The modern packing house

by F. W. Wilder

YIELD IN TRIMMINGS FROM TWENTY CATTLE.

Product	Pounds	Value			Total Value
20 tongues	173	$0	.55	each	$11	.00
20 livers	261		.30	each	7	.00
20 hearts	64		.07	each	1	.40
20 tails	33		.03¹⁄₂	each		.70
Cheek meat	95		.03	per lb.	2	.85
Head meat	16		.03	per lb.		.48
Fine meat	10		.03	per lb.		.30
Head trimmings	15		.03	per lb.		.45
Total value	...	...			$24	.18

YIELD IN CASINGS FROM TWENTY CATTLE.

Product		Per cent used	Value			Total Value
19	sets rounds	95	$0	.14	per set	$2	.66
7	sets middles	35		.50	per set	3	.50
20	pcs. bungs	100		.11	each	2	.20
15	pcs. bung gut skins	75		.01¹⁄₄	each		.19
8	pcs. weasands	40		.05	each		.40
9	pcs. bladders	45		.30	per doz.		.22
11	lbs. weasand meat	...		.01	per lb.		.11
Total value		...	...			$9	.28

The yield in blood from twenty cattle was 8.35 pounds per head of dry blood; total, 167 pounds; value at the rate of $33.00 per ton, equals $2.75.

Yield in sinews of twenty cattle was two pounds per head, total weight 40 pounds; value at the rate of $19.00 per ton, equals 38c.

YIELD FROM HEADS AND FEET OF TWENTY CATTLE.

Product	Total wt., lbs.	Wt. per head, lbs.	Price			Amount		Value per head
Skulls	84	4.20	$18	.00	per ton	$0	.75	$0	.0375
Jaws	46	2.30	18	.00	per ton		.41		.0205
Knuckles	69	3.45	18	.00	per ton		.62		.0310
Hoofs	43	2.15	22	.00	per ton		.47		.0235
No. 1 r’nd shins	25	1.25	42	.00	per ton		.53		.0245
Flat shins	20	1.00	30	.00	per ton		.30		.0150
No. 1 tallow	165	8.25		.06³⁄₄	per lb.	11	.13		.5568
Neatsfoot oil	32	1.60		.64	per gal.	2	.72		.1360
Tankage	72	3.60	16	.00	per ton		.58		.0290
Totals	...	...	...			$17	.52	$0	.8760

The fat from twenty cattle produced a yield in oleo stock of

1,552 lbs. fat =	{	1,265	lbs.	No. 1 stock	=	81.51	per cent.
		215	lbs.	scrap tallow	=	13.85	per cent.
		72	lbs.	waste	=	4.64	per cent.
						100.00	per cent.