Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-30

dried. twenty pounds OF dried blood. which
i she average. being worth foyty-ive
csnfs The fat Il in demand for making
soap. and. when very fine, Tor bears
grease - also for tie grease applied 70 hars
ness and 70 shoe-lesiher This fat, when
consumed in lamps, gives out more heel
than oil, and i sheresorc preferred by the
makers Of glass toys, and by enameleTs
and polisherS. One horse has been known
to Yield sixty pounds of fat. but this was
an extreme case. The fat of horse In
fair condition Ii twelve pounds, but 50
Iaany lean and sorry jades are taken in
| that eight pounds may be taken as the
average. and III value Of ten cents per
| round. Nor does the list end here.
| SofIsetin1es there i considerable putrid
| fesh about a dead animal, and how 10
utilize this matter bothered the French
scientists for some time Finally the
problem was solved. and now the putrid
| flesh is made 10 teen with life, and 10
| produce food for other living creatures. A
| pile Of pieces Of flesh, several inches In
height, layer upon layer Is arfangsf, after
which Il Is covered over lightly witt, hay
or straw. In few hours Thousands upon
tilousanbs Of flies deposit their egg in
! this attractive matter, and thus magg0ts
arc bred. These are fed 10 pheasanis. and
| In smaller degree 10 domestic fowls.
They are also used 10 faiten sardines.
Thesc maggots give. or are supposed 10
give gafnc favor 10 poultry, and very
high flavor 70 pheasanis. Since ] heard
the forsanan's story | have made nurnert
Gus inquiries 10 learn If II was true one.
Thus far haze met with few who believe
IL. and yet 10 not see why Monsieur the
foreman should have lied about "a little
thing like that" The maggois thus pro.
duced, 20 / was further informed, are
worth thirty-six cents. z What Ii the
average amount realized on dead horscy"
was my next question @From sixty 10
eighty francs" vas his immediate an.
sweT.
Their, after pause, he informed me of
smother way they had Of making the
French horse available. During tire early
autumn months the rats appear about The
premises In Tremendous numbers. They
would soon oyerrun The establishment but
for plan long since adopted, and which
NOT only rids The company of the pests,
but returns an income as well When
Monifancon swarpis with rats the carcass
u iiprse u placed In room into which
ttiE TDhsil6 gam hEtfsH through DIeHHJHs
in die tIoJr contriyed for the purpose. At
night the rats, lured by their keenDess Of
scent enter the room through these ariif.
cial rat holes by thousands While they
are Ia the midst Of their feast these open.
jngs are closed and they are prisoners.
Then the slaughter commences. AZ high
~ fs, 900 have been killed In five weeks In
one room The dead rats are skinned and
| The skins are sold To Paris furriers for
from one 10 four francs each They are
then made up into -four. button kids and
shipped 10 the United States. "Jherc Is
aD0pg o good many Parisians an idea,p
said he, "that we gt1i The tongues, kid.
Deys and hearts Of horses 10 the butchers.
| This ~ not irlc.n He then went on IA
show the absuTdity Of such story, be
sides arguing IL some length that the sub
| siitution Of the equine for tbe bovine heart
Ia not attempted, even " II were possible,
which he denied inclined 70 the opin.
ION, however, thai the Psuisians are right
aud ibeforoman wrongin his conclusions.
| Indeed, 4 Ann assured on good authority
, that The horses tongue Is used as a substi.
iute for the dried deere, a somewhat sayory
| dish, cater ~ breakfast time by the blue.
bloods OF the 1T. German quarter. And
as for the "beefaeaks" furnished nj my
reatauraDt although ] used 70 order
one occasionally, j never did think IL was
q beeisteak, PdJrs U0r. ". y. Times.