For the Hog Killing, 1979 and other publications

and other publications

Every month they ride hundreds of miles to make their deliveries

women grinding meat and mixing sausage and readying hams for preservation

he is able to explore a future free from the consequences of his family's choices and to construct a new worldview

Strangers —: Flood Crossing

For the Hog Killing, 1979 and other publications"The traditional neighborly work of killing a hog and preparing it as food for humans is either a fine art or a shameful mess. It requires knowledge, experience, skill, good sense, and sympathy," writes Wendell Berry in the essay portion of this book. In November 1979 as in years before, neighborly families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing. Tanya Berry had been given a camera by New Farm magazine to photograph