Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — Progressive Pork Packing. [ARTICLE]

Progressive Pork Packing.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The modern pork house is an entirely differently constructe d building from the one of half a score qf years or so ago. The appliances for the handling of the hog and the meat are now almost perfect for the work intended. That is what wrought the change in the structure itself. A deep and well-ventilated basement and two stories thereon is all that is necessary. The towering six story affair is a thing of the past. Mechanical refrigeration also cuts an important figure in pork packing, so that this industry is not now confined to the winter season as formerly, but continued from one end of the year to the other.