Abstract: Hose material for the continuous automated manufacture of sausage wherein tubular material for sausage casing from a supply source is axially shirred by shirring means into shirred sections, of continuously measured length; the shirred sections are stuffed with force meat into divided up and closed off portions with the amount of tubular material utilized being continually measured; and, the entire process is controlled by memory, comparator and means responsive thereto, all of which are activated by register marks spaced at equal lengths along the length of the hose material, to maximize utilization of shirred casing and to avoid stuffing into a void.