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Introduce Hog Processing

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Learn Appalachian Hog Butchering: How to scald the hog and remove the hair

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The presenter begins by introducing the day's activity: processing a hog. He outlines the steps from field to freezer, mentioning dispatching, scalding, and subsequent grinding into sausage and various cuts. The hog breed is identified as Duroc, with a weight of 300-325 lbs. The presenter then describes the humane dispatch method, which involves making an imaginary square between the hog's ears and snout and shooting straight back into the brain for a quick and humane end, without visually demonstrating the act.

Goal: The video introduces the overall process of taking a hog from the field to the freezer, including dispatching, scalding, and further processing. The specific hog for processing is identified as a Duroc, weighing 300-325 lbs, and the humane dispatch method is verbally described.

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  • Duroc Hog

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hey there folks this is Josh Stony rich farmer welcome back to the farm we are off the farm we're at flock Retreat Farm today and we are going to be processing a hog So today we're going to take a hog from the field to the freezer almost okay so we're going to show you guys how we dispatch the hog and we're going to show you guys how we scal the hog and then this hog is going to be used half of it for a picnic uh a little party we're going to have out here for Thanksgiving and the other half is going to be ground in sausage and the various Cuts so come along today this is kind of going to be a quick down and dirty video about how to scald a hog to get your water temperature just right we got Dad here we got a lot of experts and we're going to have some [Music] fun so guys if you've never been to the Stony Ridge Farm Channel please hit that like button subscribe we are heading up to where the Hogs are I'm riding in the back of the Gator is bringing the tractor and the so you guys know this is my friend Tony's Place Tony is building a first generation Farm here without a second generation also uh got to open the gate a little bit for the tractor to get through here he's pasturing his Pig so they were in this pasture before now they're in this second pasture up here and I forget what kind of hogs these are but we'll find out Tony what kind of hogs are these dur Rock think dur rock yeah my dad know okay de Rock so I'm totally unsure as to how they're going to process this hog and all the things that go along with it because I'm not in charge if this were my place I'd tell you step by step exactly what we're doing but first we got to dispatch the hog we got to talk about that and how we dispatch the hog now I can't show you the hog being dispatched but I can show you exactly where the bullet needs to go then we'll hook to the hog and we'll take him over to the scotting pot after I fall off the side side by side these are the piggies so Guys these Hogs are right around 300 to 325 lbs and the piggy we're going to be dispatching which one is he one with hair on the back and the black head one with hair on the back and the black head okay this guy here yep all right so this is the fella that's going to be making pork guys so you know when we dispatch the hog you need to make an imaginary Square between his ears and his snout and when you shoot don't SHO shoot this way shoot straight back into the brain so he passes away very very quickly The Next Step there will be…

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