



iclent /l5u'i'^roducts 



MAKES PROFITS 



THE purpose of this article is to show 

 gains that might be made by salvaging 

 all of the by-products from the eflEicient 

 slaughter of animals in a modern slaugh- 

 ter and rendering plant in comparison 

 with present methods. Such a plant 

 complete might cost from $25,000 to 

 $50,000 depending on the territory it 

 would serve and the services it would be 

 expected to render. 



Present methods of slaughtering ani- 

 mals for locker plants result in a con- 

 siderable waste of valuable by-products. 

 Und^ present methods, we fall far short 

 of meeting packers' claim wherein they 

 say "We save everything but the squeal." 



It has been suggested that if all the 

 animals that are slaughtered for a given 

 number of locker plants were slaughtered 

 in cooperative slaughter plants and all of 

 the by-products were assembled at one 

 point for rendering, that we could more 

 than double our income from these prod- 

 ucts over present methods of disposition. 



It appears practical in certain areas 

 of the state where we have a concentra- 

 tion of plants to assemble these products 

 from, say, the slaughtering of animals for 

 30 locker plants. This raises the ques- 

 tion: How many animals are slaughtered 

 annually to supply 30 locker plants, what 

 is the volume of the raw by-products, 

 the volume of finished products from 

 these animals and their value? 



The total number of animals neces- 

 sary to supply 30 locker plants annually 

 is approximately 6,000 cattle and 18,000 

 hogs. The raw blood and raw offal from 

 this number of animals is: raw blood 

 322,000 pounds and raw offal 960,000 

 pounds. Farm slaughtering results in the 

 loss of practically all of this blood and 

 much of the offal. 



Recovery from the processing of these 

 by-products is a central rendering plant 

 and their market value can best be shown 

 in table form as follows: 



By F. A. GOUGLER 



lAA Director of Produce Marketing 



These calculations are made at pres- 

 ent market values for these products. A 

 study made by a representative of the 

 Farm Credict Administration of the op- 

 erations of 20 of our cooperative locker 

 companies, operating 50 plants during 

 1944, showed that the gross returns from 

 the sale of by-products amounted to $660 

 per plant which would amount to $19,- 

 800 for 30 plants. Another federal of- 

 ficial states that we should net from $12,- 

 000 to $15,000 more per plant through 

 the operation of our own rendering plant 



The basis for the above calculations 

 are from results accomplished by a small 

 midwest packing plant which kills 1,000 

 cattle and 2,000 hogs per week. Prior 

 to building its rendering plant, by-prod- 

 ucts were sold to rendering plants. The 

 net profit from these products to the 

 company was increased by $118,701.44 

 through processing in its own plant in- 

 stead of selling to rendering plant. In 

 the case of this plant, these by-products 

 moved directly from the slaughter room 

 into the rendering plant, therefore, there 

 were no hauling costs. 



At present locker plants are selling 

 what by-products they have as follows: 

 bones at Ic per lb., cracklings at 2i/^c per 

 lb., and tallow at 4c per lb. Thus an 

 average locker plant of 400 lockers nets 

 not more than $660 annually from its by- 

 products. By operating central slaughter 

 plants and a rendering plant, the returns 

 from by-products should be doubled. 



Raw Blood 322,000 lbs. Dried blood 

 Raw Offal 960,000 lbs. Tankage 



Tallow & Grease 



65,100 lbs. @ .048c — $3,124.80 

 240,000 lbs. ^ .0365c — 8,760.00 

 426,660 lbs. (a .0875c — 37,332.75 



Dr. W. L. Buriison. right recaircs a parch- 

 ment irom ■taif mambera in the agronomy 

 department at the U. of L citing hia leader- 

 ship as department head ior 25 years. 

 Dean H. P. Rusk oi the College of Agricul- 

 ture is making the presentation. On the 

 table in back oi Dean Rusk and Dr. Bur- 

 Uson is a cake with 25 candles and a gold 

 wrist watch presented to Dr. Burlison. In 

 the 33 years ot his aiiiliation with the 

 College of Agriculture. Dr. Burlison has con- 

 tributed in large measure to advances in 

 improTed crop production in the state and 

 porticularly to the research with com 

 hybrids and the soybean. 



Cooper Hiied As Plant 



Bleeder h\ Producers 



Robert R. Cooper, a graduate of the 

 U. of I. College of Agriculture in 1937, 

 and formerly assistant professor of 

 agronomy extension, Pennsylvania State 

 College, School of Agriculture, has 

 been employed as plant breeder for the 

 Producers' Crop Improvement Associ- 

 ation, Piper City. He will take up his 

 duties during the latter part of May. 



Cooper received his master's degree 

 in agronomy at the U. of I. in 1941, 

 writing his thesis on "First and Second 

 Generation Corn Hybrid." 



He joined the staff of the agronomy 

 department at the U. of I. in 1937 

 teaching a basic crop production course. 

 From June 1938 to September 1942, he 

 supervised Illinois Corn Performance 

 tests, and was senior author on the 

 1939-41 Illinois Corn Performance 

 Tests bulletins. He joined the staff of 

 the Pennsylvania State College in Jan- 

 uary, 1943. 



Total value 



$49,217.55 



The board of Producers' Locker Associ- 

 ation of Carbondale, Jackson county, has 

 authorized Manajjer Harold Brackett to have 

 plans and specifications drawn up for a 

 slaughter plant at Carbondale. It will be 

 built near the locker plant and is intended 

 to service the 7^0 patrons of that plant as 

 well as do custom slaughtering;. A poultry 

 feeding and dressing department will be in- 

 cluded in the plans. Manager Brackett is 

 also fitting up a kitchen where patrons may 

 bring their fruits and vegetables for proces- 

 sing under trained supervision. 



MAY. 1945 



