WEIGHT OF LARD PACKAGES.
| Weight packages | Weight material | Avg. weight | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-POUND PAILS: | ||||||
| 100 pails | 43 | lbs., | 7 | oz. | 6.95 | oz. |
| 100 bails | 5 | lbs., | 4 | oz. | .84 | oz. |
| 100 covers | 9 | lbs., | 7 | oz. | 1.51 | oz. |
| 100 summer covers | 6 | lbs., | 3 | oz. | .99 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 10.29 | oz. | |||
| 5-POUND PAILS: | ||||||
| 100 pails | 58 | lbs., | 12 | oz. | 9.40 | oz. |
| 100 bails | 5 | lbs., | 15 | oz. | .95 | oz. |
| 100 covers | 13 | lbs. | 2.08 | oz. | ||
| 100 summer covers | 8 | lbs., | 10 | oz. | 1.38 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 13.81 | oz. | |||
| 10-POUND PAILS: | ||||||
| 100 pails | 92 | lbs., | 14 | oz. | 14.86 | oz. |
| 100 bails | 7 | lbs., | 12 | oz. | 1.24 | oz. |
| 100 covers | 19 | lbs., | 5 | oz. | 3.09 | oz. |
| 100 summer covers | 13 | lbs., | 10 | oz. | 2.18 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 21.37 | oz. | |||
| 20-POUND PAILS: | ||||||
| 100 pails | 144 | lbs., | 15 | oz. | 23.19 | oz. |
| 100 bails | 10 | lbs., | 9 | oz. | 1.69 | oz. |
| 100 covers | 34 | lbs. | 5.44 | oz. | ||
| 100 summer covers | 22 | lbs., | 4 | oz. | 3.56 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 33.88 | oz. | |||
| 40-POUND SQUARE CANS: | ||||||
| 100 cans | 268 | lbs., | 8 | oz. | 42.96 | oz. |
| 100 caps | 2 | lbs., | 8 | oz. | .40 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 43.36 | oz. | |||
| 50-POUND ROUND CANS: | ||||||
| 100 cans | 270 | lbs., | 10 | oz. | 43.30 | oz. |
| 100 covers | 50 | lbs., | 2 | oz. | 8.02 | oz. |
| 100 summer covers | 38 | lbs., | 12 | oz. | 6.20 | oz. |
| Average weight each | ... | 57.52 | oz. | |||
Lard Packing.
—Refined lard is not usually drawn in a cooler. In most climates the non-refrigerated rooms will suffice. It is packed in tubs, barrels or tierces of wood. The lard, when available, in the picker trough, is usually chilled and stiff. The use of a pump is made to withdraw and force it through a strainer in an enlarged section of the pipe, so as to effectually break all lumps. A relief valve should be placed on the line to spill into the picker in case the draw cocks are all suddenly closed.
Lard Packages.
—In wooden packages tare is deducted. The table on preceding page shows the actual weight of the different packages which are usually made from an X L grade of tin. Inasmuch as lard sells at more per pound than the tin costs, there is always an endeavor to get the packages as heavy as consistent.
Country Style Lard.
—Many moderate sized plants that do not cater to a trade accustomed to highly refined lard, prefer to make kettle rendered lard as most of their output, using leaf, back fat and trimmings, adding the complimentary proportion of killing lard and agitating the whole in a water jacketed agitator. All implements used are similar to those described previously, also the method of drawing from the agitator to packages is the same. Beef fat can be rendered in the same way when oleo departments are not operated, and it can thus be used to good advantage.
Compound—What it is.
—Compound is a substitute for lard and is made of cotton seed oil and oleo stearine, or tallow, or both. The formula on this article varies according to the relative values of the ingredients. The generally accepted formula is 80 per cent cotton seed oil, and 20 per cent oleo stearine.