Roosevelt Standard | 1943-07-22 | Page 3 | Agriculture in Industry

Agriculture in Industry By FLORENCE C. WEED Dead Animals Even the horse struck by lightning near the pasture fence or the cattle that die from disease have some commercial Rather than bury them on the farm in shallow trenches or washed-out gullies covered with the farmer can get rid of this nuisance by merely telephoning the rendering plant to send a Usually there is little or nothing unless the animal's hide has Once hi the rendering the dead animal is converted into a dozen commercial products that have found a market within the last 20 The hide may be salable either for leather or the hair or wool that can be scraped from Flesh is cooked to expel fats and greases which go into axle grease and other inedible tallow The problem of disposing of dead animals is not confined to the In a city the size of about dead animals must be disposed of ing dogs and Care of this refuse is handled by the city rendering plant which disposes of garbage and sells all possible by-products in order to cover the cost of the After the water and grease is pressed the solid part is ground and added to selected garbage and sold for feed for