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bristles, shaving any off leaves unpleasant stubs in the 

 skin. 



Gambrels should be provided of different lengths, if 

 the hogs vary much in size, like figure 230, or in other 

 convenient shapes. These should be of hickory or other 

 tough wood, for safety, and to be so small as to require 

 little gashing of the legs to receive them. 



HANGING AND CLEANING THE HOGS. 



Figure 231 shows a very cheap and convenient device 

 for hanging either hogs or beeves. The device is in shape 

 much like an old fashioned "saw-buck," with the lower 

 rounds between the legs omitted. The legs, of which 



Fig. 231. RAISING A SLAUGHTERED ANIMAL. 



there are two pairs, should be about ten feet long, and 

 set bracing, in the manner shown in the engraving. The 

 two pairs of legs are held together by an inch iron rod, 

 five or six feet in length, provided with threads at both 



