The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19
READY MARKET FOR HIDES
 AND TALLOW IN THIS CITY
Shipments Received From All Sections of Alabama Mississippi Georgia and Louisiana Increase From Alabama in in Past Five Years, Says Tayor-Urges Stockmen to
 Save By Products of the Slaughter Pens

Local quotations hold firm with an ex- cellent demand for all kinds of produce and mea-, and business is brisk In the wholesale district. Shipments of meats and hides arrive regularly.
 There Is ready market for hides and tallow in Birmingham, and receipts are heavy. A large percentage of the by products of the cattle industry within Alabama and adjoining states is shipped direct to this city by the producer and slaughter houses, and it Is stated that the number of cattle raised in this terri
 tory is showing a heavy increase this year over last and that the volume of by- product shipments is accordingly propor- and tallow are now received in this city each day from all parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana.
 There is also a heavy production of
 skins and other products in the Birming-
 ham district from the butcher shops,
 stock yards and slaughter houses. Calf
 skins are very numerous here al all times
 and are immediately placed the mar
 ket. Green salt hides are now quoted
 at from 15 @16c per pound. dry salt
 hides at 24@25c, damaged hides al half
 price, horse hides at $2@s
 A. N. Taylor, manager for the Bir-
 mingham Hide and Tallow company,
 makes the following statement with rec
 gard to the hide and tallow market: q have been In this line of business in Birmingham for the past II years, and during that time my company has
 established an excellent business. We re-
 oeive shipments from all parts of Ala lama and adjoining states, including Mis-
 sissippi. Georgia and Louisiana. The
 heaviest receipts in this territory, how ever, come from Alabama points.
 For the past few years there has been a steady increase in the volume of cat tie slaughtered in this territory; and for the past year or so the increase has been most marked in Alabama. There has also naturally been a very large fn- crease in hide and tallow receipts here; but there is nevertheless ample oppor- tunity for the man who kills cattle to increase his profit by utilizing much that is now wasted in the saughtering opera ton. It is from the by-products that the packer derives the greatest part of his profit. The hide of an ordinary COW will net the farmer an average of SIP when the proper care Is used in placing | 1t on the market in the right manner, and the tallow which is ordinarily wasted would net him on an average of s6 per head It Is highly advisable for the man who slaughters cattle in his territory to avail himself of all possible profit | from by-products and thus avoid great economic waste. There are other by products of the cattle industry which may | be readily utilized if study is made of the business. Let me say that few peo- fle now realize the golden opportunity that awaits the cattleman in the south who thoroughly understands the busi- ness"
 l Among receipts of produce in Birming- ham yesterday were: Thirty-hve crates
 huskleberries, Iron City. Il crates peaches. Empire; two hampers cucum- bers, Lockley; a crate of raspberries, Gull man; nine coops chickens, Albertville; one coop chickens, Ashland: two crates black l berries, Jackson Gap; coop chickens 1 Sulligent; four cases eggs, Fayette; one
 coop chickens, Fayette; one case eggs Millport; one coop chickens and four cases | eggs, Portersville, and four sacks. po- | tatoes. Hanceville.
 l Today's quotations follow