The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-11
WHAT PACKERS DO WITH A
STEER.

cation at Denver)
When | learned the butcher trade
in little town in Wisconsin, we used
to get on our butchering clothes, go
out and catch COW bought of a farm
er after her ,usefulnss was past, pull
her into the slaughterhouse, knock her
down, stick and dress her, and throw
everything into the creek running be-
meath, except the hide and tallow.
Then we took the beef mp town, hung
it UP and sold it for what we could
get We had practically no refriger-
alton in those days, but used a little
ice.
This is all done away with in the
present day, and it has been brought
about by experiment and study on the
part of packinghousc owners. Pack,
inghouses now maintaiMchemical lab
oratories which will class fairly well
with those of almost any of our uni
verstics | presume Nelson Morris.
for instance, has in his packinghousc
staff of dozen expert chemists, who
are studying all the while the by.
products of the animal to see what
new article can be manufacture that
will bring some revenue which has not
yet been discovered.
We will start first with the horns.
And, by the way, horns are becoming
very scarce, so the ladies will have
to lay in stock of genuine tortoise
shell combs" before long, or they will
not have any, because horns are large
ly used for that purpose, and as we
are now breeding cattle without horns,
or dehorning them, they are becom-
ing scarce article. The horns go
largely to the combmakers and are
into very fine combs,
which they sell both at home and
abroad They are also used very ex-
in the manufacture of hair
pins and buttons, while the scraps are
ground into horn-meal for fertilizing
purposes, The pith Of the horn is
into glue
The hoofs are also used quite large
y in the manufacture Of combs, but
tons and hair-pins. ! presume YOU
have seen hoofs polished, thus show
ing the beautiful colors in them. Some
Of them go into the manufacture of
glue, and some into hooi-meal for fer
tilzlng purposes.
The blood is carefully saved, every
drop. We make it a point not to lose
a drop OF it, as it is used in many
ways. On account OF the medicinal |
qualities of its red globules, the red |
ire separated from the white and man
1factured in haemoglobin and other
similar medicines, used principally for
he building up of the red globules of
he human blood This is OF very
great benefit to anaemics and doubt
ess has saved many, many lives Blood
5 also used largely in the manufacture
If blood sausage or blood pudding,
which by many people is considered a
lelicacy. Formerly a great deal of
blood was used i'll refining sugar, but
hat rs not done so much now. Some
# it is pressed into buttons, poker
hips, etc, but it is usually sold on the
'asis of its ammonia value and used in
he production of ammonia for fertil-
zing purposes. Albumen is also made
rom it, which is used in setting prints
4 cloth. Possibly you will be sur
rised to learn that a Colorado steer
the Connecticut cotton man
facturer with the albumen which sets
ne color in the calico that is sold in
Denver for dresses. Albumen is also
sed III chicken and other animal
pods.
You all know what becomes OF most
{ the hides. Quite an industry has
5rung up in the preparation Of bcauti-
Il black cattle hides, which are tan
ed, lined and sold for robes, and II
ave no doubt they are sometimes
BID for bear-robes. They certain =
AXE more beautiful robe Tran the +
!c of the buffalo There IS great (
'li'and for =pacia1 class 81 hides Z
e packers produce for cov".,iug t,v
rises and other toys ''made IN Ger Z
my. German toy manufAc..lre"s :
'cI two or three expert blfar, n l!
ncago looking Tor the lass IT hide, e
table for this purpose, WHEN are N
III cd to Germany AMI aftcrwlrd ~c- n
tncd to us as covers On the tpvs u
II r,,r|lasc for your CHI Ire. n
y 4 rule the h,ir is re91oil FRI n N
hides in tanrr the ioac hl.r be. N
: used for brushes ami IN shgit n
II ior plasteri1g purpose, The n
tschtN. by which | m IN the euds
the steers tails. go for chi ha r, q
= principally in the manufacturer
nGt!tcs scS. III
Nhcn ! worked ii the country IN n
we meyer th,uoh. o. n
ing the tail. This i oac OF the "A
'ttable by-proIrcts and verj Ia-lc
mbcr OF them &c shipprG 10 Eng
i md elsewheri RtTris a.ds ~ la
de great help IN this -eSDnc' W. N
exc rile tails and pack tn IN IN b
les Tor shipment. In v r., uyrLiE