Warm leaf lard to cooler 1,000 lbs. Chilled leaf lard 986 lbs. Shrinkage, 1.4 per cent 14 lbs. Weight to test tank, 986 pounds; value per cwt., $7,556. Yield prime steam lard 94.12 per cent; 928 lbs. at $8.025 per cwt. $74.47 Yield tankage (pressed) .81 per cent; 8 lbs. at 9.89 per ton .04 ------ Total $74.51 _Test._--Showing manipulation of 5,000 pounds of back fat to make neutral, kettle rendered lard and pure steamed lard: TEST ON 5,000 POUNDS OF BACK FAT CONVERTED TO NO. 2 NEUTRAL KETTLE RENDERED LARD AND PRIME STEAM LARD. Net wt. Per lbs. cent. Back fat 5,000 Less skins removed 586 = 11.72 ----- Skinned back fat rendered to No. 2 neutral 4,414 Production No. 2 neutral 1,846 = 41.82 Bottoms left in kettle 2,568 ===== Bottoms from No. 2 neutral rendered to kettle rendered lard 2,568 Stearine added 270 = 10.51 ----- Total 2,838 Production of kettle rendered lard from above 1,940 = 68.36 ----- Bottoms from No. 2 neutrals 898 Kettle rendered bottoms 673 ----- Loss on production 225 ===== Bottoms from kettle rendered to prime steam lard to tank 673 Production of prime steam lard 307 = 45.62 ----- Skins from back fat rendered to prime steam lard 586 Production of prime steam lard 192 = 32.76 RECAPITULATION. Net wt. lbs. Rendering back fat 5,000 Oleo stearine added 270 ----- Total 5,270