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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|Per | |
|cent| | Total
Product |used| Value | value
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52 sets round guts | 88|$0.14 per set |$ 7.28
20 sets middles | 34| .50 per set | 10.00
59 pcs. bungs | 100| .11 per pce. | 6.49
46 pcs. bung gut skins | 78| .01¹⁄₄ per pce.| .57
50 pcs. weasands | 85| .05 per pce. | 2.50
43 pcs. bladders | 73| .30 per doz. | 1.07
24 lbs. weasand meat | ...| .01 per lb. | .24
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Total value | ...| ... |$28.15
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YIELD IN HEADS AND FEET FROM FIFTY-NINE CATTLE.
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|Total|Wt. per| | |Value
| Wt. | head | | | per
Product | lbs.| lbs. | Price |Amount| head
-----------------+-----+-------+------------------+------+-------
Skulls | 247 | 4.19 |$18.00 per ton |$ 2.22|$0.0377
Jaws | 130 | 2.20 | 18.00 per ton | 1.17| .0198
Knuckles | 161 | 2.73 | 18.00 per ton | 1.49| .0245
Dark hoofs | 112 | 1.90 | 22.00 per ton | 1.23| .0189
Piths | 73 | 1.24 | 20.00 per ton | .73| .0124
No. 1 r’nd shins | 61 | 1.04 | 42.00 per ton | 1.28| .0218
Flat shins | 43 | .73 | 30.00 per ton | .65| .0109
No. 1 tallow | 527 | 8.93 | .06³⁄₄ per lb. | 35.56| .6027
No. 1 horns | 57 | .97 |200.00 per ton | 5.70| .0970
Neatsfoot oil | 55 | .93 | .64 per gal.| 4.69| .0793
Tankage | 215 | 3.64 | 16.00 per ton | 1.72| .0291
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Total amount | ... | ... | ... |$56.44|$0.9566
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The yield in the tank room of fifty-nine Texas cattle was 4,466 pounds
green weight to tanks, the average per head being 75.70 pounds.
The yield in blood of fifty-nine Texas cattle was eight pounds per head
of dry blood; total, 472 pounds; value, at the rate of $33.00 per ton,
equals $7.78.
The yield in sinews of fifty-nine Texas cattle was 1.87 pounds per
head; total weight, 110 pounds; value, at the rate of $19.00 per ton,
equals $1.04.
The fat from the fifty-nine Texas cattle showed the following yield in
oleo stock:
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