from the tankage, which includes all manner of "refuse," fertilizer and stock food; from the hoof comes buttons, hair pins, fertilizer, glue and fancy goods; from the oleo, oil, butterine and packages for putty, lard and snuff; from the tail, compound lard; from the intestines, sausage castings, gut skin hose and snuff packages; from the weasands, sausage casing, brewers' hose and snuff packages; from the bladder, casings and packages for putty, lard, snuff; from the tail, hair for mattresses and upholstering; from the bones, buttons, glue, handles and fancy goods; from the neat's foot oil, polish, leather dressing, lubricant and illuminant; from the bone comes bone meal, stock food, fertilizer, material for tempering steel, anhydrous ammonia and glue. The tongue, cheek, brain, lips, heart, liver, tail, sweet breads and tripe are all sold for meat. There is nothing wasted but the water or moisture in the carcass.
Besides this great establishment, there are several others not so large, but quite as active, as enterprising and useful to the community.