, ho ,fs:s arg dispatched much more rapidly
anu Win less ceremony than cattle. Two
men stand in a crowded pen and attach
ropes ropes to the hind legs of the porkers, an
other pulls u cord and the saueeling ami
NAL is drawn upward and carried forward
n !. small travelling wheel abova The
sucker. who is but u few feet away, kills
them with one thrust OF u very keen-bladed
KNIFE, Which sewers the juglllar vein and
produces speedy death. AS MANY as ten
are thus dispatched in the space OF a
minute.
AS soon as life has departed the car
cases are lowered into a tank of boiling
water. By the time they have been pushed
through to The further end they are SUI
hclently scalded. and are removed and
placed upon an endless chain, which car
rles them forward through an Ingenious
macnlne consisting of q number OF re-
volvlng metal wheels Tiles, are set at dif-
lerent angles. above. below, and ut the
SIDES, and by rubbing thin plates o. steel
against the carcasses remove the greater
portion of the bristes.
Emerging from this machine. the hog
passes through the hands OF four men, who
IN a deNterous manner remove the remuin-
ing brlstles. The head is then almost sew
cred and the carcass hoisted upon u gam
brel and moved along by overhead puileys.
The act of disemboweling occupies but Il
lew seconds: the head is removed. the car
cass thoroughly washed and sent forward
to the cooling-room. where it is allowed to
remain for twenty-four hours before it is
cut up.
The men who do this use enormous cleav-
ers and exhibit Il strength and dcxterity
which is marvellous. Three blows suffice to
sever the ham. the shoulder and to cut the
side in two. The hams and shoulders are
other table. where the ribs and lean portions
are removed and the remainder cut up for
salt pork or bacon.
Forty-tive hundred hogs are thus slaugh-
tered in day, which number can be dou-
bled when desired by using duplicate set
VI LucuiuoEy anu ttpplltuCeS.
From LOO to 2.0OO sheep are daily killed
at Armour's The throats of the animals
are cut and they are allowed to bleed to
death. One man removes q skin unas-
sisted and in a very short space of time
Comparatively little ice is used at the
packing houses. the temperature being re-
duced by means of machinery made for that |
purpose and operated by powerful eneines.
Whatever may be said about grinding !
the stock yards and packing
houses have done great things Tor Chicago.
farmer may not get an adequate ' price for for
his stock. and the packers may be RESPONSE |
bic for it. as the Senatorial Committee is |
trying to establish; but the consumer.
whose name is legion. certainly gets better |
meats and ut {; lower price than would be |
possible if they did not exist.
DWIGHT BALDWIN.