Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-15
NO WASTE IN A STEER.
All the Parts of the Beef Are Used
by Packers.
COPYRIGHT 1893 az r~s eaoersa GAMBLE Co o"0'~~.T'

All the Parts of the Beef Are Used
by Packers.
2. D. Armour, the king of packers, in
an address before the National Stock
convention brought out the following
concerning the great industry:
To begin at the beginning of the
methods pursued in the great packing
plant of the present day, you will note
that after rigid federal and state in
spection of the animals they are slaugh-
tered Then the horns are cut close to
the head, and the pith is removed from
the horn and goes to the glue pot. while
the horn itself is dyed, sorted into vari-
Gus grades and is shipped to the manu-
facturer. After being pressed into 1at
plates these are manufactured into
combs, buttons and ornaments of many
kinds. The tips of the horns are made
into mouthpieces for pipes, and the
scraps are utilized by florists as a fer
tilizer
Note also the further saving effected
by the utilization of the bones. The
knuckles are removed from the feet,
and the shanks of the animal after
boiling and cleaning are used in
the manufacture of knife handles,
toothbrushes, buttons and various ar
ticles in which ivory and bone are
used, and it is very difficult to distin-
guish the hard bone from ivory, it be-
ing susceptible to a very fine polish.
The scraps are used by the manufac-
turers of bicycles and screws for case
hardening steel and are also used for
poultry food.
Besides this, from the blood by a
chemical process the albumen, which
corresponds to the white of an egg. is
extracted and is used for the fixing of
colors in calico printing and also In the
finishing of leather. This manufac-
ture of blood albumen is a compare
lively new industry in the United
States, although in Europe it has been
carried on for many years. And now
from the blood after the albumen has
been extracted comes the fertilizer.
This is composed of pieces of meat.
bones, etc, not available for food,
which are boiled under high pressure
to extract the grease and glue, the resi-
due being then dried Thus all portions
of the animal that may not be utilized
for food or for commercial manufac-
ture find their way back to the farm in
the form of fertilizer.
The white hoofs are shipped to ia
pan and to Europe to be made into but
tons and ornaments of many kinds
Clues, gelatin, isinglass, etc, are
also produced by the saving effected in
the methods Of the modern packer, as
they are manufactured from that por-
ton of the hide not used for leather,
from sinews, cattle heads cattle feet.
calves feet, etc
The tallOw and grease are made into
various grades of soap and glycerin. A
part of the fat that will not sponify 60
ing to the bottom of the soap kettle with
I've is now saved, and crude glycerin,
dynamite glgcerin and chemically pure
glycerin are made from this material.
The hair is manufactured into felt.
the cheaper grades being used for the
insulation of refrigerator cars, Ice
boxes, undercarpets, etc. The better
grades are used in the manufacture of
horse blankets, saddlery, felt boots.
hats, etc.
The tails of the cattle are used for
manufacturing the curled hair. com
bined with horsehair which is import
ed largely from Russia and South
America.
One of the most valuable products Of
the steer is Oleo oil, which is pressed
from the fat and is largely shipped to
Europe, where it enters into the manu-
facture of margarine 1t is chemically
butter fat-the fat found in butter. 1t
is also used in this country in the man
ufacture of oleomargarine or butterine.