Field notes, v1725
Page 123
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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