New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-30

Let me now speak Of an important depart
ment in which real progress has been effected Al
the London Exhibition, much interest was mani
tested in and God Medal accorded for the process
b. which Mr.. G. Borden Of Texas managed 70 con
deDfe large amount of human food into very
small compass, boiling several pounds Of meat anG
bread or -four into a srlsl biscuit, which "Ohld
retain its virtues for yea in any climate les Would
be made available and palstbe az any MON enl by
tie simple addition Of boiling water AKIN 70 lAis'
but Of still wider usefulness, is the process OF NJ
Mason, perfected by Partisan firm, whereby all
vegetables are in Ike manner Preserved ana rem
deIed portable The process consists mainly,
SIN informed, in the slow and complete evapOra-
ton Of the water contained in the esculents 10 be
preserved by means of a series Of ovens, in
which they are subjected first to very gentle,
afterwsTd to a higher, but still moderate
warmth until the last particle Of moisture has ex
hailed The dried residuum is now simply packed
in papers, mot alright cans,) where it may re-
main Tor years upder any skies, subjected TO any
SUDDEN alterations Of temperature, and when
opened requires only 10 be soaked in water to re-
store il to its original state. see no reason why
fruits may not in time be operated on with Ike
success, and thus peaches, grapes, straw berries,
pneapples, c., be enjoyed not merely a. all sea
sons but in all climates, and whaler frozen up in
Lancaster Sound make his Christmas dinner Of
turtle soup, roast fresh) beef green peas, cucum-
delicacies Of New York or Paris of ersry season.
This process, | learn, has now been several years
in use, until its success the largest scale is no
longer question. presume it has ere this been
traLspanted to the United States if not il speed
lily should be. 1t is of far more consequence to
mankind than the fate of SevastopOl
am told that Hungarian has invented a kin
bred process for preserving the Potato which
valuable as il is, especially in view Of ts cheapness
is nevertheless rendered far less widely available
than il should be By reason of it's bulk and its per
ishable nature But both these qualities are due
10 the great proportion Of water it cOntains-about
seven el hths, if my memory serves OF its entire
weight Tie HungarianF process, like Massens,
divests tie potatoes Of their water, and reduces
them to a dry powder like Indian meal which may
be cheaply transported any distance and viii keep
in any climate tun Of potatoes being reduced to
less than three hundred weight OF the potato meal
which can at once be restored to the state of
mashed potatoes by simply boiling in fresh water.
my TecOllectiOns of sOggy potatoes mpel me to
caution the cooks against the addition of too
much water) 1t strikes me that this invention OF
discovery, if it be what it processes ought at once
to be extensively employed in our country cover
ing the arabic slopes and glens of all our noun
tains with fields of potatoes and thence filling our
cities and sea-coast towns with cheap and whole
some food. Who viii take hold Of the matter
1t is certainly months since heard that doc
tor in Troy had perfected process whereby milk
could be evaporated into a cake which would with
stand the action OF air, yet could be restored TO
tie condition Of fresh, sweet milk by the mere
addition of pure hot or cold water. | see nothing
of that process here; yet here, if it he what it
claims, it certainly should be. Always sick at sea
my self, | have still prejudice against the milk OF
Tea. sick COWS; yet even this is urattalnabe by
the great majority of vOyagcrs. Thousands of chill
dTen die annually long sea-yOyages from the eff
fects of crude, improper diet and an unfailing sup
ply Of good milk would save a large part OF them.
] intreat shippers, and especially the owners OF
passenger ships, to look thoroughly into this mat
ter. If the Troan's process does not answer, per
haps that of Massen or the Hungaran's affords the
hint for better
Let me not close without an expression of graft
tude to Mr. Goodyear for his display of the virtues
and uses of caOutchOuc, which so creditably fills
large share of the space stu LETT TO our country
in the main Palace. We are sufficiently accus-
toned in America TO Rubber OvercOats, shoes,
halls tnbeg. sc. but Mr. c. has filled sew
eral courts with specimens of his av Orle material
turned to account in the shape of pont00ns for
bridges combs of all sorts, handles to all manner
of knives, gunstOcks, setting for lewery, musical
instruments, and as a substitute for hne wood
ebony, bone horn, pearl, &C. which reflect honor
on lis native land. As vencering Tor pianos o1-
IeauF, ana furniture generally, duo az lOn sro"i0
work Tor inlaying, his preparations OF caOutcnOuc
seem TO be perfect, and are said to bid dehance 10
water. oil, acids or any heat short of actual com
bustion. He has also private house opposite the
palace splendidly furnished, the sole material being
caouicbOuc, except where glass is or tissues are
Indispensable If lie bad affixed prices 10 all his ar
ticles on exhibition the public might judge as now
ii cannot how far these adaptations Will prove OF
sensible and general utility. understand that for
musical instruments and for casiDgs TO opera
glasses. &C., they have already won the need they
strive for being proved peculiarly lnsensble to at
mosplerc influences, heat and cold included.
learn that there is one American firm (Smith
Il Henderson, in this city which, at its whalebone
mandatory thirty miles distant employs eight
hundred persons, turning out beside other pro-
ducts) FIVE thousand pairs of shoes Per day Among
its hands are twenty Yankees employed as
foremen of the various shops, and in the practical
instruction of the French employees. inns Is by
no means a solitary case, and yet two-thlrds OF
Europe have no idea that America ever taught
Europe anything, or is ahead Of the Old World IN
any art whatever
intended to speak of the display Of Agrcultu
raj Machinery and Implements, but must leave
that subject for another letter, only speaking here
of some incidents of the past week The hrst
will nete was trial of Flows made last Saturday at
Guienen, they " Imperial" College of Agriculture,
some twenty-five miles west of Paris. great
number of Plows were taken from the Exhi
bition and tried here, and that OF the Messrs
Howard, Bedford, England, was pronounced
the most effective | understood Mr. James
Howard one of the makers, 10 state that,
as carefully tested by the dyrOnometer, on clover
sod. being drawn BY two smartly walking horses
il turned furrow ten inches wide and
six and half deep, with medium draft OF only
1S2 pounds OF little more than half its own