44 THE YEAR-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 



end of the vat is a contrivance for lifting them out of the scalding water, two at a time, tin" 

 quite large, by the power of one man operating a lever, which elevates them to the Bcraping- 

 table. This table is about five feet wide and twenty-five long, and has eight or nine men 

 arranged OB each Bide, and aflnally has a- many hogs on it at a time, each pair of men per- 

 forming a separate part of the work of removing the bristles and hair. Thus, the first pair 

 of men remove the bristles, only such as arc worth saving for brush-makers, taking only a 

 double-handful from the hack of each hog, which arc deposited in a barn 1 or box. The hog 

 is then given a single turn onward to the next pair, who, with scrapers, remove the hair from 

 one side, then turn it over to the next pair, who scrape the other side; the next scrape the 

 head and legs; the next shave one side with sharp knives; the next do the Bame to 1 1 1 - - other 

 aide; and the next, the head and legs; and each pair of men have to perform their part of the 

 work in only twelve seconds of time, or at the rate of five hogs in a minute for three or four houre 

 at a time! Arrived at the end of this table with the hair all removed, a pair of men put in 

 the gambril stick and swing the carcass off on the wheel. This wheel is about ten feet in 

 diameter, and revolves on a perpendicular shaft reaching from the floor to the ceiling, the 

 height of the wheel being about six feet from the floor. Around its periphery are placed eight 

 large hooks, about four feet apart, on which the hogs are hung to be dressed; and here, 

 again, we find remarkable despatch secured by the division of labor. As soon as the hog is 

 swung from the table on to one of these hooks, the wheel is given a turn one-eighth of its 

 circuit, which brings the next hook to the table, and carries the hog a distance of four feet, 

 where a couple of men stand ready to dash on it a bucket of clean water, and scrape it down 

 with knives, to remove the loose hair and dirt that may have come from the table. The next 

 move of the wheel carries it four feet farther, where another man outs open the hog almost 

 in a single second of time, and removes the large intestines, or such as have no fat on them 

 worth saving, and throws them out at an open doorway by his side: another move of four feet 

 Carrie- it to the next man, who lifts out the remainder of the intestines, the heart, liver, I 

 and throws them on to a large table behind him, where four or five men are engaged in sepa- 

 rating the fat and other parts of value; another move, and a man dashes a bucket of clean 

 water inside, and washes off any filth or blood that may be seen. This Completes the clean- 

 ing or dressing process; and each man at the wheel has to perform his part of the work in 

 twelve sect ads of time, as there are only five hogs at once hanging on the wheel, and this 

 number are removed and as many added every minute. The number of men employed, besides 

 drive]-- outside, is fifty; so that each man maybe said to kill and die-- one hog every ten 



minute- of working-time, or forty in a day. This presents a striking contrast with the man- 

 ner that farmers commonly do their 'hog-killing.' At the la-t move of the wheel, a stout 

 fellow shoulder- the oaroass, while another removes the gambril-stirk. and backs it off to 



the other part of the hoUSO, where they are hung up for twenty-four hours to i 1 on hooks, 



placed in rOWS on BSOh Bide of the beams ju-t over a man's head. Here are -pace aiel hooks 

 sufficient for 2000 bogs, or a full day's work at killing. The next day, or when cool, they 

 are taken by team- to the paokdng-houae, Where the weighing, cutting, sorting, and packing, 

 .'\ accomplished in the same rapid and systematic manner." 



The Milker's Protector. 



Mi:. .Ions M. WutK, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, has recently obtained a patent fbr hold- 

 ing eOW*l t ills still during the operation of milking. The machine is fastened to 01 f the 



animal's ham-triuirs. and the tail i- comprc--ed. Mr. Ware styles lj i -. di-ro\erv the Milker's 

 Protector. His claim il M follows; '• I claim the Milker's Protector, coti-truct. 1 :l - ipeoifled — 



viz. a combination of hirnirttriirgt and tail nipper- applied together, and made to operati 

 ribed." 



Self-loading Cart. 



Tut: construction of a new self-loading cart, recently patented by 8. W. Boule, of Oswego, 

 New fork, it as follows: In outward appearance this sari resembles the ordinary dirt-cart. 



An opening, hov le in the middle of the cart body, through which a narrow frame 



