The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
CARCASS OF A DEAD HORSE.
HaireIoth, boots, Gloves, Combs and
Various Acids Made From the Horse.

Various Acids Made From the Horse.
From the Albany q. y State.
In these bicycle days. when a horse is
hardly worth the price of his oats, and he
is a better source of revenue, it may be
interesting to know what becomes of the
carcass when it goes TO the rendering
works in Paris or i'm Portland, Ore. Not
long ago the Portland concern bought one
roundup Of Montana horses for 50 each.
The canning of horse-hesh for European
consumption is yet in its infancy, and
there is but slight probability that it viii
ever become a profitable industry. As a
matter OF fact, the horse carcass is more
valuable for his chemical products than
he ever VIII be as an article of food.
Horses that have served useful and
honorable careers Of twenty 10 thirty years
are mt only for the chemical process.
When the retired animal is dragged in,
II is first relieved of its hair by a shaw
ing process. The tail and name are es-
pecially valuable, and from these is made
the haircloth of commerce. The short
hair taken from the hide is used for
stutting cushions and horse collars, and
thus the dead are made to minister TO the
comfort of the living.
The hide of the horse is quite valuable
and the leather known as cOrdOVan is
made from the skin over the rump. This
high class hunting and Wading boots, as
it can be made impervious to water. The
for slippers and heavy driving gloves.
The hoofs of the animal are removed and
after being boiled TO extract the oil from
them, the horny substance is shipped to
the manufactures of combs and what are
known as Mikado goods.
Next the carcass rs placed in cylinder
and cooked by steam at pressure of
three atmosphere. This separates the
flesh from the bones. The leg bones are
very hard and white, and are used for
handles of pocket and table cutlery. The
ribs and head are burned TO make bone
black after they have been treated for the
these bones the vapors arising are con-
densed and form the chief source Of car
Donate of ammonia, which constitutes the
base of nearly all the ammOniacal salts.
There is an animal oil yielded in the
cooking process which Is deadly poison,
and enters into the composition of many
insecticides and Vermifuges.
The bones to make glue are dissolved in
muriatic acid, which takes the phosphate
of lime away. The soft element contain
ing the shape of the bone is dissolved in
boiling water, cast into squares and dried
on nets. The phosphate of lime, acted
upon by sulphuric acid and calcined with
carbon produces phosphorus for luclfer
matches The remaining flesh is distilled
to obtain carbonate of ammonia. The re-
sultng mass is pounded up with potash,
and then mixed with old nails and iron
of every description; the whole is calcined
and yields little yellow crystals-prussiate
of potash, with which tissues are dyed
q Prussan blue and iron transformed into
steel. 1t also forms cyanide of potassium
and prussic acid, the two most terrible
poisons known in chemistry.
In the course of a lawsuit in st. Louis
several years ago 1t was put in evidence
that the River Rendering Company, which
had the contract for the removal of dead
animals from the city streets. made a
clear profit of S24 on each horse carcass
that they handled.