. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. DRESSING BEEF. hands of forty-two men. He is followed in such quicksuccession by other steers that the men have not eventime to crack a joke, resembling automatic machines inthe rapidity and regularity of their movements. Sev-eral thousand cattle are killed and dressed during theten working hours of the day. 52 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY In spite of this rapidity, every part of the process i«attenrled with the utmost cleanliness First, every pre-caution is taken to remove from the arteries all thfibl
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. DRESSING BEEF. hands of forty-two men. He is followed in such quicksuccession by other steers that the men have not eventime to crack a joke, resembling automatic machines inthe rapidity and regularity of their movements. Sev-eral thousand cattle are killed and dressed during theten working hours of the day. 52 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY In spite of this rapidity, every part of the process i«attenrled with the utmost cleanliness First, every pre-caution is taken to remove from the arteries all thfiblood, as blood left among the muscular tissues hastensdecomposition. The men who handle the meat mustwash their hands frequently at the hose near by, anda drop of blood on the hands must be removed instant-ly. In fact, no speck of dirt reaches the meat, and the. INNOCENTS CtOIXG TO SLAUGHTER. carcass never touches the floor after the hide is re-moved. A word about the cattle. The cattle shipped tothe stockyards may be divided into two classes, nativecattle and range cattle. Native cattle come from thefarms of the middle western states, while range cattleare from the ranches and plains of Texas, Colorado,Wyoming and Montana. The former constitute three-fourths of all the cattle received at the yards, and makethe fine beef which is exported to Europe, whereasrange cattle make very indifferent beef.
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