The modern packing house

by F. W. Wilder

CASINGS FROM LOT OF TWENTY-TWO CATTLE.

Product	Per cent used	Value			Total Value
20 sets round guts	91	$0	.14	set	$2	.80
8 sets middles	36		.50	set	4	.00
22 pcs. bungs	100		.11	each	2	.42
20 pcs. bung gut skins	91		.01¹⁄₂	each		.25
19 pcs. weasands	86		.05	per pce.		.95
8 pcs. bladders	36		.30	per doz.		.22
14 lbs. weasand meat	...		.01	per lb.		.14
Total value	...	...			$10	.78

YIELD FROM HEADS AND FEET OF TWENTY-TWO CATTLE.

Product	Total Wt. lbs.	Wt. per head, lbs.		Price			Am’t		Value per head
Skulls	88	4	.00	$18	.00	per ton	$ 0	.79	$0	.03590
Jaws	43	1	.95	18	.00	per ton		.39		.01772
Knuckles	63	2	.86	18	.00	per ton		.56		.02545
Dark hoofs	39	1	.77	22	.00	per ton		.43		.01954
No. 1 r’nd shins	26	1	.18	42	.00	per ton		.54		.02454
Flat shins	19		.86	30	.00	per ton		.29		.01318
No. 1 tallow	145	6	.59		.06³⁄₄	per lb.	9	.78		.44454
Neatsfoot oil	23	1	.05		.64	per gal.	1	.93		.08773
Tankage	110	5	.00	16	.00	per ton		.88		.04000
Total	...	...		...			$15	.59	$0	.70860

The product sent to tank room was 1,675 pounds green weight, the average per head being 76.14 pounds.

In figuring the value of the offal in the different tests the materials sent to the tank room are not taken into consideration. The blood from the twenty-two cattle was eight pounds per head of dry blood; total, 176 pounds; value, at the rate of $33.00 per ton, equals $2.90.

The sinews from the twenty-two lot was 1.93 pounds per head; total weight, 42 pounds; value at the rate of $19.00 per ton, equals 40c.

The fat from the twenty-two native cattle showed the following yield in oleo stock:

1,391 lbs. tallow =	{	1,122	lbs.	No. 1 stock	=	80.00	per cent.
		193	lbs.	scrap tallow	=	13.88	per cent.
		76	lbs.	waste	=	5.46	per cent.
						100.00	per cent.

The 1,122 pounds of stock showed the following yield in oleo oil and stearine: