Hog scrapers are used to scrape the small hairs off hog hides which removes some bacteria and gets the hide ready for the next step in meat processing. Before scraping the hair off, the butcher could either soak the carcass in warm water or singe the hair with fire before scraping to make the process more efficient. These scrapers are made with a wooden handle and a slightly domed iron scraper. Other designs included a full iron design for the handle and scraper. In large scale meat processing today, scrapers are no longer used extensively as the same process can be automated by fire, soaking, then tossing the carcass in a tumbler that takes any remaining hair off. This hog scraper was used by the Meats Lab located in the Stock Judging Pavilion before it was repurposed into the Agricultural Heritage Museum.