The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-29

it here, must pay my men to cut it up
and deliver it and all that. What will
get for what cost me s72? Keep your
eye ON your diagram and follow me
closely.
The rump will weigh 40 pounds, for
which will get 10 cents pound, or
81; the round, Immediately below it,
will weigh 60 pounds, at 1917 cents, or
81. 80; the sirloin, so pounds, at an av-
erage of IA cents for there are at least
three cuts of sirloin; it depends upon
the butcher-that makes $1l.20; the
porterhouse in a steer of 500 pounds
will weigh 60 pounds, aud 20 cents is
the market price, or $12.
Next comes what we butchers call the
eye of the rib and what is known on
bills Of fare as prime rib roast. There
will be 100 pounds of this at Is cents,
or $15. Next is the chuck, really fine
portion of the carcass, but sufferer
through its name There are 80 pounds of
this, and it brings today 10 cents, or
50. Immediately adjoining it is the
neck, 30 pounds, much of which is sold
as chuck. The price is cents, or $l.50.
Below the neck comes the loose flesh
that is called i'll the slaughter houses the
changing piece" and in butcher shops
the "brisket" 1t is good boiling beef,
but is much in demand for corning
There are 80 pounds of it ut D q cents Il
pound, or So. 10.
The section marked ribs, plate and
navel is the cheapest meat ON the steer.
1t is for corning and soup meat particu-
larry, will weigh so pounds, and sells
at Al cents, or So. 40 The shoulder
piece, beneath which lies part of the
brisket, is sold with the shin and is gem
orally called soup meat. 1t will weigh
55 pounds, and sells at Az cents, or
81. 43.
The TANKS weigh 35 pounds and are
mostly fat, selling in their entirety at 6
cents, or 81. 10. The hind legs yield 35
pounds of meat at A 4 cents, or 81. 5S.
/ have now accounted for 10 pounds
of meat. The remaining So pounds is
fat and bones. At least ten pounds of
fat is thrown in with orders, people hav-
ing learned to expect it, and 80 cents a
pound for fat and 80 cents per hundred
for bones will yield 81. so at the outside
The total receipts from the steer that
cost me $40 will be $500, profit of
only 50. 26, or would be profit if l ran
q business that entailed no expenses
whatever.
am not slaughterer now, but /
know enough of the business to know
that the slaughterer loses nothing A
steer goes into an abattoir on the hoof,
and every ounce of him goes out COM
mercial commodity. A / 200 pound steer
will net 800 pounds of beef The hide is
sold to the tanners A limited number
of tails go to dealers in OK tails, and
special dealers buy the tongues, and in
Chicago go to the Gamers of "lunch
tongues. There is limited demand
for brains. All livers find ready sale,
and the lining of the paunch, known as
tripe, is growing in such favor that it
is all disposed of to dealers, who pickle
it.
From the pure fat is extracted the
highest quality Of oleo oil. This is gen.
orally exported to Holland, where it en-
tiers into the makeup of the gilt edged
butti puttci tiidt iuilty lTlCth
in England. From other fats come the
lower grades of oleo oil From selected
bones is secured by boiling gelatin.
which is the basis of all cheap jellies and
marmalades. Stearine, used as "a base Of
chewing gum and for many other pur-
poses, is the product left from the proc
ess of pressing out oleo oil.
All hoofs are boiled, and the valuable
commodity known as neatsfoot oil is
secured. The horns are sold to manufac-
turers of combs and fancy goods The
hoofs after boiling are also used in the
making Of horn ornaments Everything
that is left--blood, entrails, etc.-is
made into fertilizing material, not the
least valuable commodity turned out Of
the abattoir. have no positive figures,
but believe that the 400 pounds OF "of-
fal, /" the term used AS applying 10 ev-
erything except the actual beef, will net
the killer from $50 to $22. The whole
sale slaughterer does not get any Of the
worst OF II at any stage of the game
Animals That Commit Suicide.
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