Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-03

MaAIEs Beef Extract.


as ma:y as 200 y sometimes ing killed
Tor seventy tsgs in succession. Elthou, Sir Go
break. This year he average was Clio thlus-
aud head DAY to XII! or dispa.en. for the iro-
cess Is SO quick and skl!liuiy conducted, ,hu
latter seems the more Fl: term to usa. The
tull4cks arc I'll Of tho choices, herds, cad iu
splendid c)udi lon. They rro deo9yed Ly lHo
trs'usd bgloeks from the larger cutter corral
d. VIC lorg passage about half . un!c Lang,
Ooldercd 10 on bo.h sideS TO hoi2h Of sbJus
tee feet, until they come iGto sm IL 5r cltral
uex. to tho dlspatcti1g pos5, Whe0 this inner
G 'tral IS filled with about 100 head o! o4;,lo.
A utn s;acdiaq on the tcp throws $3.50 rQu1i
the TWO horcs II occ Of toe lI; this iaos5 is
drawn by tvs hursCs un the ou,al!o, nountet
BY Couple OF p ;ons Or laim boys. who IN this
manner drag tnt bullock on 20 "a sliding truck
up agsl0st q batrlur, uo Wtl,1 stands The
mat:dor, Vho with ono sharp and cner-
getic p'u &C. OF short kDitc iu the back
of lile ncck sn9ors tbe spinal otrl, wnCn the
animal instantly falls Gowl iuscDsb!e and is
drugsod cut On the truck TO the chsrgo OF Other
men, who in turns perform d fferant !u0cti"bs
10 most sk!lltul and sYstemsi u manner. OJc
man drives a long kJife end cuts oEen tho
hesr; another oatcnes the blood IN u large
Wordop vessel, sud ppurs II loio barrel clcsc
at hand. whence iG is taken with otaer uar,s
of the otfal to the dlgnstcr, eld bGilel down
With bopes cuttings, etc, forlu no. AaOt6lr
man caD mcnoeS TO dlSymtuwu the osTc1ao,
another q. .Ys it, an several others to cut ihs
meat off the bones; agd another cu's no b. I'd
IT, another takes The toague out, aud o.hcf-
with large axes cu5 tho bones up into small
pieces. The whole process occupies less :han
seven minutes. All the fat, tho coareer tissues
aud snews are separated from the q 81 aod
boiled down. and reduced to tallQw in diHcleD;
qualities. The bones AID cosrsdr 6br.s arc,
arter coming out of the dI ,este!s, dried and
spread out to dry on large fat places covered
with tiles, put into mills, and ground up
into bHne dust and su,no. This euano
yields per cent. Of ammonia to l3 pec
cent. Of the regular Peruvian suano. sud by liz
sale covers the enormous expsuse of I 600 toas
OF coal imported by the oampauy per taas0n
from Cardiff. The tongues ere taken TO ecp-
arste room, where they ate we'll sFas6od snj
scaldtd. after which tboy urO placed 10 rouGi
Tins, with small hole 10 the ognlro Of The top,
and then all boiled together, aid before thcJ
cool down tho little cir hole iG the oon.ro is SOL
dered up. The tins then aro tskea to $40 h. r
room aLd varnished over to prevent thcu rnai'
log Rftcr WnioQ tney arh pScSoQ Ill We u Q
box,s ooptaining four dcz"u e~ca. The n98.
important process OF ell, however, yet emaios.
The meat when stripped eff tho bJncs, aud d.
vested If all cattl age matter, fat. slpeWs, boncs
&c., is hung 10 for one day to s,!tlp, a0d ;hsa
il is taken toto another part Of ;na buliiur aud
put through a numbr Of sausage cloogers,
sitter which il is carried 10 buck 9!s, thc cuuteos
Of Tllloh ere Rel2 10 au ouc., aud pu; iIio
dt z n mighty osltr0ns, through which 8lcaHl
is irj :ctod. Soon it bcJmGs light bot tea.
Great attention is paid TO Ibis prr. Of the pro
Q g, 80 ss to stop eXLctly 1T the right
moment. for it will not sGsWor to wait until
be fibre or any muscle in the meat shlui
1fteD, for this would H. are the qaa!iy If tbs
extract, and for this reason less titan 50 per
cent. of the nu:'itive quality is cx,rac:@d Ia th,
form of thin beef tes. This flows from the
vas in very pso straw co or. This liq nd is
f jrced through various tubss, through d,forcus
Stoves and cou udrons, unll its bulk is mar
terially retu,ed; this process b,iug rgoes;ed
un,il all the water Is eVipCrated, aid Juli q
pulpy paste remGl0s. 10 this magGcr one
bullock weighing 800 pouads is reduc3d to
substance OF pouuds. This is seated up ir
tin cssos about one foot square, ooatsiulog 100
pound. and Gant to Aurw,rp, whele. at the
branch establishment there, it is msdo UP into
smaller packages for eXportatiun all over the
world. How curious to reflect that each OF
these lt:ls lin boxes of QUO foot tqu1re Contains
the extract Of abuu. II head OF cattle. The
London Field.