Bartered with our neighbor... we would butcher and process their calf for a portion of the meat.
We knew it was going to be a full day so we got up at the crack of dawn and drove the tractor about 6 miles to the neighbors and killed and gutted the calf. It probably weighed 400lbs on the hoof.
My son Jubal had the experience, as soon as we shot the calf and cut its throat, Jed and Jubal grabbed a leg so I could start gutting it. The calf still had nerve reflexes and kicked him right in the chest with a hoof and flattened him. He was alright but sore.
When we got it back home we 1st skinned it.
Quartered it with a sawzall.
Some beautiful meat don't you agree!
The gals had an assembly line in the kitchen which you didn't want to get in the way of.
Gracie ran a machine that removed the blood from the package and vacuum sealed it.
Mr C, who owned the calf and I make hamburger.
A kitchen-aid meat grinder can keep grinding meat non-stop except when you have to clean it.
