HEN a pig reaches one luindred and seventy- 

 five pounds, its best condition, it is dressed 

 at the shuighter-hoLise, which is a part of the 

 I Piggery, a certificate is forwarded to Wash- 

 ington to meet the requirements of the new inspection 

 law, and then the dressed pig, carefully j)acked 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 riGGERY. 



