The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26


disease. Then piece Of the meat is
cut Off and labeled and sent TO the |
laboratory to be further examined. |
Every quarter of beef has to bear the /
cover ment stamp showing that it il |
MT Tor human consumption. and the |
sanitary arrangements are fully equal /
to those of the United States
After killing and dressing, beeVes
go into cooling chambers, where the
temperature is about 80 degrees Fab
renheit- They are hung up in halves.
each half weighing 400 or 500 pounds
These cold rooms are lighted from
above by electric lights. and as |
stood in them | could look down the
long lines Of pink and white beef
The walls are white, and the floors
are covered with sawduSt. and the
combination Of white and red flesh is
beautiful under the light.
| next entered the freezing rooms,
where they were preparing tongues
| hearts, tripe and liver for export. 1
picked up one of the tongues. 1t was
| frozen stiff, and was as cold as ice
and hard bone I was next hand
ed a frozen oxtail. 1t had a knob
on it's end as big as my first and re-
minded me Of an Irish shilIaleh.
struck the board floor of a truck with
it, and the wood cracked I was then
shown frozen tripe intended for the
| United States. This also was as hard
as bone. It was like a great white
sponge or piece of coral.
During my stay at La Plata I saw
them loading 10,000-ton steamer
with beef for the States. That ship
will start out tomorrow, and twenty
five days later it will land 10000
pounds of prime beef on the wharves
Of New York. 1t will carry enough
TO give pound to every man, woman
| and child in that city, and leave ar
equal allowance for every citizen OF
Philadelphia. It will have enough
, to supply dozen cities of a half
, million each with all the meat they
could eat in one day. And that is tn,
cargo OF only one steamer.
The beef shipped in quarters, ella,
in white cotton dresses. The quarter
flow by means of a pulley running OF
an overhead trolley, from the factor.
right into the hold Of the steamer
| The mutton is loaded in much tn
: same way.
+ While [ was at these factories tn
: trains were coming in with fresh sup
Q plies Of live stock. The Argentin
cattle cars are better than ours The
are wider, and the doors are at tn
; ends instead Of the sides as with u:
N The cattle go into the cars as me
. do into our passenger cars; and ther
s are platforms between the cars Whic
y can be raised and lowered 1t is S
that when the doors are open you ca
y stand at one end of an empty trai
9 and look through it clear to the othe
This enables the cattle to be drive
/ through the train in single file Withol
. crowding The cars are opened OF
8 at a time, and the animals marc
: from car to car into the pens of tt
- | factories.
e These factories save the by-produc
Is just as carefully as our factories d
ie Every part Of the animal goes in
- something. The hides are dresst
~ and cleaned, sailed and dried. al
oA shipped to Europe or to the Unit
III States. The bones are cut up f
= knife handles and other such thins
We and the offal goes into fertilizer
u which are largely exported. A gre
ey deal Of canned meat is made, al
Sc also canned soups and tongues.
ha They are now employing rs
~ hands in the La Plata factory, and
ho these 800 are Argentina maidens. W
70 come in from the country about. L
avRgirls are nice looking. They are you
80 and fresh, and in their uniforms
% caps and aprons furnished by t
&c company they seem quite attracti'
s1s They are well paid for this part
in the world. The most Of them wo
by the piece, and make from 80 Gel
to $3.50 for a day of eight hou
With the single exception Of
ky butchers, the most Of the men
ne Italians and Spaniards. The butt
ns ers are native Argentines,. They CO..
I've of the class known as the gauchos
~ cowboys, and they have been using
70 knife almost from the time they W.
leu born. All of the killing is done
ems thon, The common worlSmen rece
id, about 81. 90 a day. and skilled labor
YER hiohar than in the United States
cen
one The American packers tell me Il
m it is doubtful whether the meat s.
M out by the Argentine will materia
OF reduce the price Of meat in our N
liet lnte since the demand from the r