Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1912-01-11

Has+cr1us Thrust Through the
.-.r- Head by an Expert Work !
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Carcass
The eas-- "Ny YOU could possibly
.ssns or - fHe a@g sheep are killed It'll
,Gg paeaGu- .-eS Most persons mis-
frssg.y -aa tuat hey are treated
for1bsv l ~ee u their minds j
n,7aafh.r-.s Hau. with shoulders like
tsrs. ~fa.ta- over poor, defense
less saea. "l'5 hiHdSe0n I'D his
hands g ~ send tue creature
Straight u rna promised land sut
taara il where the seutimentalist goes
completely wrong for ii there IL III
aofmaG G4rt is treated right-in speak
.nr of is dearh-it II the sheep There
j.. aa.v on4 ga.a- that doesn't look a.
though death was absolute pleasure Tor
fae sheep. and that is right ut the very
start yf ll= G-3h- operation.
The sheep are driven from the yards
FRA long .aue and when they enter
the pathway leader sheep puts him
self at their head la take them up into
tue E1Eu- ROOM These sheep are
trained and are nearly always black
50 that there will be no mistake made
and tile 5n.&er sheep killed.
this leader takes The animals up the
chute ro "a pen that will hold about
fifty sheep. Here E2an catches them,
Two at g.ug, and shackies them by
rhea hind legs This Is the operation
referred ra ais the only one painful to
the sheep
Ihe animal Is then swung on to what
is called the Ferris wheel. This wheel
is constantly revolving, aud ~ II reach
IS 81 certain spot the sheep are trans
ferred to a track from which they
hang head downward. At that point
their suffering ceases, for the next
workman is The man who kills them.
The aa4-Ag process II one that Is alb
souteIv painless To the sheep. The
workman is 9deIt and never misses
the marx at which rs strikes. With
a sharp knife TN lilly hand, be moves
down The row of hanging animals, aud
as he comes TO each one BIZ feels Of
the bend a>- behind The ears and finds
the pyiIt where the bones az the head
leave opp opening. I'M this the knife II
thrust and goes through the head OF
the animal completely severing Oh
both sides q large artery The sheep l.
killed instantly Five hundred sheep
can be hauled every hour at this
point They are then "pated," m op
grafton tiat consists of skinning the
fore part 81 the head and the neck.
The next workman cuts through the |
hide On the breast and skins just one
spot be5o" lie neck. The fore legs are
then broken and cut of to be sent to |
the bone roou-
The fact that there l. Q time for ev-
efythinE and one man TO do just his |
part aud nv more - emphasized In the |
sheep Ioom when one sees just one
hind le@ skinned by one man and the
other skinned in IN entirely different |
operation The sheep i then put Cd |
what Is c4Ila1the endless cham. This
eaain consist Ut hooks Ut intervals |
and IS constantly moving, making tie |
rounds of tae room IN about twenty |
minutes Along this chain are tie
w0rkmen, and as the sheep II passed |
Oh 10 them hy The chain they DO their
work aHd wait for the next carcass
After the two hind legs have been |
skinned be back il partly skinned and |
the animal is passed Oh to the next
4aA who is called 'peIter." lie |
sEasps the pelt just above the hind
legs, aud with few deft twists Of It.
II Is pulled off and the sheep passed
I'd 10 The next workman.
A,or being skinned the sheep are
towel tst,a - 80 -,
endless chain is III progress here also.
5of when towel l. used it l. thrown
lllo a vat Of boiling water, washed
aoa pQs into a drier to be used over
tb ,sD hwy. "4~'.e1 tAe head i taken Of and
- t6a r-' ..'> s'' ~ lhe same manner
"a Tie Fest Of the raFeasa The GOV |