Animal products : their preparation, commercial uses, and value / by P.L. Simmonds.

  • Simmonds P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Animal products : their preparation, commercial uses, and value / by P.L. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CHAPTER III. PRODUCTS OF THE BOVINE TRIBE. I'AGE Cattle as food pi-oducers—Statistics of Cattle \\\ various countries—Oxen —Bisons—Buffaloes—Continental breeds of Cattle—The Yak—The Musk ox—Meat supply from Cattle—Salted meat—Dried meat- Dairy products—Milk, Butter, and Cheese—Rennet.... 77 CHAPTER IV. OTHER ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF CATTLE. Horns and hoofs—Horn comb manufacture—Horn buttons—Bones and their uses—The trade in Tallow—Soap—The trade in Hides-Leather manufacture-Tanning substances—Bookbinding and miscellaneous applications of Leather-Uses of offal, blood, glue-Cowhair-BoiUng down Cattle ...••••••■* CHAPTER V. THE DEER AND ANTELOPE TRIBES. Deer horns, their gi-owth and uses-Commerce in them-Deer skins- Deer hair-Varieties of deer—The Moose or Elk—The Reindeer- Numbers killed-The Stag-The Mudc deer and its perfume- Varieties of Antelopes-The Eland-The Springbok-Karosses or sldn cloaks-The Gnu-The Giraffe-Various species of Antelopes . i77 CHAPTER VI. FURS AND THE FUR TRADE. Eariy use of Furs-The chase of fur-bearing animals-No decrease in their numbers-Dymg and preparing Furs-The Hudson's Bay Company's dep6ts-Statistics of Furs imported—Commerce in Furs in the Umted States and Canada-Russia and France-Fur trade of Europe and the United Kingdom . . . . ■ CHAPTER VII. CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS. Uses of the Carnivora-Commerce in wild beasts-The Felines or Cat tribe, and their products-Lion, puma, tiger, panther, leopard iaguar, ocelot, wild and common cat-Trade in their skms-Chetah oi hunting leopard-Lynxes-Civet cats-Furs and economic pro- ducts of these animals 206 222