Family hog butchering

The Axline family of Frederick County Maryland annual hog butchering. Learn more about Maryland's people and places at Maryland Life Magazine.

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• hog
• food
• tradition
• butchering
• agriculture
• meat

[draglt250r]

This my is my family's video. I am one of the grandsons. We did 34 hogs this year between Wed-Thursday. Thanksgiving 2011

[37plymouthcoupe]

We did'nt kill the hogs but would pick them up from the slaughter house.Thats awesome I loved doing this with Bugg Wiles in middletown md we would have a ball .He moved to WV .It is a great learning experience !As a matter of fact gettin ready to make scrapple with the scraps left over from a hog that we sent to wagners meats. I am not set up to do a full scale butchering.But I'll smoke the Bacons and have the sausage seasoned special.I'm in Damascus Md.

[georgeky1]

We still do it the same way here in KY. I have my great grandpa's scalding box, lard press, kettle, and grinder. We have killed as many as 40 hogs on Thanksgiving day in the past. Now we only kill 5 or 6 every year as most the family and neighbors have left the farms to work in town. I am still here plugging along though. Thanks for the video.

[cutrightout]

Great video. Good to see a great family tradition like this being carried forward. Thank you for sharing this.

[RedWhiteandBetrayed]

oO wtf... lol...