The modern packing house

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A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION OF MEAT PACKING HOUSES, ACCORDING TO PRESENT AMERICAN PRACTICE, INCLUDING METHODS OF CONVERTING BY-PRODUCTS INTO COMMERCIAL ARTICLES.
New Edition Revised, Amplified and Enlarged by DAVID I. DAVIS
First Edition by the Late F. W. WILDER For Many Years General Superintendent Swift & Co.
PUBLISHERS NICKERSON & COLLINS CO. CHICAGO
Copyright, 1905 and 1921, By NICKERSON & COLLINS CO., Chicago All Rights Reserved
Press of Ice and Refrigeration Chicago.
In the preparation of the revised edition of this work, the first complete treatise upon the subject of the meat packing house business published, the original scheme has been followed. First, presenting in a convenient and simple form, practical suggestions, tables and formula that are needed in the operation of the packing house business according to modern practice. Second, describing operations in the various ramifications of the business, from the unloading of the animals at the pens to the production of the finished product and the disposition of it, in the order in which the different operations are conducted.
The various operations described and subjects treated upon have been indexed so that any matter upon which it is desired to obtain instant information may be readily found. The author arranged the chapters in the order of the various operations in the packing house, together with descriptions of the machinery and appliances required. The established packer, as well as the beginner, if he carefully digest the contents of this work, will find he has valuable information, the knowledge of which will aid him in conducting his business.
The chapters on proper construction and arrangement contain information in which the author has given the reader the benefit of his experience in the construction and operation of packing plants.