A History Of The Chicago Union Stock Yards & Packing Business. A History Of The Business Since Its Inception, With A Detailed Description Of The Methods Used For Slaughtering Cattle, Curing And Marketing Meats, And Utilizing The Bi-Products

Statistical Publishing Company

Publication: Statistical Publishing Co, 1893, Chicago

6" x 4 1/2" tan pictorial wrappers with a picture of a hog on the front wrapper and a picture of the main gate and entrance to the Union Stock Yards on the rear wrapper. 48 pp., illustrations, advertisements. The publishers of this booklet wish to, "supply the visitor to the Union Stock Yards and packing houses with a concise history of them, as well as brief descriptions of of the mode of handling live stock and the methods by which the meats are cured and various bi-products utilized." History of the stock yards, charts showing largest receipts of stock in a day, a week, a month; values of horses; what happens to the tallow, what becomes glue, the process of manufacturing beef extracts, what becomes fertilizer, etc. Chapters on The Utility of a Dead Steer, the Story of a Hog, Notable Packers, i.e. Armour, Swift & Company, Libby, etc., Cleanliness, Meat Canning, Inspection, etc. 8 pages of advertisements at rear of booklet. Numerous photographs of various cuts of meat. Not in Adams. Wrappers lightly soiled. Interior clean. Very good.