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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
November 18, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
BUTCHERING ON THE FARM. 
Having slaughtered many hogs on 
nay farm I will give the readers of The 
R. N?-Y..„my experience, as the time for 
doing the work has arrived. In order 
to do neat and rapid work it is neces¬ 
sary to have a good scraper, sticking 
knife, a hog hook and a place that is 
convenient for working. For scalding, a 
barrel is commonly used, and it is all 
that is'needed unless the hogs are very 
large. I f f very large hogs are killed, a 
scalding tub will answer the purpose 
for scalding much better than a barrel. 
I have one which is made of two-inch 
planks for the sides and ends, and sheet 
iron for the bottom. It is six feet 
long and 3j4 feet wide, with a depth of 
2^2 feet. Two hooks are fastened near 
the top on one side, with a pair of trace 
chains to run under the hog to facilitate 
the turning and withdrawing from the 
tub. It is placed over a furnace, which 
is made by digging a trench in the 
ground, and when in use I place pieces 
of wood across the bottom, in order to 
keep- the hog from coming in contact 
with the iron bottom and getting too hot. 
A sketch of the tub is shown in Fig. 454. 
I find that the proper temperature for 
good.scalding is from 180 to 190 degrees, 
and ,if ; a barrel is to be used the water 
should.be boiling when dipped out of the 
kettle, • as the barrel will cool it same. 
If a• scalding tub is used, the water 
should be cooled by adding a bucket of 
cold-water before the hog is put in. To 
insure a correct heat of the water a 
SCALDING TANK FOR'BUTCHERING. 
FiO. 454. 
thermometer should be used. Smal, 
quantities of lye, ashes or lime will have 
no effect in removing the hair, but will ’ 
cause the scurf to come loose more 
readily. A hog hook is almost indis¬ 
pensable, and if one is to be made it 
should be made in the form of a hay 
or bale hook. In fact, I find that a hay 
hook answers the purpose very well. 
In handling the hog, I stick the hook 
in the flesh of the lower jaw, just be¬ 
hind the. fork of the jawbone. The 
hook;-, however, may be stuck under the 
tendons of-the hind legs. I keep the hog 
in constant motion while being scalded, 
and draw it out to air occasionally. 
When the hair and scurf slip easily from 
the body the scalding is completed. In 
scraping and cleaning, I clean the feet 
and' head first, then the legs, and last, 
but not’ least, the body. I hang the car¬ 
cass with a rope and pulley, as it is more 
easily hung in this way than any other. 
But it may be hung with the ordinary 
gambrel, a stick which is sharpened at 
each end and inserted under the tendon 
strings of the hind legs. A short single¬ 
tree will be found to answer for a gam¬ 
brel stick. If there is sufficient help at 
hand, the hog may be hung on a pole 
put up for the purpose. 
After the hog is hung up, I rinse it 
down with scalding water, remove the 
entrails by running a sharp knife lightly 
down, marking the helly straight, cutting 
to the bone between the thighs and in 
front of the ribs, which bones I split 
with an ax, being careful not to cut 
beyond them. I open the abdomen, and 
after a little use of the knife remove, the 
entrails. I have a few strings at hand 
to use in case any of the entrails are 
cut. After removing the entrails, liver 
and heart, I spread the carcass apart 
with a stick and rinse it down with cold 
water. When cooled sufficiently, I re¬ 
move the leaf fat and kidneys and cut it 
up. 
T usually'salt down on a bench or in 
a box as soon as it has cooled enough 
to trim, but I never put any salt on the 
ribs and backbone if the weather is 
cool. The amount of salt I use is 10 
pounds to every 100 pounds of meat. In 
addition to the salt, I also use two 
pounds of granulated sugar and two 
ounces of saltpeter mixed. I rub the 
meat once every three days with one- 
third of the mixture. While it is cur¬ 
ing I pack it in a box in a cool room, 
where it will neither become warm nor 
freeze. Two barrels may be used, 
changing the meat from one to another 
each time it is rubbed. After the last 
rubbing I let the meat lie in a box for 
a week or 10 days, then take it out to 
smoke. When taken out of the box 
each piece is dipped in a kettle of boil¬ 
ing water and let remain half a minute, 
after which I sprinkle a little powdered 
borax on the meat side, and hang. I 
smoke it four or five days with hickory 
chips or corncobs, then dip and sprinkle 
it with borax again, and put it down 
in clean hay. The hot water destroys 
any fly eggs that may have been de¬ 
posited, and the borax prevents flies 
from depositing fresh ones. Meat treated 
in this manner may be left hanging all 
Summer and will remain in the best 
condition. w. H. underwood. 
Johnson Co., Ill. 
Lameness. 
I have a mare seven years old that start¬ 
ed to go lame about six weeks ago. I had 
a veterinary to see her and he said she had 
ringbones; he blistered both front feet and 
said she would be all right in a few days. 
It is four weeks since he blistered her and 
she seems to get worse instead of better. 
Please let me know if she can be cured and 
what remedy will do it. v. e. <;. 
Connecticut. 
We cannot tell you what is causing the 
lameness, as a careful examination would 
be necessary to such a determination, but 
it is certain that ringbones, if present, 
will show up as large bony growths (ex¬ 
crescences) upon the pastern just above 
the feet. Lameness from ringbones does 
not ordinarily come on suddenly, neither can 
it usually be removed by one blistering. 
Indeed, ringbone lameness of a fore pastern 
usually requires unnerving for removal of 
the lameness. Where a hind pastern is in¬ 
volved, repented blistering may in time re¬ 
move the lameness if the horse is given ab¬ 
solute rest. Puncture-firing may be done 
before blistering and will make the chances 
of recovery greater. a. s. a. 
Thumps in Pigs. 
I have some four-months-old pigs that 
have something like heaves in a horse ; they 
eat well and look well till that comes on'; 
then they are in misery. We cannot find a 
cure for them. Can you tell me what to 
give them? k. M. j. 
New Jersey. 
The disease is caused by overfeeding and 
lack of exercise. Make the pigs take abun¬ 
dant exercise on grass. Stop feeding corn 
and other rich food. Feed light slop of 
milk and middlings, adding limewater at 
rate of one ounce to the pint. Make the 
limewater by slaking a bit of quick, shell 
lime the size of a walnut to a gallon of 
water. Let the sediment settle; then use 
the clear liquid. a. s. a. 
Ar eTou Fattening 
Lice or Ho^s? 
r A hog that has to spend its energy^ 
up against the fence post to allay 
the itch of lice can’t grow. Wast¬ 
ed energy means wasted pork. 
Besides, lice suck the nutrition 
from hogs—they really rob you in 
two ways. Lice will never trouble 
your hogs if you dip them with 
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