The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-15
LATE INVENTIONS IN SLAUGHTER
 ING APPARATUS IN GERMANY

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 ... h,tcherine more humane, less demoralising to the butcher and to oy- islanders, to save time and trouble. to meat tbe requirements of siaughtering on a large scale. and to keep the meat whole .o,,. various sIaughtermasks, shooting and bolt-shooting apparatuses have been invented. and are now used in Germany and in other European countries.
 The experience gained is expressed in a late resolution by the Humane Societies: .sThat the most perfect and most humane. and least dangerous method of slaughter ing, up to our time, is found in the use of the bolt-shooting apparatus"
 The bullet shooting instruments are very effective, yet there is the possible risk that a bullet might go astray, espe- cially in killing hogs, sheep, goats and calves. In the killing of over 100000 ani- mals with the Kleinschmidt-S!gmun and the Stahel bullet shooters, no accident has so far occurred. In Heidelberg (Ba- denl bullet-shooter by Hugo Freund of Suhl, has been in use for nine years; over 5000 animals were killed with this make, without a single accident or fail- ure. However small the risk with a bull let-shooter may be, there is none what ever in the use of the bolt-shooter. In this, the explosion of the cartridgeA drives steel bolt tin place of bullet) into the brain of the animal and ridge around the bolt, and corresponding ridge on the inside of the barrel, keep the bolt from leaving the tube (The bolt, or bull aeD should enter the animals forehead tat spot where lines from the horns to the eye opposite of each cross each other).
 The effect of the bolt, as of the bull let. is instantaneous and complete
 The animal falls as if in an apoplectic 1t, with legs bent in, eyeballs receded, the lids lightly closed, consciousness and sensibility entirely destroyed. After a few seconds the limbs are stretched out. the eyes open wide, but neither the cor nea nor the conjunctives show any reac- ton, proving that there Is total anaesthe- sia. Now, when the shock from the con- cussion of the brain passes away, and when the heart begins to beat again, IS the proper moment to bleed the animal. This is best done by a stab into the breast, cutting open the large blood ves- sells (the aorta and vena cava). the bleed ing proceeds rapidly and perfectly.
 The German humane societies have not yet expressed an opinion, which of the various instruments are the pest, all things considered, as new and meritorious inventions continue to come in,S as the slaughter houses preferably use one or the other make, ana as continueu use only can prove durability. Four of them are yet at Gotha on trial for durability; as a test, 4,OO0 cattle are to be killed with each one. All the instruments are made to be durable, not to be liable to get out of order, to be reloaded with ease and rapidity, not to be apt to get foul, to be easily cleansed, subsequently, the late inventions--to shoot without any noise al- most. .--..s..
 The best are here named in the order of their invention. Some have been in use for a number of years others-espe- -cially those for sheep, goats, hogs and calves-were invented for competition in the 5000 prize ofter of Madam Bol- "a Q9O2), and others were in- vented since the prizes were awarded. But even these late inventions have been tested officially at several slaughter houses; Berlin. Hamburg, Bre- uen, etc., and are also in practical use.