Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10

The factory which / visited was kill
Ing and fleeing about 5000 ihlep "a day.
IL IL known aa the sansinona factory
n IL ut Barracas. al 'hc south end ~
She city. near the wharvea. 30 that the
frozen meat can BE- taken almost dlrec.-
~ from il to the steamer.
The S1nHintna factory vas one 0f
thc frsl 90 De- established. and b. la
siid that already more than 100000
gold have been spent upon h. u covers
many acres. hAvlug vast ctt.le yards
ana sheep pcnH,its slaughter house has.
/ Judge. more than an acre of floor
space. IL j. ~ but one story, having
Zone floors lri a corrugated iron roof
TIL floor when ! entered u was cove
cred with flowing blood. \ thousand
sheep were ~ the kllllng pens, and
hundreds had bf % skinned ana cleaned.
and hung up 60 cool before being put
IN thc freezing room.
! stopped a moment nrd watched ihe
killing. ~ u 80 quickly done shat 30
four minutes 1rd . htif by my Wftrh
saw a sheep pass from active breath
Ing life so lhe condition % q cirttts,
skinned AMI cleaned. u VIA ready Or
thc meat HhOn had . nos been that DO
must De hrfi frozen ami then sens over
1000 miles VI water 20 taltl G.. "
sheep can understand ara feel Tor ,hclr
fellows she killing u rather cruel.
Scores ~ them look 90 awaiting IN III
turn while sheir brothers and sisters
are bmcnercd. m each pen there were
~ least ni.y ~ 'ep Along the fiuni 70.
% ON q bench about ~ hlgh - ypur
knee lay rows ~ dying sheep. each
with fwo great round hnlcs w rs wh.,o
fhrom. 0u, ~ which ihr rcd blood rnn
down iniu shc stream NJ WAFER witch
lowed through liius canal below.
Some ~ rhc sheep wtrc kicking. others
grnaned fcably bus ] could see th1t
sheir deaths came aimos' Instantly. ria
killing N done with "a long rh1rp double
5lided knife. Two men catch a sheep 10
the pen ana throw - upon l,A back on
she bench. The butcher outside ihcn
HriEes N - the uhln. hgnda lta head
back aud with one ghrust drives the
aiccl through a. throat cu,ilng ih'
iugullr vein. ile then gpfs on CD iht
next sheep. which Is already lying there
ieaoy Tor him. killing sheep after fn.ep
vt she rate Of one or more per min
ute.
A. soon ns the sheep has been knitted,
n IN seixcd and carefully skinned. Thf
onitails are thrown iri1 one place 20
b. cleaned md shipped 90 Germany for
sausage The Kidney ana shclr
lat are lad la another. for she lGduey
uarglrinr. wfilch II mere largely cold
FOR cooking. ANA the kidneys ~ 90
.hH markets ~ Duenua AyreF The
fr and heads are cui on and the
tongues and hearts are saved Thc
clrCass which n lee u as nca.ly
cleaned a. any you will see on our best
meat markets ~ home. II u dressed
after thr fashion ~ the Englhl mark
cts, a matter - Important ihit the
furury has q skilled London market
man here TO supcriniend this feasurc ~
the work.
The freezing s. done In great cham
hers. Zach OF which viii bod $1,000 car
casses ~ one time. Tue chambers have
walls Of wood ana sawdusi "a foot thick.
Tho ceiling OF each iH covered with
I coils ~ pipe. Ia which flow ammonia
and brine. ~ arranged ohtmlcilly shat
they nll the room with air which i ~
/ drrrrpa below rrfl. II takes three
great engines tokcep the pipes hlled,nnd
these work on both day and night, The
| coils. when | nav ihDm, were covered
with frost an inch hIck, ana the
chamber was intensely clid. In o.
hanging down from hooks with ihflf
/ hfalless necka coward thf noDr. were
| some hing Ike a thllalnd freezing ulr-
| o4snfH OF mutton. 1hry were almost
\ ready Tor shipment. and when she chief
engineer, WIN acted 80 my guide. TOOK
| one dlWl to show q 10 me found that
/ q would sand alone. ana thai H. ilesh
was az hard AZ sipnr. Wthin lprly-
eight hours nflcr being put In the IT, ~
| iUf room the clrcIrseH are perfectly
/ hard. After they are frozOa they are
nfWel M IN finr white muslin clnihi
AMI laid away IN cola Storage 20 avail
/ the next steamer. The average oar
cass weighs. when shipped. from thirty
| 20 seventy pounds. according as u Ia O
/ sheer or q lamb. The sheep cost iboul
/ 81 apiece, ~ only ihe hntri are uued ipi
| ihs purpose. Sheep, as they run 10 ihg
/ nork, can be baugh,, am told. fpi
| from MY 90 ssyeniy-nve cents apiece
F.. The freight % London costs ffom one
/ 90 two cents a pound, ana thc muii1r
! .here gelis for ten GEMS and upNld
| per pound As much u fhe work ~
| possible Is done by machinery. hut thf
| wages paid ire much lens than ~ home
| Tho average Tor slaughifrctd, 1hlHncfi
and g,neril workmfn ~ less iAan Sill
a Gay, aud flramen receive less thar
! q pef 1ay. 7 wonder hIW our Chlclg.
| butchers would like such wageaf
Everything cnnncoeed with IN, re-
fuse. with the exception N th' blnpd
| il sold The h0ufs are used Tor Ltklns
glyeerine. the shin bones Tor KNIFE nan
I DIES. nnAhNNH MNN hNfffNf"f
of the en;rllis form 'cti.gut Tor VA,
die strings Tha shcepsklns are dried
and snld IN bales, ani m ionguea and
hrlrts are frozen Tor export. In ihi'
S,me factory parirligss ana pheaslnis
chlckans, turkeys. nsh ana armadilloi
are frozen Tor shlpmen, 10 Europe,
Lowing 4he frozen nisat factory,
ar"ve ~ The Mercad1 Central DIES fru'
ID Thls h the great central mafke
~ uuefr5s Ayres. whore wool. hides and
r,y,in ar sold ~ wh1lCalle los. II Il
ne larger. or ducc market % thi
s,,ri1 under one roof. ~ covers many
,e,.s ard millions % pounds % w.
AZ. hsrlieI IN &. every year. II Il d
hrlek building - three N,pries, lyinp
near che docks on the RicIehueln riytr
I, mas pap ~ huenoa Ayres called
! parrlcas. liarrac1H means ware.
horsrs. ar1 Blrracas N thr pari Of
! ilueuls Ayres WHERE m @ro7' ev-H-
in.lnrss " the Argentlne II done. Tho
~ and hides are .fktn "a 500.
,uarket h0ugc 90 ihr warehouses and
! thrr- pripIred for shipmeni. Al shear.
Inc tlnie "A lnl comes W IN srain ami
! ship loads. There are scawely crlugh
| ans h haul fhe crop, ana tie vasi
rnarkfg hour IL 50 full shat you ear
\ hardly get through H. It's shree nal.s
ne packad with Ntacks of dirty greasy
| wooi. Carts and wagons loaded with
Wi abstruo, ali cher traiiio. boats NJ
,,Dtl are btlEg unlcaded Ia The rive,
| Nqth steam crluss, and fne ears ar
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