212 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



Pulled wool has the same uses as ordinary clipped wool. 

 The weight of wool from an average pelt is 4 to 5 pounds. This 

 seems a low figure, but the pelts are scrubbed before pulling, 

 which takes out nearly all the dirt and grease, and causes a 

 decided loss in weight. 



After the wool is pulled, the skins are prepared for the 

 tannery. Untanned sheep and lamb skins are worth from $5.50 

 to $17.00 per dozen, with an average of $7.25 per dozen for lamb 

 skins and $8.50 for sheep skins. The value depends upon the 

 size, quality, and thickness. The Merino yields a thin, porous 

 skin which makes a leather that scuffs easily and wears out very 

 quickly. These bring the lowest price. The best-wearing and 

 highest-priced sheep leather is made from skins of the long- 

 wooled breeds. Sheep leather is used for making cheap shoes, 

 shoe linings, gloves, bags, book bindings, cheap saddles, suit 

 cases, sweat bands for hats, and many other articles. Chamois 

 skins are now made entirely of sheep skins. Goat skins are much 

 in demand for furniture leather and are more valuable than 

 sheep skins, the best un tanned bringing $21.00 per dozen. They 

 average a little larger in size than sheep skins and wear much 

 better. 



By-Products of Sheep. 



The by-products from the slaughter of sheep may be classed 

 as edible and inedible. The edible by-products include the 

 tongue, which is used for cooking or sausage; the pluck, which 

 is usually ground up and used in different kinds of sausage; and 

 the paunch, about one-half of the paunches being used for "tripe," 

 made by boiling and pickling the paunches. 



Because of the high value of the pelt, the inedible by-pro- 

 ducts of the sheep are more valuable than those of the steer or 

 the hog, considering their proportion to the carcass. The bones, 

 stomach, and any trimming are tanked, thus extracting fats and 

 oils, and the residue is treated to make glue. The final residue 

 is made into tankage and fertilizer. The blood, dried and 

 ground, makes blood meal and fertilizer. Hard bones yield 

 bone charcoal for bleaching purposes, black pigment for paint, 

 shoeblacking, etc., bone dust for fertilizer, vitrified bone for 

 making glass, cement for billiard balls, and knife handles, combs, 

 buttons, and other articles. The intestines, windpipe, and 

 bladder are cleaned and made into sausage casings. Musical 

 strings, clock cord, and surgical ligature for sewing up wounds, 



