Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
Atiseellaneous &sading.
CARCASS OF A HORSE.
Source Of Haircloth, Boots, Gloves, Combs,
Glue and Various Acids.

Source Of Haircloth, Boots, Gloves, Combs
Glue and Various Acids.
In these bicycle days, when horse
is hardly worth the price of oats, and
he is a better source of revenue when
dead than he was when alive, it may
be interesting to know what becomes
of the carcass when it goes to the rem.
dering works in Paris or in Portland,
Ore. Not long ago the Portland con.
Germ bought one roundup of Montana
horses for $3 each. The canning Of
horsefesh for European consumption
is yet in its infancy, and there is but
slight probability that it will ever
become a profitable industry. As q
matter of fact the horse carcass is more
valuable for its chemical products than
it will ba as an article of food.
Horses that have served useful and
honorable careers for 20 or 80 years
are fit only for the chemical process.
When the retired animal is dragged in
it is first relieved of its hair by shaw.
ing process. The tail and name are
specially valuable, and from these is
made the haircloth of commerce. The
short hair taken from the hide is used
for stuffing cushions and horse col
lars, and thus the dead are made to
minister to the comfort of the living.
The hide of the horse is quite valua-
BILE, and fine quality of cardovon is
made from the skin over the rump.
This leather is used in the manufac-
ture of high-class hunting and wading
boots, as it can be made impervious to
water. The other leather is soft and
is used mostly for slippers and heavy
driving gloves. The hoofs of the ami
NAL are removed, and after being
boiled to extract the oil from them,
the horney substance is shipped to the
manufactures of combs and what are
known as Mikado goods.
Next the carcass is placed in a cyl
inder and cooked by steam at press
ure of three atmospheres. This sepa-
rates the flesh from the bones. The
leg bones are very hard and white,
and are used for handles for pocket
and table cutlery. The ribs and head
are burned to make bone black after
they have been treated for the glue
that is in them. In the calcining OF
these bones the vapors arising are
condensed and form the chief source OF
carbonate of ammonia, which consti-
tutes the base of nearly all smmonical
salts. There is an animal. oil yielded
in the cooking process which is dead:
ly poison, and enters into the compo.
sition of many insecticides and vermi'
fuges.
The bones to make glue are dissolv-
ed in muriatic acid, which takes the
the phosphate of lime away the soft
element retaining the shape of the
bone is dissolved in the boiling water,
cast into squares and dried, on nets.
The phosphate of lime, acted upon by
sulphuric acid and calcined with car
bon, produces phosphorus for lucifer
matches. The remaining flesh is dis
titled to obtain carbonate of ammonia.
The resulting mass is pounded up with
potash, and then mixed with old nails
and iron of every description the
whole is calcined and yields little
crystals-prussiate of potash, with
which tissues are died Prussian blue
and iron transformed into steel. 1t
also forms cyanide of potassium and
prussic acid, the two most terrible
poisons known to chemistry.
In the course of a lawsuit in St.
Louis several years ago, it was put in
evidence that the River Rendering
company, which had the contract for
the removal of animals from the city
streets, made clear profit of $24 on
each horse carcass that they handled
Exchange.