Transcriber’s Notes
The language used in this e-text is that used in the source document. Inconsistencies and unusual spelling and style have been retained. Differences in wording between lists of subjects, the table of contents and the text have not been rectified. Errors or unclear data in calculations and (table) data have not been corrected except when the source of the error was clear; such corrections are mentioned under Changes made below.
Not all drawings in the available scans were of sufficient quality to view all details; texts and dimensions in particular may be illegible.
Internal references have been hyperlinked only when this was considered useful, and when there was a clear and unambiguous target.
Pages 118-125 and 267-272: the unusual use of quote marks has not been standardised.
Page 224, table: the column “per cent” contains the decimal fraction, not the percentage.
Page 241: reference letters A and B are not visible in the illustration.
Page 289, “Shank cut off above the knee joint ...: the closing quote mark is missing.
Page 419, Seasoning Formula: Saltpetre is mentioned twice (in different quantities) in the source document.
Page 461 ff.: Deviations from the alphabetical order of entries have not been corrected.
Changes made
Illustrations and tables have been moved out of text paragraphs. Footnotes have been moved to directly underneath the paragraph to which they refer.
Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently. In tables, the ditto-symbol has been replaced with the dittoed text and some data have been re-aligned for consistency and legibility.
Temperatures (°F and ° F) and densities (°B and ° B) have been standardised to ° F and ° B, dimensions and multiplications to m × n, salt petre and variants to saltpetre.
Page 35: The purchaser must never loose sight ... changed to The purchaser must never lose sight ....
Page 45: ... a preventive or retardent in the propogation ... changed to ... a preventive or retardant in the propagation ....
Page 80: superceding changed to superseding.
Page 155: TEST ON OLIO SCRAP changed to TEST ON OLEO SCRAP.
Page 163: Cutting Sinews and Saving Bones. changed to Cutting Sinews and Sawing Bones. (changed in Index as well).
Page 168, table Test yield of 1,209 cattle: column header per head Average changed to Average per head.
Page 191: ... to prevent the tankwater from souring ... changed to ... to prevent the tank water from souring ....
Page 199, table RECAPITULATION: 15 per cent depreciation on $10,00 investment changed to 15 per cent depreciation on $10,000 investment.
Page 224, table REGULAR INSIDES FOR SHIPMENT: column headers inserted cf. the other two tables on this page.
Page 362: neatsfood oil changed to neatsfoot oil.
Page 437, table MEDIUM GRADE BUTTERINE, second row: 30,57 changed to 38,57.