Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-06-15
WORKOUT HORSES.
The Animals Turned to Account
When Dead.
From Their Carcasses Oils and FertilizinE
Material Are Rendered - How the
Different Parts Are.
Used.
Farmers whose horses are played out


) ten. They sell th"in as low as I,vo
;ijArI apiece to IN cstabli ;'lTnc4I hc"a
;:."t converts the animal iuao :, f..r:il-
-. ind then later on the farmer Dur-
:''rC:, the fertilizer and plants The o,it-
- - his old horse where it will enrich
-. or HDfand hasten their growth The
- tn that deals in old boracs. says
;..;: tiicago Tribune, is in the busi,,c S.
?" sIlcing fertilizer, and the more
3 T. e., availa able the better it is for the
&. for this is an industry that has
Trays prosperca despite hard timc#
.:i.d business depression. The concern
%,A"f:S ready to purchase all the
':pr.'1S that can be procured. Tho
:..',C. nuid is one dollar and hall u
-".r t:Dllars head. They arc WORTH
;,r.'t;~': to the owners, and when i j.
ca..aiiav2d that about five I'm I'D
p:ri.l; CT fertilizer is procure ....'::.1
c1"h animal il can easily dc 3eea ,;,li
GOOD margin of profit j.. ME. Il
Tnc "up1lH holds out they ';.ii ca az
49,: - tlree horses a day Ill t1> J,c.r
r'r''., Il .'!2H2 w"1':;. an@. .. ;i.2 -. /
~. i, - '2G &t.so. 'ius. i :. L ~ 49,.
ina! enough hor@@a h:lvc DH.''. i .,..... d.
.., L supply ii larrc .:sG':t:... .r:pJ.
"a. '':.., ~ these i..iirin Il,....: l'rf...,
t-,:i:: '.[oGcn to twenty-five =. -. -;
.hcir con&i9ion d>T,ndi l..r ',.:y "y>n
, - H. tl>>- have !@i. ..;..-. . ~
a-'ja.-1, la";; a. ii they l:....r 80.
III. ;t3.,. - .;:.'', colt a.: ;...-.r.,
g ;:pHy:',. i "yr,iIg at TIL, !s.lre: ::nL
blind. An apartments OF the go *
i, SCI aH3r1 =. IN" 10th house. g.; ij l.
here the nNt"uIipa"r wiei,,., the irstru-
'ncnt ~ .;,.yt.l.
Inc na2l3r of disposing of the ami
mails i" this: When led from the D"n
u" horse l. tied 10 q pot and En.
"bl2".< CT pl cvi over iti he@d. T!:c
"-:"r;ltion~r .:l1n strikes ii Il blow
.'.."2iS t;;@ &&2si With IN AK and the an
l"l falls il>iplc3S to tAa il>uI. IT,:
nr3at is then cut and life 80; ih&.,.
r"i' done, thc process of Ii: .,c:ion
nd separation begins. The i.i:lr is
iLi,,, removed AMI the carcass i,,.iu.l. Il
ii contains &uy fat. The gcr2&.'s il dc:,-
i,;n".cJ y" horse oil" The bones OF
&c lower limbs are boiled, ;trd the fat
extracted from them is called neat,
f1ot oil" When the flesh 0f the c;i.-
c"'.S has been thoroughly boiled and
tiic grease skinned off the surface OF
the vat it is thrown into the cellar and
'liDTcd - remain there for Ov%?. ':llrc
m"ntha, I'll the time being suHj-",o,!
t the influence of potash and Hyy.5.,n,
which is mixed with it, and which ro5s
it.
The bones pass through two crush
2r5, the first of which reduces them.
and the second grinds them to powder
Several chemical ingredients are t,iei,
mixed with the bone dust. This prep
aration is what is commonly known as
bone fertilizer, and is probably the
best artificial commodity used in "gri-
culture. The horse hides are disposed
of to leather manufacturers. and hgi7ic.
more than was originally paid for tilc
entire animal. But not horses Gl,nc
arc used in the production of fertilizer
a great many cattle go that way 40.
and as for bones, those of any aHi,n2l
arc valuable. The concern here docs
not draw the line on live animals: dead
ones will do. providing they are ~ TOO
old. 1t is Il very strange cOi,iv; ,..rca
that but very few cows are DISPOSED ot
in this way, and that may explain
where much of the tough beef comes
from.
opal qualities of fertilizer IRE pro-
49,. ON auiln:,l% ii -, .i,'> ",.:in'-
..r' mount &';i,i."' O.. ~
used. N...;,''..l, = 81
D." '@rrQuir" 'r.:,. ..'' .. -
49,. ., Il. ;.i'.l "..I.4 49,. - rel
" 81 .,''1'ca |orl &c., .... .,.l.
.... ..Es;3ol2. it will ,;-,... - IN
.''". ''G pciac per ton r..,-,., Ill