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scalding barrel is set upright. The outfit need not cost 

 much. Ours is made with a pole cut from the woods, 

 old hay-fork pulle3^s and cog-wheels from an old binder. 

 A self-locking block, such as is advertised, would be 

 just the thing instead of the cog gearing for the hoists. 

 The swing principle is what makes it so handy. The 

 illustration on the right shows a simple device for lift- 

 ing, and hanging a carcass at any desired height. 



The contrivance shown here is a good one for use in 

 scalding and hanging a hog without any hard lifting. 



DEVICE FOR EASY SCALDING AND HANGING 



The upright is a strong post 7 or 8 feet high above the 

 ground, and the sweep or arm is 16 feet long. On the 

 short end should be a short chain, and attached to the 

 other end is a rope for pulling down on the sweep or for 

 tying to a post for holding the hog suspended at any de- 

 sired height. With the scalding barrel, scraping plat- 

 form and cooling rack in their proper places the hog in 

 dressing is easily handled from start to finish 



A Kansas man's device for hanging a slaughtered 

 hog after its hair is removed will be readily understood 



