River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
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 a use for everything that is
removed from a hog After years Of
experimenting packers have reduced
their business to such a system that
they realize as much profit from the
offal as they do from the main car
cass.
The meat Of a hog is from 70 to 80
per cent Of the live weight. The 20 to
80 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 retailed to the con-
sumner 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 it 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
ned and picked meats. Hearts are
| used in sausage.
Tails, shouts 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 a 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 has In
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
lubricant and for Illuminating pur-
poses, the latter entering into the man.
ufacture of lard compounds, chewing
gum, soft candies, fancy toilet soaps
GolJ
Small quantities of blood are used in
the making of blood buildings, but
most Of it is dried and ground into
blood meal, a popular ration with pOul-
try raisers as well as feed for calves
that are being fed on skimmilk.
Stomachs are used as sausage con-
tainers, the lining first being removed
| and used as a source of pepsin. The
'black' or curly intestines of the hog
are carefully cleaned. processed and
made into gatherings, 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 nonedible 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
| 41a 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 II Is also curled and used for
upholstering.
The waste waters are evaporated to
thick brown wax known as stick"
because Of its adhesive properties. It
is used In the manufacture OF fertilizer,
as 1t has q high nitrogen content.
Bones are used In making phosphates
for baking powder and other COM
pounds. They are also ground into
poultry feed, and a 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 crucibles for glassmaking and
| metal refining.
| Tankage Is a bone and tissue sub
| stance that Is taken from the tanks
t after the different parts are rendered
for grease. It is used chiefly In stock
and poultry feed.-Joseph Ii. Carroll
In Country Gentleman.