CONVERSION FACTORS
| Multiply by | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | A to B | B to A |
| Nitrogen | Ammonia | 1.2158 | .8225 |
| Nitrogen | Nitrate of Soda | 6.0678 | .1648 |
| Nitrogen | Nitrate of Potash | 7.2170 | .1386 |
| Nitrogen | Protein | 6.2500 | .1600 |
| Ammonia | Nitrate of Soda | 4.9906 | .2004 |
| Ammonia | Nitrate of Potash | 5.9358 | .1685 |
| Ammonia | Protein | 5.1404 | .1945 |
| Ammonia | Sulphate of Ammonia | 3.8791 | .2578 |
| Nitrate of Soda | Nitrate of Potash | 1.1894 | .8408 |
| Actual Potash | Muriate of Potash | 1.5830 | .6317 |
| Actual Potash | Sulfate of Potash | 1.8500 | .5405 |
| Actual Potash | Nitrate of Potash | 2.1467 | .4658 |
| Actual Potash | Carbonate of Potash | 1.4671 | .6816 |
| Muriate of Potash | Sulphate of Potash | 1.1687 | .8557 |
| Muriate of Potash | Carbonate of Potash | .9268 | 1.0790 |
| Phosphoric Acid | Bone Phos. of Lime | 2.1850 | .4577 |
| Carbonic Acid | Carbonate of Lime | 2.2748 | .4396 |
CHAPTER XVII.
CASINGS.
Description of Beef Casings — Round Casings, How Made — Selection of Round Casings — Export Casings — Domestic Rounds — Beef Middles — Turning and Sliming — Inspection and Measuring — Beef Bungs — Bung Gut Skins — Beef Bladders — Beef Weasands — Packages — Salt — Cleanliness — Water Temperature — Machines for Casings — Hog Casings — Small Casings.
Description of Beef Casings.
—Casing is a product made from the intestines of cattle, sheep and hogs. They are saved when animals are slaughtered in quantities sufficiently large to warrant the care and attention required. This was one of the products which was wasted where animals were slaughtered on a small scale. It is a product worthy of careful attention to its production in order that it be in a good, marketable condition.
Casings consist of round or small guts, middle or large intestines, bungs, weasands and bladders, these being the names of casings obtained from cattle. In the preparation of casings there are five essential points to be considered:
First.
—Clear water and plenty of it.