Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-01


ly as stock food. 1t is the most con-
centrated food we have, containing
something like 81 per cent. protein,
and gives exceptionally good results
when fed to horses and other live
stock in connection with their regular
feed, two or three ounces being given
a day. The Kansas experiment station
has discovered that a disease known
as the scours, which greatly troubles
young calves, can be cured by the ad>
dition of little of this dried blood to
the skim milk on which they are fed.
This discovery is saving thousands or
calves every year. Certain portions
Of tanlzage are ground up into meat
meal and largely sold for poultry
food and for the fattening Of hogs and
other live stock. Bone, coarsely
granulated, is used for the same pur-
poses.
In the bone-cutting deparement, an
other branch of the fertilizer bust
ness, are made handles for knives,
razors, etc., carved and dyed to re-
semble stag horn: also collar buttons,
pipe mouthpieces, bone screws used
to connect the mouthpiece Of the toWl
of the meerschaum and other pipes,
dice, little square blocks used by den
tai students for filling teeth, for
nursing bottle rings and shields and
bone buttons of all kinds.
In the manufacture of the fine steel
parts of guns, bicycles, automobiles
and other machinery, the steel is
fashioned into it's final shape when
soft and then put into box of hard
graduated bone. This box is then put
into furnace, heated to certain
color, dumped into water and the
result is that a very high carbon steel
has been formed on the outside or
the parts thus treated, making them
extremely hard.
Hoofs are assorted into three
grades; the white hoofs being used
for a certain grade of button closely
resembling me better quality of pearl
buttons. A striped hoof is dattened
into plate through pressure under
heat and used in the manufacture or
hairpins: striped hoofs are also used
in the manufacture of buttons. Black
hoofs are hoof scrap and are used in
the manufacture of cyanide and
chrome. Scraps of hoofs ground up
into a fine powder make heterogeneous
fertilizer for grapes and other crops.
The tallow and grease of a carcass
are used in the manufacture of scraps.
At a certain time in the boiling OF
soap salt is INTRODUCED into the kettles,
which precipitates the glycerin OF the
fat together with the spent I've, which
is drawn off and from them is manu-
featured glycerin. All grades of soaps
are made, from the very finest toilet
and shaving soaps to the notified Ger
man scrubbing soaps. Washing
powders are also prepared.
Curled hair is made in large guanti-
ties, and all grades and cOlors.
Miles of Sandpaper Daily.
The garnet sand used in the manu-
facture of sandpaper and the emery
used in the manufacture OF emery
paper and cloth are fastend to the
paper with glue. Armour & Co. own
a garnet quarry in Connecticut, and
some idea of the extent of their works
may be obtained when it is said they
manufacture daily from twenty to
twenty-five miles of sandpaper.
The pharmaceutical laboratory is
one of the most interesting parts of the
packing plant. Chicago packers are
the largest manufacturers Of pepsin in
the world. Pepsin is a ferment some
what like yeast, and it's function is to
dissolve the albuminous parts of the
food eaten so that it can be as
simulated during the process of diges-
ton.
From time immemOrial people have
been troubled with goiter, a disease OF
the thyroid gland of the throat. Some
years ago it was discovered that if the
thyroid gland of sheep or other
animals is administered to sufferers
from this disease the trouble may be
relieved. Hence it is now desiccated
and sold to druggists as a powder and
physicians report exceptionally good
desiccated and are supplied to the
medical profession by Armour & Co.,
and a great deal of original research
work is continually Icing done in
their pharmaceutical laboratory.
The suprarenal capsule, a small
gland Immediately above the kidney,
furnishes an active principle which is
an extremely powerful heart stimu-
liant. 1t is also used in eye surgery,
and in the treatment of hay fever, as
it seems to have a beneficial effect in
reducing irritation when applied to
of the eye and nose. All
these pharmaceutical articles are pre-
pared in various shapes and are we'll
known and used by the medical pro
fession all over the world.
The pelts of the sheep slaughtered
at the packing house are cleaned and !
the wool is pulled out, dried, graded |
and sold to the wool manufacturers. |
This wool is so thoroughly prepared |
that it commands very high prices.
The sheep pelts are then picked and !
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