The Nevada journal., 1856-11-07

| 1ICkLE AND OAISCf
BusINEss.-We took occasion, few
days since, to visit the Pickle and To=
mato Catsup Manufactury of Augustus
DI Baker, near Davis street, between
Cd numerical and Sacramento. The
bui ilding in which the business is carried
on is 100 feet long, extending from street
to street, and 25 feet wide. 1t is filed
with barrels, kegs, boxes and bottles,
piled round in various parts, and all
md king an imposing show for the extent
and briskness of the business. On ex-
animation, we found that several de-
partments of manufacture were going
on within the compass of the establish
ment. Not only were the pickles cured
and the catsup boiled, but the vinegar
was made there, and the barrels and
kegs for packing purposes, &c. In
yard, at the west side of the building,
we re great number of hngsheads, con-
taing tomatoes, which had been crushed
by mill, and were thus exposed for
fermentation, previous to being made
into catsup. There were also number
containing pickles, covered with brine,
in the different stages of the curing pro-
cess. Several large tanks served the
purposes of kettles for boiling the tuma-
toes and for heating the vinegar. The
heat for these purposes was produced by
copper worms. conveying steam from a
small boiler, not far off, In another
part of the yard was a cooper shop, con-
nected with the establishment, in which
barrels and kegs were made for packing
the pickles in, but there was nothing
particularly remarkable about it. That
part of the business which is the most
peculiarly worthy ofmentionis, perhaps,
the vinegar mandatory.
The vinegar is made in portion of
the building partitioned off for the pur-
pose. A large number of hogsheads,
three high, are arranged in two rows,
with troughs conveying liquors to the
top ones respectively, and also long
troughs below into which trickle from
spickets in the lower hogsheads, the
drops or small streams of vinegar as it is
formed. As then lower troughs receive
the contributions of number of spickets
the stream of vinegar pouring forth at
their extremities is very considerable
We understand that 500 gallons are
made every day. On inquiry we learned
that the vinegar is made from water,
sour ale, wine or cider. A proper mix
ture is made of the water and liquor,
which is passed through the upper
troughs into the casks. These are filed
with shavings, which spread the liquor
over large surface. Air is admitted
by holes bored in the sides of the casks.
BY this arrangement the liquor is ex-
posed to the influence of the atmosphere
at a great advantage, and complete
and thorough fermentation takes place;
which becomes more complete as the
liquor passes from cask to cask. By
this mode it takes but about day to
complete the process, so that what to-
day may be bad ale may tomorrow be
good vinegar.
The extent of the pickle and catsup
bus siness carried on by Mr.. Baker is
promising. So far as we know, it is the
only manufactory of the kind in the
| State. 1t was commenced somewhat
mo re than year ago, and during las
year 1000 kegs of pickles were made
and disposed of by him at good prices:
This year prices are not SO good, but
still they justify the carrying on of the
usiness. The season commenced
about the first of September, and about
500 two-bushel sacks of cucumbers have
be en- received already. About 1000
sacks more are expected before the sea-
son closes. Of catsup about 100 barrels
haFe been made this season, and it is
expected to make 400 more. The
manufacture is now going on in all its
branches. In one part of the establish
ment the tomatoes are fermenting and
the pickles curing; in another, the cat
sup, &C., is boiling in another the vine
gar is making and in another the pack
ing and bottling process is going on;
giving the whole place very active,
bus siness-like appearance.
The cucumbers used at this establish
me mt are raised on a ranch rented for
the purpose, about two miles from Union
City, and some thirty miles from San
Francisco, and is brought up in small
schooners or sloops. The tomatoes, be-
ing comparatively cheap, are all bought
from third parties. During six months
of the year, the business gives employ
ment to about thirty men, and to fifteen
the balance Of the time 1t is of course
merely in its infancy yet, but must soon
become matter Of Importance. We
believe that importations of the articles
manufactured here have already been
affected by the home supply.-San
Francisco Bulletin.
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