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inate all blood, moisture and undesirable matter from its 

 throat by thoroughly wiping it with the wiping cloth after 

 same has been thoroughly rinsed and wrung as dry as pos- 

 sible. 



How to Fix a Poor Lamb so as to flake It Appear Fat. 



"There are tricks in all trades but ours." All kinds of 

 trickery, by all classes of people, in all classes of business are 

 sometimes resorted to "to turn an honest dollar." Slaugh- 

 termen that are "sleek" at their business can fix up a poor,, 

 thin-fleshed lamb in such a way as to deceive those not well- 

 versed in the business. By what is known as "blowing" the 

 legs and kidneys of a lamb, it can be made to assume a 

 thick, full and rotund appearance. In "blowing" the hind 

 leg of a lamb the operator should make a nitch in the skin 

 on the inside of the shank and insert his steel between the 

 skin and flesh for the purpose of separating one from the 

 other; then place the mouth close to the nitch and inflate the 

 leg. Slaughtermen in the old country use a machine for 

 this purpose. The kidneys are also inflated to give them a 

 full and plump appearance. Another method employed by 

 some butchers to give the kidneys a rotund, full appearance 

 is that known as "padding." By "padding" is meant stuffing 

 something behind the kidneys, such as paper, wiping cloths 

 or rolls of caul, while yet warm. A poor-looking lamb may 

 be materially improved by covering it in the course of dress- 

 ing with the caul of a good, fat wether sheep. The above- 

 named methods and many others of a like nature are em- 

 ployed in the dressing of lambs in the slaughter house, but 

 of course only by dishonest slaughtermen. 



