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Improving Methods and Facilities for Cattle Slaughtering Plants in the Southwest (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Donald R. Hammons

 
9780365747260: Improving Methods and Facilities for Cattle Slaughtering Plants in the Southwest (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

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Improved work methods and plant layout can reduce costs for the typical plant slaughtering 100 cattle daily by 50 cents a head or annually. Tnls reduction is based on the typical dressed weight slaughter ratio of 50 percent of the carcasses weighing from 150 to 349 pounds, 40 percent from 350 to 599 pounds, and 10 percent from 600 to 900 pounds. Labor and equipment requirements vary with these weight groups.

The total labor and equipment cost per 100 cattle for performing plant operations with typical work methods is as compared to with improved work methods. The labor cost with typical work methods is the equip ment cost, The labor cost with im proved methods is the equipment cost, All of the reduction in the costs for slaughtering with improved methods and layout occurs in the cost of labor. The equipment costs are slightly higher.

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