The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-07-25
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 tho
Carcass-How the Various Parts Of
tho Animal Are Utilized.

There is a use for everything that is
removed from Il hog After years of
experimenting packers have reduced
their business to such system that
hey realize as much profit from the
ottal as they do from the main car
caSs
The meat of a hog is from 10 to so
per cent of the live weight The % to
80 per cent that is classed as offal
makes the money for the packers. EX
elusive of condemuatious by govern
ment inspectors, about II per cent OF
each carcass is lost at various stages
Of dressing ana by evaporation in
processing aud curing, 50 that really
only about 80 per cent actually goes
into cuts To he retailed to the con-
sumer The various cuts-hams ba-
con loins, sparerlbs 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 1t 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, snouts and ears are rich In
gelatin or glue but most of them are
sold for boiling with kraut and other
vegetables aud 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 specially prepared lard,
largely used abroad, ana in this coun-
try an important ingredient in the man
ufaciure of oleomargarine. Lard prop
er is not commonly called byproduct
Of the hog, it is one of the primary
products About IL per cent of the
average hog goes into the making OF
lard The demand for lard has in
| creased greatly during the past few
years. 1t is now used commonly in
! the lard is further procesSed into lard
oil and stearine, the former used as II
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, popular ration with poul-
try raisers as wen as feed for calves
that are being fed on skimmlk
Stomachs are used as sausage con
tainers the lining first being removed
( and used as source Of pepSin The
black or curly intestihes 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 III the raw state, which are after
ward manufactured into glue, soap,
slycerin, blood meal. tankage. curled
hair and fertilizer In the finished
state these products represent about
~ per cent Of the hogs weight the
balance being lost in evaporation
Tho InJS fp.t,, el-innaJ lao ~. aud I,o
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. \ large part is used in the
making of brushes, and the finer the
bristle the higher priced brush is pro-
duced. 1t is also curIed and used for
upholstering.
The waste waters are evaporated to
a thick brown wax known as stick
because of its adhesive properties 1t
is used in the manufacture of fertilizer,
as 1t has a high nitrogen content.
Bones are used in making phosphates
for baking powder and other com
pounds They are also ground into
poultry feed aud large tonnage finds
It's 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 III
making crucibles for glasSmaking and
metal refining.