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BULLETIX 1086, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Smoke record of pickle-cured hams — Continued. 
Combined Results of Fori Worth and East St. Louis Smoke Records on Pickle-Cured Hams. 
Net 
Weight in weight 
smoke of cooled 
(pounds) . meat 
Total loss in 
smoke. 
Total loss from 
chiled fresh weight 
through smoke. 
(pounds). Pounds 
Oily: 
Fort Worth 2, 252 
St. Louis 2, 550 
Total 
Soft: 
Fort Worth 
St. Louis 
Total 
Firm: 
Fort Worth 
St. Louis 
Total 4 
4,802 
4,421 
381 
7.93 
63 
1.43 
2,260 
640 
2,063 
586 
197 
54 
8.72 
8.44 
21 
19 
1.01 
3.14 
2,900 
2,649 
251 
8.66 
40 
1.49 
2,255 
2,614 
2,056 
2,399 
199 
215 
8.82 
8.22 
18 
38 
.87 
1.56 
414 
8.50 
1.24 
The meat in the Fort Worth tests remained in smoke 20 to 21$- hours at a temperature 
of 124 to 125° F., while in the St.- Louis tests it remained in smoke 32 to 35 hours. 
The loss in smoke at the two plants, however, did not vary greatly. The average 
combined losses at the two plants were: Oily, 7.93 per cent; soft, 8.66 per cent; firm, 
8.50 per cent." This shows that the firm lost 0.57 per cent and soft 0.73 per cent more 
than the oily. 
When the gain by pumping and curing was considered with the loss in smoke the 
total loss from chilled weight through smoke was less than 15 per cent for each of the 
different grades of meat. 
Table 7. — Retaining "period of pickle-cured hams. 
Fort Worth. 
Oily 
Soft. 
Lot 
No. 
Weight 
cooled 
smoked 
meat 
(lbs.). 
Weight 
of meat 
24 hours 
after 
smoked 
(lbs.). 
Net weight at 
end of— 
Loss during re- 
taining period. 
Chilled fresh weight 
through retaining 
period. 
.lys 
547 
448 
485 
6 davs 
(lbs!). 
584 
543 
443 
479 
560 
524 
430 
458 
19 davs 
(lbs.). 
Lbs 
Per 
cent. 
Lbs. 
Per 
Yield. 
533 
503 
400 
422 
55 9. 35 
44 8.04 
4^ 10. 71 
63 12.99 
68 11.31 88.69 
47 8. 54 91. 46 
4S 10. 71 S9. 29 
73 14. 75 85. 25 
2,068 2,049 1,972 1,858 210 10.15 236 11.27 88.73 
547 
506 
480 
530 
.540 
502 
473 
525 
519 
4S2 
456 
504 
490 
459 
417 
465 
10.42 
9.29 
13.12 
12.26 
10.42 
10.70 
14.55 
13.08 
2,063 2,040 | 1,961 1,831 
232 11.25 
2.53 12. 14 
89.30 
S5.45 
S6.92 
87. S6 
3 
543 
519 
492 
502 
538 
513 
482 
498 
517 
490 
470 
479 
490 
462 
430 
439 
53 
57 
62 
63 
9.76 
10.98 
12.60 
12.55 
54 
65 
62 
72 
9.93 
12.33 
12. 60 
14.09 
90.07 
6 
9 
12 
87. 67 
87.40 
S5.91 
2,056 
2,030 
1,956 
1.821 
235 
11.43 
253 
12.20 
87.80 
