The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-23
sY-PRoDUcTs OF THE ABATToIR
How Every Component of Slaughtered
Animal IL Utilized.

How Every Component of Slaughtered
Animal Is Utilized.
If only the edible portions of slaugh-
tered animals could be utilized, meat
would be luxury ana at high figure,
since only about one-third of the
weight of the animal consists of prod
ucts that can be eaten. The utilization
of the waste products of large aDat-
toirs as in Chicago, where no fewer
than9 ,O000steers, ,O00calves, 1 I, 900 hogs
and 5000 sheep have been received in
single day, becomes a matter of con-
siderable Importance. The market
value of the by-products represents an
enormous sum, and the concentration
of small products that butcher would
allow to go to waste. In the process
of Strengthening the OK is killed by the
blow of hammer on the head. The
juguIar vein and carotid artery are cut,
permitting the escape of the blood,
which is collected. When cold it CO.
agulates. The fluid portion, contain
ing soluble salts, is liberated. 1t is
employed for sizing paper. The best
qualities OF blood are used in refining
sugar. The sugar contains many i'm
purities. When dissolved in solution
of water and pure OK blood and heated
the albumen of the blood rises as a
scum and carries the impurities in sus-
pension. The sugar is afterward FL
tered through cotton and then bone
black. The latter is also a product of
the abattoir. being made from calcined
bones. Inferior qualities of blood are
used for many purposes, as in the man.
ufacture of buttons, which are hard to
distinguish from hard rubber ones.
The poorest quality of blood mixed
with other by-products is used as a
fertilizer. The skin is converted into
leather. The portions of the stomach
intestines, etc, are separated into the
parts that go to the drying-room, the
portion that enters into the compost.
ton of fertilizers, and also that which
is to be converted into oil and then into
margarine and butterine. Residue parti-
Giles OF meat and fat are collected and
sold to manufacturers of axle grease
soap and candles. The bladder is
cleaned, inflated, tied, dried. and sold
to manufacturers of mastic, snuff, etc
AS the bladder is impermeable NJ
evaporation occurs, hence, its use also
by the perfumer and druggist for GOV
ering corks of bottles.
The CUTS, which are treated in a SINH
lar manner, are glued together end t.
end and used in breweries for lining
pipes, so as to prevent the beer from
coming in contact with the metal. The
intestines are also prepared for gold
heaters use, in which alternate layers
of skin and gold leaf are beaten t.
about one ten-millionth of nSlli
meter This delicate membrane
formed from the external membrane
of the large intestine of the OK, is o
particular value. 1t is used in surgery
for closing wounds and for making
plasters. Glue is made from thu
coarser and gelatine from the fine
parts of such by-products as parings O
skins. the ears, portion of the tail, tn
feet, the muzzle, the bones of the skull
and laws, and the interior of the horns
The hair from the interior of the ear
very me and used IN making cheal
''camel's" hair brushes. The feet, freet
from the horn, serve for the manufac
ture of an oil used to dress leather
The horns can be heated, welded split
colored, nodded, etc, and initial,
many well-known objects. The hal
removed in making glue is burned in
closed vessel, and serves for the manu-
facture of ammonia, used extensively
in refrigerating machines. Even tn
undigested food in the stomach, hay
and Indian corn, is compressed anC
dried. and forms food known as
Texas nut" The young calves fur
nish the rennet used in cheese, etc Tn,
bile (ox gall) is used for cleaning ant
painting and binding. Large quaint
ties of excellent fertilizing materia
are produced from miscellaneous offal
The same by-products are obtained
from the hog as from the OK, with pep
sin and bristles in addition.-Scientifit
American.