. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. 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, w
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. 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 54 ILLUSTRATED HISTOftt Killing sheep is fully as iiiterestiDg a process, thoughless humane, than killing steers. The sheep, like thesteers, are fed, watered and weighed before being sold to the packing-houses are then driventhrough viaducts to the slaughter-house. In a pen atthe end of the viaduct are two sheep, each with a bellon its neck. These sheep are the leaders, and advantageis taken of the well-known peculiarity of sheep in fol-lowing in a flock where one leads. The leaders havebeen trained to lead the flock to the slaughter pen,from which they slip away and return to their own pen,leaving the flock to the mercies of the butcher. Thisis a much quicker method than driving them. Now comes a scene at sight of which many peoplefaint—a veritable slaughter of innocents. A shackle isslipped over the hind legs of two slieep at a time andthey are hoisted up, by means of a chain, to a boy whosees that the shackles are attached to wheels which runon tracks overhead. The sti
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