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Description   Although dairy cows tended to end their careers in processed meat rather than on the grill like western beef, slaughter houses and packing houses are scattered around dairy producing areas as well. With the development of the refrigerator car the industry spread country-wide, with cattle being raised in the mid-west, driven to the great stockyards of Chicago, St. Louis, or other rail centers. There the cows were slaughtered and the meat brought east. Thus these smaller plants were where the carcasses were cut into smaller pieces for local retail sale. Our meat packing plant is based on a prototype built by Swift in Burlington, VT. Similar buildings could be seen throughout the Northeast and in other areas of the country, and the design was not unique to Swift with similar designs being used by Armour and others. Such a plant would get in whole carcasses in meat reefers specific to the brand. Butchers in the plant would cut up the carcasses for retail trade, and from here the finished product would be shipped out by truck to retail locations. Dimensions 11 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2"

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