The Hog Business
left, Clutching,
Slaughtering & Bleeding, Scalding-Vat, and Picking
right, Scraping & Shaving, The
Gambrels, Disemboweling & Washing
Read the detailed description of these two processes,
here.
left, Drying Room,
Trimming Table
right, Cutting Block, Trimming
Tables
Read the detailed description of these processes,
here.
left, The Curing
Tables
right, Lard Rendering, Pressing, and
Stream Lard Table
Read the detailed description of these processes,
here.
The above images are from Harpers Weekly,
September 6, 1873. They
are from paintings by
Henry Farny.
Farny, who lived in Covington at one
time, is more widely known for his depictions of Western American scenes.
I've associated these scenes with Covington's Milward & Oldershaw, but
I have no evidence as to which of greater Cincinnati's many hog butcher's
these scenes actually depict.
