. The Packers' encyclopedia; blue book of the American meat packing and allied industries; a hand-book of modern packing house practice, a statistical manual of the meat and allied industries, and a directory of the meat packing, provision, sausage manufacturing, rendering and affiliated trades . ed as closely as possible the same as that of the cooler. Loading the Car The carcass having been ribbed in the cooler, is now brought for-ward on the rail to the car door on the loading platform. The hinds and fores are usually loaded into opposite ends of the BEEF LOADING 27 car. As only one man is
. The Packers' encyclopedia; blue book of the American meat packing and allied industries; a hand-book of modern packing house practice, a statistical manual of the meat and allied industries, and a directory of the meat packing, provision, sausage manufacturing, rendering and affiliated trades . ed as closely as possible the same as that of the cooler. Loading the Car The carcass having been ribbed in the cooler, is now brought for-ward on the rail to the car door on the loading platform. The hinds and fores are usually loaded into opposite ends of the BEEF LOADING 27 car. As only one man is used to assist the luggers in hanging off thebeef, it is considered good practice to load a given number of foresand then the corresponding hinds. In hanging in the car rights and lefts must alternate, so that thequarters will hang bone to bone and flesh to flesh in even rows. Byso hanging, mutilations of the fell covering that would be caused bythe bone tearing into the flesh when swaying in the car, due to trainmovement, are avoided. To prevent accidents in lugging beef, the lug-ger should carry the right quarter on the left shoulder and the leftquarter on the right shoulder, thus turning the bone away from himself,which on account of its sharp, ragged edges has caused many Proper Method of Hanging Beef Forequarters in Refrigerator Car In hanging the hindquarter the car men should be closely supervisedto see that the car hook be placed through the gam chord, in the samehole where the beef trolley hook was originally inserted, thereby eliminat-ing a second hole and preserving the web of the gam. The forequartershould be hung between the ninth and tenth rib, that is to say, three ribsforward from the plate rather than through the more expensive meatyportion of the ribs. The tallow covering of beef is very susceptible to dirt, rust, and 28 THE PACKERS ENCYCLOPEDIA grease marks. To avoid this rails should be well painted and free ofrust; the beef trolley should be w
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