"'My feeling is the hog industry has passed a threshold,' he says. 'They have solved enough of the problems of confinement production . . . .'"

"The ideal way would be for [cities] to build small, cement, sanitary, slaughter-houses . . . ."

"This plan of supplying beef has been lately introduced in a number of cities, and to a certain extent is working a revolution in the fresh beef trade." 

“It’s too soon yet to tell what effect this confinement-unit system will have on the hog business. No question but that the idea’s booming.”

"We're all biting the bullet and just trying to keep it from going off in our mouths.''

"California now leads all other states in beef slaughter. It has put beef feeding on a factory basis . . ."