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
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|Weight|Per cent| Units |Per cent | Units
Materials |pounds|Ammonia |Ammonia|Phosphate|Phosphate
---------------------+------+--------+-------+---------+---------
Regular tankage |66,000| 10.00 | 6,600 | 16.4 | 10,824
Evaporated tank water|19,800| 16.73 | 3,312 | ... | ...
Worthless material |13,320| ... | ... | ... | ...
---------------------+------+--------+-------+---------+---------
Total production |99,120| ... | 9,912 | ... | 10,824
---------------------+------+--------+-------+---------+---------
Analysis, ammonia 10%; bone phosphate 10.92%.
Value per ton $17.25¹⁄₂, or for yearly production $44,468.32
RECAPITULATION.
Value of total production for one year $44,468.32
Value of tankage for one year $30,030.00
6 per cent interest on $10,000 investment 600.00
15 per cent depreciation on $10,000 investment 1,500.00
Additional labor, five men, “full time” 2,340.00 34,470.00
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Net profit on investment $ 9,998.32
=Quantity of Tank Water Produced.=--This is variable, depending upon
closeness of saving and density; also quantity of solid substance
measured, and other items, but generally speaking from cattle
slaughtered--ten gallons per head, and from pigs two and one-half
gallons per head are collected.
=Expense of Evaporating Stick.=--The following test shows the cost of
producing stick through evaporators. The cost at the present time would
be 100% higher owing to coal costs:
COST OF EVAPORATING TANK WATER.
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