HEN a pig reaches one hundred and seventy- 

 five pounds, its best condition, it is dressed 

 at the slaughter-house, which is a part of the 

 Piggery, a certificate is forwarded to Wash- 

 ington to meet the requirements of the new inspection 

 law, and then the dressed pig, carefully packed in the 

 Farm refrigerator car, is shipped to the Parker House, 

 Boston, where it is cut up and distributed to the three 

 Hotels in the form of either sausage, bacon, fresh pork, 

 salt pork, or ham. 



EXTERIOR OF THE PIGGERY. 



