The modern packing house : $b A complete treatise on the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing houses, according to present American praactice, including methods of converting by-products into commercial articlesWilder, F. W. (Fred William)
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The modern packing house : $b A complete treatise on the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing houses, according to present American praactice, including methods of converting by-products into commercial articles
Wilder, F. W. (Fred William)
Packing-houses
325 sheep heads and jaws (cheeks
off) to tank 765 lbs.
Yield to tallow 73 lbs. @ $ 0.06 per lb. $4.38
Yield dried tankage 150 lbs. @ 19.00 per ton 1.42
Total value $5.80
Value, per head, $0.0178; tallow, 9.54%; dried tankage, 19.47%.
325 sheep heads and jaws (cheeks
off) to bone house 765 lbs.
Yield to tallow 51 lbs. @ $ 0.07 per lb. $3.57
Yield dried bones 177 lbs. @ 18.00 per ton 1.59
Total value $5.16
Value, per head, $0.0159; tallow, 6.66%; dried bones, 23.14%.
TEST ON TRIPE TRIMMINGS.
Green weight to tank 1,206 lbs.
Yield prime tallow 356 lbs. 29.52%
Yield tankage 53 lbs. 4.39%
TEST ON CONDEMNED LIVERS.
Green weight to tank 1,010 lbs.
Yield No. 2 tallow 42 lbs. 4.16%
Yield pressed tankage 206 lbs. 20.38%
Yield dry tankage 103 lbs. 10.19%
TEST ON CATTLE PECKS TO TANK.
Green weight to tank 1,306 lbs.
Yield No. 2 tallow 16 lbs. 1.22%
Yield tankage 95 lbs. 7.27%
TEST ON CATTLE PAUNCHES TO TANK.
Green weight to tank 1,056 lbs.
Yield prime tallow 94 lbs. 8.90%
Yield pressed tankage 106 lbs. 10.04%
Yield finished tankage 53 lbs. 5.02%
TEST ON HOG STOMACHS TO TANK, UNTRIMMED.
Killed, 240 pigs and 836 hogs, a total of 1,076.
Green weight to tank 2,845 lbs.
Yield prime steam lard 1,275 lbs. 44.81%
Yield finished tankage 188 lbs. 6.60%
TEST ON WINDPIPES TO TANK.
Green weight to tank 880 lbs.
Yield No. 1 tallow 141 lbs. 16.00%
Yield tankage 33 lbs. 3.75%
TEST ON SHEEP PAUNCHES AND PLUCKS TO TANK.
(Trimmings from sheep house.)
Green weight to tank 1,150 lbs.
Yield No. 1 tallow 105 lbs. 9.13%
Yield pressed tankage 89 lbs. 7.73%
Yield dry tankage 45 lbs. 3.86%
TEST ON SHEEP (OFFAL).
Green weight to tanks 28,680 lbs.
Yield tallow No. 1 4,538 lbs. 2.28 lbs. per head
Yield tallow No. 2 730 lbs. .37 lbs. per head
Yield tankage 2,893 lbs. 1.46 lbs. per head
TEST ON NECK TRIMMINGS FROM KILLING FLOOR.
Green weight to tanks 880 lbs.
Yield No. 1 tallow 397 lbs. 45.11%
Yield dry tankage 49 lbs. 5.56%
TEST ON SHEEP FEET TO TANK.
Green weight to tank 1,170 lbs.
Yield No. 2 tallow 40 lbs. 3.42%
Yield dry tankage 148 lbs. 12.65%
=Operating Odorless.=--The question is frequently asked if rendering
departments can be operated odorless. They can be operated so as not to
become a nuisance. To do this requires:
(1) Ample tanks with no neglect about promptly rendering all products
and reducing them to lard, tallow or dry fertilizer.
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