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ing contents subjected to hydraulic pressure, then dried 

 and finely ground. As manufactured by well-equipped 

 plants, feeding or digester tankage is a high-grade product 

 very uniform in feeding qualities, and not to be confused 

 with fertilizer tankage. Feeding tankage manufactured 

 at small slaughtering establishments and serum plants is 

 often less uniform in comparison, owing largely to the 

 varying degree of thoroughness with which the fat or 

 oil has been removed. 



TABLE XCIX. COMPOSITION OP MEAT AND BONE 

 PRODUCTS l 



Due to the fact, that tankage is cooked under 40 pounds 

 steam pressure for several hours, it is to be considered 

 a strictly sterile product free from disease germs when it 

 comes from the factory. Being dried to an 8 per cent 



1 Appendix, Henry and Morrison's "Feeds and Feeding." 



