The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-21
/ SHEEP.
Modern Slaughter House Method
Painless and Rapid.
INSTANT DEATH IS ASSURED.

oae osxtsreas Thrust Throuah the
AnimaI's Hssd By On Expert Work
man Enis conseieusnsss-tsow the
! Carcass 10 Skinned and Dressed.
The easiest way You could possibly
think Of b the way sheep are killed In
the packing houses. Most persons mis-
takeniy imagine that they are treated
horribly and zee In their minds q
bloodthirsty man, with shoulders like
hams. standing over a poor. defense
less sheep with q bludgeon In his
hands ready 60 send the creature
straight to the promised land But
there n where the sentimentalist goes
completely wrong. for n there Is an
animal that 10 treated right-in speak
ing OF Its death-it h the sheep. There
b only one thing that doesn't look as
though death was absolute pleasure for
the sheep. and that h right at the very
start OF the killing operation.
The sheep are driven from the yards
MP q long chute. and when they enter
the pathway a leader sheep puts him
self at their head to take them up into
the killing room. These sheep are
trained and are nearly always black
50 that there win be no mistake made
and the leader sheep killed
This leader takes the animals up the
chute to q pen that win hold about
flfty sheep. Here q man catches them.
two at a time. and shackles them by
their hind legs. This Is the operation
referred to as the only one painful to
the sheep.
The animal Is then swung on to what
Is called the Ferris wheel This wheel
Is constantly revolving. and as 1t reach
es a certain spot the sheep are trans
ferred to q track from which they
hang head downward At that point
their suffering ceases. for the next
workman Is the man who kills them.
4 The killing process Is one that is alb
solutely painless to the sheep. The
workman is adept and never misses
the mark at which be strikes. With
sharp knife in his hand. he moves
down the row Of hanging animals, and
as he comes to each one he feels Of
the head just behind the ears and finds
the point where the bones of the head
leave an opening. In this the knife is
: thrust and goes through the head OF
the animal. completely seyering on
2 both sides a large artery. The sheep is
killed instantly. Five hundred sheep
can be handled every hour at this
= point They are then "pated." an op-
Grafton that consists OF skinning the
fore part OF the head and the neck.
The next workman cuts through the
hide on the breast and skins just one
e spot below the neck. The fore legs are
!, then broken and cut OF to be sent &c
e the bone room.
ell The fact that there is a time for ev
i erything and one man to do just his
: part and no more Is emphasized in the
sheep room when one sees just one
hind leg skinned by one man and tbs
other skinned In an entirely different
operation The sheep Is then put OF
e what is called the endless cham Thi
e chain consists OF hooks at intervals
4 aad is constantly moving, making til,
i rounds Of the room In about twent!
: workmen, and as the sheep is paSse'
r. on to them by the chain they do thei
=, work and wait for the next carcass.
After the two hind legs have beel
skinned the back is partly skinned AM
u the animal Is passed on to the mex
man who Is called a 'pelteF." ii
q grasps the pelt just above the hin
srl legs, and. with a few deft twists OF Il
ie it Is pulled OF and the sheep passe
c. on to the next workman,
ns After being skinned the sheep ar
n carefully washed and wiped, a neN
towel being used on every animal A
endless chain is In progress here ais,
for when a towel is used 1t is throw
into a vat Of boiling water, washe
III and put into a drier to be used owe
as and over again. After the animal Ia
or been washed the head is taken of an
o the neck washed IN the same manns
as the rest OF the carcass The go
a. eminent inspector then gets 1t, and
a. is subjected to a rigid examination
u after which the stamp OF approval I
the United States is put on.
After the head is taken or 1t is SCI
to the door below, where the tongue
taken out and the remainder of it Sci
to the bone room
:" There are two ways Of dressing Il
sheep, Some OF the buyers insist {
having the caul fat with the anims
while others do not care about It
u the fat is desired 1t is put on the hir
u part OF the animal, covering about on
u half Of the body, and is then split I
le vealing the carcass shorn Of the VI
J. cer&.
g The dressed animals are hung
. overhead tracks and put on an elev
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