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December 1936. "C.D. Grant in storehouse on his farm at Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina -- America's first farm-city. Homesteader Grant enlists aid of neighbors to butcher hogs for the winter." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
He looks like a man you could reason with but probably wouldn't want to contradict. The shed is kept neat with a stock of canned vegetables & fruit and more jars to fill next summer. It looks like the hogs have been scalded and the hair removed to prepare for the next step on the way to the table.
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