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Concentrated soui)s made from waste ^r.al^sa water have a content
of 50;-52_`:; of dry :iatter, 5, of oil, and 8:,:,14.-,. of ^_iine^•al ;.^attex;
they are a. valuable animal-food nroduct, and are à.dded to plant fodder
and. combina.tion feeds.
=.OC^SS7:l.G OF ?J='I'i't; W"iALI, CARCASSES
Str9.p_oing_the blubber.
Large wooden blocks are used in stripping
the blubber from white whale hides. A large wooden roller j00 mm in
diameter and 2,500 mm long is installed 1,200-1,500 mm from the lower
edge of a block set on a stand about 4.00 mm high. Before the khorovina
is strip-ped some longitudinal cuts are made in it, so that it loses its
elasticity. ^-L'he pr_i.mary blubber..--stripping i s done on an accessory wooden
roller.
block.
As the stripping continues the khorovina is i,ullecJ. up on the
As soon as the head-thickening (the foreheadj has been pulled.
to the upper edge of the block the final scraping begins. When the
middle part of the khorovina has been scraped, the frontal part is out
off at the level of the blow-hole, and further scraping is continued.
blubbex.
}3lubberÿprocessinC is done in t^>e same way as with ^inr_ipede
Veterinary and technical oils are obtained from white whales.
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The hides of white whales are salted in two operations. Preliminary
bench-•-salting lasts for five days, after which the "armour" layer
(external thickened part of the derpais j is easily removed.. ^-,^he amount
of salt used in the preliminary salti.ng is 15% of the weight of the
hide.
The hides are stacked with the flesh sides togel;her. They are
then laid out on benches to have the amour removed with trowels specially
ada.pted for that purpose.
When freed from the armour, the hides are --gain stacked and
salted t•ritn a solution of salt weighing from 4.0;":. to 50;.; as much as the
hides.
The stacks should not be more than one metre in height. The
hides are piled with the flesh side up. That salting lasts for ten to
twelve days.
Excess oil is squeezed out of them with a tupik. The
average weight of a wet-salted white whale hide is about 20 kg.
^'rocessin{; of ti hite i•haleflesh.
The flesh of white whales is
used a s animal food. At present the principal metilod of processing it
is salting.
The dose of salt applied on board ships is 5iL) of the weight
of the flesh in winter and about 10; in sumiaer. The carcasses must
also be salted inside.