| Show F Hog Killing Easy With AVith Made Home Equipment Simple made home-made hog killing equipment removes much of the hard work from dressing hogs hog's at home and makes mattes it possible to clean the carcasses thoroughly according to H H. H H. H H. H Smith professor sor of animal husbandry at the Utah State Agricultural College A hoist for sticking a metal or metal-bottomed metal scalding tub which can be heated by a fire beneath and a timber dressing rail greatly simplify the work Hogs bleed more thoroughly when stuck without being shot and the hoist makes it possible to rope a leg and hoist the animal anima with a block and tackle thus making it easier for both hog and operator A 12 foot hoist made two 16 foot poles sunk four feet in the ground will need but slight bracing and also may be used for dressing cattle In preparation for sticking a two-inch two cut through the skin and tissue along the middle of the throat and just immediately in front of the breast bone should be made Then at once the knife should be inserted blade down and thrust forward and under the point of the breastbone and then down cutting arteries and jugular vein The knife should go straight down to avoid sticking a shoulder With a heated fire-heated scalding tub more fire or the addition of cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water makes it possible to keep the temperature of the water Vater be be- tween and degrees Fahr Fahr- This soaking slow-soaking scald makes maltes scraping easier and makes it possible to clean the head feet and skin thoroughly so that all portions of the carcass will be available for food This unit will handle six to ten hogs an hour says Mr Smith and makes hog killing a fairly easy task |
