The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-07-10
USING UP The HOG.
Not Even a Hair of Him Is Wasted
by the Big Packers.
GOOD PROFIT IN THE OFFAL.

II Yields as Great a Financial Return
as DO the Main Food Products Of the
Carcass-How the Various Parts OF
the Animal Are Utilized.
There is use for everything that is
removed from hog. After years of
experimenting packers have reduced
their business to such system that
they realize as much profit from the
offal as they do from the main car
casS.
The meat of hog Is from 10 to so
per cent of the live weight. The 20 to
30 per cent that Is classed as offal
makes the money for the packers. Ex-
elusive of condemnatiOns by govern.
ment inspectors, about II per cent of
each carcass is lost at various stages
Of dressing and by evaporation In
processing and curing, so that really
only about 60 per cent actually goes
into cuts to be retalled to the con-
sumer The various cuts-hams, ba-
con, loins, spareribs and pork sides
are the main products.
Among the edible byproducts Is pep
sin, which is derived from the stomach
of the hog. The liver is used for food
as 1t Is taken from the body, and it is
also made into liver sausage. Brains
are prepared in many ways. Tongues
find their way into the making of can
,N;a
used in sausage.
Tails, snouts and ears are rich in
gelatin or glue, but most of them are
sold for boiling with kraut and other
vegetables and are much in favor with
lovers of boiled meals Kidneys enter
into the fresh meat trade or when the
supply is too large are frozen or can.
ned
Neutral Is Il specially prepared lard
largely used abroad and in this coun-
try an important ingredient in the man
ufacture of oleomargarine. Lard prop
er Is not commonly called a byproduct
Of the hog; it is one of the primary
products. About Is per cent of the
/ average hog goes into the making Of
lard The demand for lard las in
creased greatly during the past few
years. 1t is now used commonly in
cooking in place of butter. Part OF
the lard Is further prOcessed into lard
oil and stearine, the former used as a
lubricant and for Illuminating pur-
| poses, the latter entering into the man
ufacture of lard compounds, chewing
gum, soft candies, fancy toilet soaps
and other toilet preparations.
/ Small quantities of blood are used in
the making Of blood puddings, but
most of it is dried and ground into
blood meal, IA popular ration with poul-
try raisers as well as "a feed for calves
that are being fed OH skimmik.
Stomachs are used as sausage con-
tainers the lining first being removed
and used as source of pepsin. The
"black" or curly intestines of the hog
are carefully cleaned, processed and
made into chitterlings, an inexpensive
food that Is fried like oysters, much In
favor with colored people.
Seven per cent Of the weight of the
hog Is represented In nOnedlble byprod-
ucts In the raw state, which are after
ward manufactured into glue, soap,
! glycerin, blood meal. tankage, curled
hair and fertilizer. In the finished
state these products represent about
/ AZ per cent of the hogs weight, the
balance being lost In evaporation.
! The rinds from skinned hams and ba-
con, as well AS the back skin Of the
hog, are saved. Pigskin is used In
athletic goods.
Hair enters into many lines Of man
ufacture a large part Is used in the
making of brushes, and the finer the
bristle the higher priced brush is pro-
duced. 1t Is also curled and used for
upholstering.
! The waste waters are evaporated to
thick brown wax known as stick"
because of its adhesive properties 1t
Is used in the manufacture of fertilizer,
as 1t has high nitrogen content.
Bones are used in making phosphates
FOR baking powder and other COM
pounds. They are also ground into
poultry feed, and n large tonnage finds
Its way into. the fertilizer trade. Bones
are also burned for charcoal for use In
the publication of sirups in the manu-
facture of sugar Bone ash is used In
making cruclbles for glassmaking and
metal refining.
Tankage is n bone and tissue sub
stance that Is taken from the tanks
after the different parts are rendered
for grease. 1t is used chiefly in stock
and poultry feed.--Joseph NJ. Carroll
In Country Gentleman.
Nicely Put.