===================+======+======+=======+======= | |Green |Average| |No. of|Weight| Price | Product |Pieces| Lbs. |Per lb.| Value -------------------+------+------+-------+------- Cheek and head meat| ... | 1,664| $0.02 |$ 33.28 Tongues | ... | 950| .055| 52.25 Hearts | ... | 335| .01 | 3.35 Kidneys | ... | 380| .01 | 3.80 Brains | ... | 46| .02 | .92 Plucks | 600 | ...| .02 | 12.00 Heads | ... | 102| .035| 3.57 Ears | ... | 25| .02 | .50 Snouts | ... | 985| .02 | 19.70 -------------------+------+------+-------+------- Totals | ... | 4,487| ... |$129.37 -------------------+------+------+-------+------- Estimated value of blood and casings at 6c per head, $77.10. Added to $129.37, the value of the offal, makes a total value of $206.47. RECAPITULATION. =======================+=====+=======+========+========== | Per | |Average | | cent| Lbs. | Price | Product |Yield| Weight| Per lb.| Value -----------------------+-----+-------+--------+---------- Hams |13.04| 40,383|$0.0957 |$ 3,864.38 Shoulders | 8.70| 26,940| .0665 | 1,791.36 Sides |35.86|111,042| .0787 | 8,733.70 Prime steam lard |10.38| 32,134| .07125| 2,289.55 Leaf lard | 2.57| 7,965| .07 | 557.55 Miscellaneous | 4.89| 15,139| .289 | 437.44 Offal ($0.167 per head)| ... | ... | ... | 206.47 No. 1 grease | ... | 1,281| .07125| 91.27 -----------------------+-----+-------+--------+---------- Total yield |75.44|234,884| ... |$17,971.72 -----------------------+-----+-------+--------+---------- NET RESULTS 1,265 hogs--Net live weight 309,925 pounds at average $0.0533 per lb. $16,518.90 --Killing expense 642.50 13 condemned for No. 1 grease, weighing 3,158 lbs. and 7 condemned for No. 2 grease, weighing 1,908 lbs., at average, $0.0150 per lb. 75.99 ---------- Total $17,237.39 Gain, $733.33, or 58c per hog, or 23c per 100 pounds alive. Prices on preceding tests are changeable--the percentage yield is practically the same at present. CHAPTER XXII. CURING MEATS