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Transcription
A.C. Bleeker
1957
Journal
Taken in vicinity of Fremont Islands, San Francisco Co., Calif.
Oct. 31 (cont.)
After blubber was peeled off and
was being cut up snips of muscle
Dark rosin chunks were cut off using
the cable winch again & these chunks
were carried by fork-lift truck (with
fork-lifts) to a butchering table
where 2 "knife & hook" men cut
off 10-20 lb. hunks & threw them
onto the table for two men with
butcher knives to cut out the best
good meat & throw into wire
baskets in a cold (+dirty) water
bath. Good meat, but a little more
fat was thrown into the bath
also, but separated from the best
meat. The fat & connective tissue
went to the rendering plant. The
best meat about apparently went
to "Calo" dog & cat food co while
the second rate was ground up
& went to milk farms. The larger
bones of the whale such as the
skull, lower jaw, etc were shoved
or carried by fork-lift to a steam-
driven stationary saw blade which moves
back & forth and presses down sawing
thru the bone. The chunks were