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N J' W O ft IT II A IV VII t-C9 (Eml1- ffcl 1 - "fir Ink. 1 ja 2.ro HBK-. jo's M yaji'" gj JgJ'iTni a Spo IK ! ill vJiN'tl m MH& 111 r " IT K P TiiiF ' 'r'lil 1 Vi HEAD 1 ROOM PUMP I ROOM TANK ROOM STOCK ROOM STOCK PROOF Packers' Profits Are Large A dispatch to the Chicago Record- Herald, under dato of Kansas Citv., March. 12, says: "Cuthbert Powell, commercial editor of the Journal, and for moro than a quarter of a century in closo touch with the packing house and live stock interest of the west, has prepared an articlo, based on accuralo figures to show that Commissioner Gariield was in error when he reported that pack ers make a profit of only 99 cents a head. "Mr. Powell's investigation shows that the average net profit to the packers, instead of 2 per cent on the price of the cattie, is $7.41 a head, or 15 per cent on the price of cattle, and that this profit is turned over every two to four weeks twelve to twenty-four times a year. "'Of course says Mr. Powell, 'all cattle do not kill out alike, some gross ing more than others. They net all the way from fifty-two to sixty-two pounds to the hundred pounds in clear meat, tho latter being the percentage for choice export steers. "'The following figures aro based upon the year's killing of a big west ern packing plant, representing all grades coming to it in that time, and are eminently fair, including as many or more cheap and medium cattle as better ones: Value of the Offal "Slaughter offal of cattle and its market value: tn cc 0 A u o Pi -3 U Pi 3 x d a 3 n a CD u 0 p (D r 1 cl r fl4ii.M$7:26 70112.501 8,75 75 10.75 8.08 50(10.25 5.12 Hides, native, av., cured Texans, av., cured Colorados, av., cured. .-. Cows, av., cured Bulls, av., cured SO 9.00) 7.20 Yield of Fats "This gives an average of $7.32 per head. The following shows the yield of fats from a week's killing of 6,000 native steers averaging 1,205 pounds; crude fats, 86 pounds; finished prod uct, 69 pounds: pound, worth about 9 1-3 cents a pound, or 7 cents per head for tho horns. Other Returns Tho other offal is represented as follows: Value A i - : m a A D P TJ u o . P. w 2 a t CD X 3- a o p. u C3J Pi D $1.12 CREAM SEPARATOR TRFP IBCjgjJ Ths is a genuine ' ' OBcr inauc 10 inirouucc iuc r coiic Cream Separator in every neigh borhood. It is the best and simplest in the world. We ask that you show it to your neighbors who have cowb. c.rtri wmf am on1 the name of the nearest freight office. Address PFOPLES SUPPLY CO. Dent, 17T. KANSAS CITY. U9. lag II KFRUITBOOK shova in NATURAL COIORS and accuratelv describes 216 varieties of fruit. Send for our terms of distribution. Wo vutMQreuIttBMu StarkBroV, Loalikmae. , j ! ' Join tho Primary club. r Stearine 14 8.00 Stetfrtne (extra) 25 9.25 . 2.31 Oleo oil, Nos. 1 and 2 19 8.625 1.63 Tallow 11.4.625 .50 HTotal value per head, $5.56. "This yield includes all -the trim ming fats and those from the tongue, neck, tripe, etc. "The horns average two pounds In weight; No. 1 horns are worth $275 per ton; No. 2, $185; No. 3, $100. The average Js $186.66. The average pair of horns weighs three-quarters of a Weight, pounds, Blood 91 Switches .".., 1 Neatfoot oil 1 Hoofs Skulls .... .. 71 Jaws 1 Knuckles , . 2 Shins 2V Glue 3.1 Bladder Each Heart Each Liver Each Cheek meat 4.4 Weasand ...- ':.. 6.3 Ox lips 7 Tongue meat 1 Sweetbreads ,31 Tripe 1 Tails 2 Brains 77 Tongues 5.1 Casings Averago value of hides........ Average value of fats Ayerago value of offal per head, cents. 16.200 3,125 10.800 .625 8.400 1.200 2.400 6.560 30,000 1.500 3.500 3.500 13.200 4.720 .880 2.000 6.850 6.500 2.500 1.150 40.000 ,30.500 $ 7.32 , 5.56 , 2.26 Total $15.14 "It is plain from these figures why the little houses can not prosper. Tho small offal and the fats yield the big houses a profit of $7.82 per head, which is mostly lost by the little killer. And when the value of the cured hide is added, the largo packing companies receive a gross income from the side products of $15,14. Native steers on the hoof, average 1,205 pounds, and dressing 58 per cent In killing, make 700 pounds of clear meat, were sell ing on this market $4.75 per hundred weight, which would make their cost at the yard on tho hoof $57.23. .Taking from this the value of tho offal, shown above to be $15.14, and tho cost of the net carcass to the packer is $42.09. "Now for this carcass, the same date, packers were receiving an average of 7 cents per pound. This would give .for the 700 pounds of meat $52.50 for the average. Killing, tho cost of which approximately is 50 cents per head, leaVes $52 net for the carcass. De ducting from this $42.09, the cost of the live animal, after allowing $15.14, the value of the offal, and there re mains a gross profit to the packer of $9.91 per head. "But there "are the general expense of the plant and extraordinary disburse ments to be accounted for, and $1.50 per head on cattle will be allowed for this, which is a very liberal estimate. Still there remains $7.41 per head net profit to the packers. "Applying the average profit of $7.41 on cattle, 20 cents on hogs, 50 cents on sheep and 50 cents on calves, to tho total number of head killed in a year by the combine packing houses, gives a total profit of $47,727,412. Figuring upon the total capitalization, undoubt edly heavily watered, of $110,500,000, (we have 43 per cent." NOT SO YOUNG HIMSELF Senator Pettus, of Alabama, though he will be 84 years of age next July, is still wonderfully rugged and active. Some time ago he was ambling along Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, when he saw an old lady trying to cross the street in face of a gale of wind. The senator gallantly escorted her to the sidewalk, whereupon she thanked him and said: "I hope, sir, tbnf. when vou are as old as I am you willed tho3e who are. willing to as sist you when In trouble." "Tnank you, madam," said the -senator. "I hope so, too. But how old aro you, may I ask?" "S'ixty-four, sir," was the tremulous reply.- "Ah! I am 83," said the senator, as he lifted his hat and ambled along. Kansas City Journal. 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