The West, Wild or not, is generally a beef place but not much of a pork place.

Well, I heard once that Irv has some pigs, but I’ve never caught a whiff of them or seen them or heard their squeal.

In areas where the whiff from the barn is called “the smell of money,” pigs are called hogs. Pigs are more often heard of in This Little Pig Went to Market.

There’s even a magazine called Hogs Today, for those who raise hogs in a serious way.

So out West, to hear of a pig slaughtering is rather rare.

As it happens, a pig slaughter is scheduled for eight days from now.

It’s going to be right here, or,...