El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
PLANT
IS ENLARGED
Company Prepares for It's
Increased Business; to
Buy Own Cars.

Extensive engagements and inn
provements are being made at the
Peyton packing plant TO take care Of
the Increasing business. These include
a new sprinkler system for fire pro-
.tection. a new poultry knling and
dressing plant and dozen improve
ments iu the plant proper
A feature which is partly response
bile for the increase in plant capacity
is the fact that IS percent Of the meat
consumed by the army in this district
is the product OF the Peyton plant.
within q short time the company
expects to have a new type or re-
friuerator car. which IS an improve
.ment introduced by an eastern manu-
featuring concern A test car VIII PC
received here within q short time and
should II prove satisfactory the com
uauy probably VIII purchase large
number Of its own cars from tAe ne"
Only the squeaI Lost.
The system IN the plant IS such that
"only the sQueal" Is lost. Every man
I'm the force Of more than a hundred.
has his particular work and the whole
works as a wen oiled machine. The
manner in which a beef IS handled
killing chute to the tine that il hangs
in the cooling rooms. Is an Interesting
As the animal IS taken from the
killing chute he is suspended on huge
iron pullevs and the body Is allowed
Ito bleed. Then a force OF expert skin
ners and butchers begin their work.
One removes the head which Is car
ried to a separate department for
cleaning and hurchering. Another re-
~. .
carcass and still another cleans the
skinned carcass with a steam and wa
tier hose. AS each product Is taken
from the carcass. L goes to its Own
division where a crew Of men further
clean and cut u into the shape n
which it IS TO reach the markets.
After the animal is cleaned and
dressed. the carcass IS taken into a
chilling room where e remains for q
hours during which time the moisture
and animal heat leaves the body Then
the carcass Is taken into the refrieer-
afor rooms where it is kept thorough
lv chilled sut not frozen, until ready
for market
The butchering Of hogs requires viz
tuallr the same detail with the eN-
cention that each hog Is automatically
taken from the scaldinE watts into q
scrauiuE machine which has ca
nacity Of about 50 or 90 animals an
hour.
Many By-Produets-
The list Of by-nroducrs from The
plant form a startling revelation q
the avHrage meat consumer unlalnilias
with packing plants. IN addition 70
the meats themselves, there are trim
mingz for sausage. edible tailoW and
inedihle rallow. the small oflal. con-
sistiug OF tongue, hearts. livers. and
brains, the hides. the blood fertilizer
horns. hoofs. bones, castings and
heats foot oil
From the inedible talloW comes the
stock from which soap Is made. The
hides are saited and carefully cured
70 be baled and later sent % tanueries
The blood IS dried and. being heavy
in ammonia. Is used in the fertilizers
which also contain certain bone refuse
Not q particle Of grease. tali0w OF
offau is wasted. the only refuse reach
ing the outside OF the plant being the
water with which the animals are
washed Even the exhaust steam Of
the plant is used in a bone dryer
which constitutes an Important factor
In handling the bones without loss
SHIPS 900 CATTLE
TO NILES CITY, MONT
r. p Heren, president OF the Non
tana Cattle Dealers association
shipped Monday. 25oo head Of year
linz and two year old steers from thi
vicinity Of Tucson and WILCOX Ariz-
TO his ranch at Niles City, Mont ts