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Show Curing Meat on the Farm Slaughtering animals and curing the meat on the farm is a common praotice which makes available a palatable and nutritious food. Meat is a valuable and perishable perish-able product and for this reason farm slaughter is not recommended recommend-ed until cold weather is a certainty. certain-ty. When the cold weather comes on there is no real rush of work and the slauhter can be done without interfering with other work. The process does not require unusual un-usual skill. The detailed steps are not difficult but they are important. impor-tant. Animals for slaughter above all, should be healthy, thrifty, and well finished. The "Live at Home" program this year calls for the availability of certain quantities of meat. For this reason more animals will be slaughtered on Utah farms this year than for some time. Utah Farmer. |