CUTTING UP [MEAT PACKING]
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “No department of the packing industry has progressed as has pork packing. Formerly this was done only during winter.” Two women in farmyard feeding hogs, chickens, ducks. “Washed thoroughly and put on conveyors.” Meat hanging from conveyor belt - workers operate sausage stuffing machinery - workers cut beeves in half - open can of sausages, woman turns them out on plate - canned tongue, beef - workers sample canned meat - canned beef, turned out of can, knife cuts it - workers pack cans - take cans off conveyor belt - hogs hanging - men cutting and trimming - cans move along conveyor belt - inspecting cans - cutting and trimming - scraping hides. [1919]
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