New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-01-10

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) Carcass Is Skinned and Dressed.
The easiest way you could possibly
think Of is the way sheep are killed In
the packing houses. Most persons mis-.
taEeuIy imagine that they are treated
horribly and see in their minds q
bloOdtbirSty man. with shoulders like
hams. standing over a poor. defense
less sheep with bludgeOn in his
hands ready TO send the creature
straight to the promised land. Hut
there Is where the sentimentalist goes
completely wrong. for If there is an
animal that is treated right in speak
ing OF Its death-it Is the sheep There
Is only one thing that doesn't look as
though death was absolute pleasure for
the sheep. and that is right at the very
start of the killing operation.
The sheep are driven from the yards
up long chute. and when they enter
the pathway u 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
SO that there will be no mistake made
and the leader sheep killed
This leader takes the animals up the
chute to pen that will hold about
fifty sheep. Here 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 animals then swung on to what
is called the Ferris wheel. This wheel
!, constantly revolving and as it reach
"a 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.
The killing process is one that is alb
solutely painless to the sheep. The
workman is adept and never misses
the mark ut which he 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 severing on
both sides large artery. The sheep is
killed instantly. Five hundred sheep
can be handled every hour at this
point. They are then "pated." an OPP
GRAFTON that consists Of skinning the
fore part Of the head and the neck.
The next workman cuts through tho |
hide on the breast and skins Just one
spot below the neck. The fore legs are
then broken and cut OF to be sent to
the bone room.
Tho fact that there 10 q time for ev-
erything and one man to do Just bis
part and no more h emphasized in the
sheep room when one seee Just CSle
hind leg skinned by one man and the
other skinned in an entirely different
operation. The sheep is then put on
what is called the endless cham. This
chain consists Of hooks at intervals
and Is constantly moving, making the
rounds Of the room in about twenty
Along this chain are the
and as the sheep is passed
IN to them by the chain they do their !
work and wait for the next carcass. i ;
After the two hind legs have been
skinned the back Is partly skinned and
he animal is passed on to the next ,
nan who is called ''pelter" He ,
'rasps the pelt just above the hind
egs. and. with few deft twists Of 1t,
is pulled of and the sheep passed
n to the next workman. -.
After being skinned the sheep are
arefully washed and wiped, q new
Dwell being used on every animal An o
ndless chain is in progress here also, i, =
or when q towel Is used 1t is thrown :
nto a vat of boiling water, washed !
nd put into drier to be used over .
nd over again. After the animal has
cen washed the head Is taken of and
be neck washed in the same manner
g the rest of the carcass. The gov
inspector then gets it, and it =
subjected to a rigid examination, ?
fter which the stamp Of approval Of =
re United States is put on. :.
After the head is taken off it is sent =
the floor below. where the tongue is O.
lken out and the remainder of it sent
} the bone room.
There are two ways of dressing the
1eep. Some Of the buyers insist on ?,
aving the caul fat with the animal, ~ y.
bile others do not care about it. II -
Re fat is desired it is put on the hind ~
art OF the animal. covering about one
alf of the body. and Is then split, re- =.
ealing the carcass shorn of the Wis ''
"a.
The dressed animals are hung on
7erhead tracks and put on an eleva-
r to be sent to the cooling ROOM -
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