=No. 2 Neutral Lard.=--This is a neutral lard made from back fat. At times it is profitable to make this product into No. 2 neutral instead of steam lard, for when the market for No. 1 neutral is extremely high there is demand for a good No. 2. When making this, the rind should be skinned off from the back fat, leaving clear back fat to be hashed for neutral. If the rinds are put in, it gives the product a “hoggy” flavor, which makes it undesirable. It is hashed and melted the same as No. 1 neutral, except as to temperature, the melting point for this being 132° to 134° F., method and apparatus as described for the making of No. 1 neutral, being applicable to this. _Test--Pure Steam Lard vs. Neutral._--Below is a test on raw leaf lard rendered into neutral, showing yield, and percentage of the neutral lard produced; the scrap and bottoms from the kettle being run into kettle rendered lard. TEST ON LEAF LARD RENDERED INTO NEUTRAL. Raw leaves 8,958 pounds at $0.08¹⁄₈ per pound = $727.84 Salt for settling 35 pounds at 4.90 per ton = .09 ------- $727.93 _Production:_ Neutral lard 7,880 pounds at $0.09125 per pound = $718.96 Neutral bottoms 1,055 pounds (Run under forty pounds pressure two and one-half hours.) Prime steam lard 497 pounds at 0.082 per pound = 40.75 Tankage 56 pounds at 18.00 per ton = .45 ------- $760.16 ------- Gain on production $ 32.23 Gain per 100 pounds on raw weight, $0.036. _Percentage Production:_ Neutral lard to raw weight 87.97 Neutral bottoms to raw weight 11.78 Prime steam lard to raw weight 5.55 Tankage to raw weight .63 Prime steam lard to weight of bottoms 47.11 Tankage to weight of bottoms 5.31 Total production of lards 93.52 Total production of raw weights 94.15 _Tanking Leaf Lard:_ Raw leaves 1,000 pounds at $ 0.08125 per pound = $81.25 Prime steam lard 929 pounds at 0.0825 per pound = 76.18 Tankage 5 pounds at 18.00 per ton ------ Loss on production $ 5.07 Loss per pound on raw weight .0051 Prime steam lard to raw weight, per cent, 92.9. _Test--Chilling and Tanking._-- TEST ON CHILLED LEAF LARD TO DETERMINE VALUE AND YIELD.