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
{ 1,122 lbs. No. 1 stock = 80.00 per cent.
1,391 lbs. tallow = { 193 lbs. scrap tallow = 13.88 per cent.
{ 76 lbs. waste = 5.46 per cent.
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100.00 per cent.
The 1,122 pounds of stock showed the following yield in oleo oil and
stearine:
YIELD IN OLEO OIL AND STEARINE.
=================+======+=======+========+=======
| Per |Weight,| Price |
Product | cent | lbs. |per lb. | Value
-----------------+------+-------+--------+------
No. 1 oil | 79.77| 895 |$0.10¹⁄₂| $94.37
No. 1 stearine | 19.52| 219 | .13¹⁄₂| 29.56
Waste in pressing| .71| 8 | ... | ...
-----------------+------+-------+--------+-------
Totals |100.00| 1,122 | ... |$123.93
-----------------+------+-------+--------+-------
The total value of the offal of the twenty-two native cattle, including
the tallow, was $182.67, an average per head of $8.30.
=Yield from Fifty-Nine Texas Cattle.=--The following table shows the
yield in beef, hides and tallow and the value of offal of fifty-nine
fed Texas cattle:
PERCENTAGE OF YIELD OF BEEF, HIDES AND TALLOW.
===============+=======+================+=======+=====
|Weight,| |Weight,| Per
Product | lbs. | Averages | lbs. | cent
---------------+-------+----------------+-------+-----
Live weight |64,260 |Average |1080. | ...
Dressed weight |39,609 |Average | 671. |61.64
Shipping weight|39,365 |Shrinkage | ... | .62
Total fat | 3,896 |Average per head| 66.03| 6.00
Hides | 4,946 |Average per head| 83.92| 7.70
---------------+-------+----------------+-------+-----
The yield in sweetbreads was 59 pieces, weight 20 pounds, value 20c per
pound; total, $4.00.
The output of tripe was 59 pieces, weighing 1,080 pounds, valued at
¹⁄₂c per pound; total value, $5.40. Total value of sweetbreads and
green tripe, $9.40.
TRIMMINGS FROM FIFTY-NINE TEXAS CATTLE.
==============+=======+================+======
|Weight,| | Total
Product | lbs. | Value | value
--------------+-------+----------------+------
59 tongues | 418 |$0.55 each |$32.45
59 livers | 744 | .35 each | 20.65
59 hearts | 160 | .07 each | 4.13
59 tails | 88 | .03¹⁄₂ each | 2.06
Cheek meat | 227 | .03 per lb.| 6.81
Head meat | 37 | .03 per lb.| 1.01
Fine meat | 18 | .03 per lb.| .54
Head trimmings| 24 | .03 per lb.| .72
--------------+-------+----------------+------
Total value | ... | ... |$68.37
--------------+-------+----------------+------
YIELD IN CASINGS FROM FIFTY-NINE CATTLE.
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