Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-28


mice. and other substances. To all Irl-
bune readers we-would recommend TO
preserve the paper that contains this ac-
count and give it a very careful pc
rusal.
The inventor and patentee is Mr. Can
Borden, who has several condenslng es-
tablishments under his control, the larg-
est of which is at Wassaic, n. Y, on
the Harlem railroad, about 80 miles
from New York city. The company
have this year contracts with over Oh
farmers 70. the daily delivery of 10000
quarts of milk, six days In the week, at
tn rec cents quart. 1t is required
to be carefully strained and thorough
ly cooled upon the farm by ice, or cold
spring water, some hours before 1t Is
hauled to the factory, because it will in
lure in closed cans if carried while 1t
contains animal heat. Our limits will
not allow us to describe the process OF
condensation, but simply to remark that
by boiling IN pacuO, 5000 quarts are re-
duced to 800, or to l, in about three
hours and a half, put up in cans, ana
sold in New York at 80 cents quart
It is mentioned as a very curious fact,
that although only four quarts are CON
densed TO one, when pure water is added
to reduce the article again TO milk, 1t Is
invariably found that it requires four
quarts of water, and that the milk is
then better than what is really pure
milk as drawn from the cows, and far
better than much that is sold as pure
milk.
The Wassaic factory has capacity of
condensing 1900 quarts Of milk day,
and during part of the summer Of
1864 has used 10000 quarts day AS
the demand of city customers is only
sufficient to take small portion of this,
the remainder is manufactured into con
densed milk preserved The preserved
milk will keep an indefinite length of
time. It's period has not yet been deter
mined.
Now, what preserves it? Sugar sim
ply. Nothing is added in substance OF
manufacture but pure, double refined
sugar, which has this curious effect up
on the milk: it causes it to part with a
greater portion of it's water, so that a
pound of milk and sugar combined act
ually occupies less space than a pound
of milk without sugar, This result,
though familiar to the chemist, is curl
Gus to the reader who may not be ia
miiiar with the fact that q given meas
ure of two substances may be combined
and then occupy only the space previ
ously occupied by one.
Besides milk, the most important, OF
rather the most used, article is condensed
extract of coffee. 1t is one of the great
est af all conveniences connected with
food in camps. Wherever hot water
and a tin cup can be had, an excellent
cup of coffee can be made in one minute
For convenience, comfort, and economy
particularly in hot weather, in private
families, this condensed coffee cannot be
too highly recommended. The only
preparation that is necessary for the
morning coffee is to place a pitcher OF
hot water upon the breakfast table. In
the preparation of the article the coffee
berry is roasted, ground, clarified, and
decocted, condensed and mixed with
preserved milk and sugar, SO that wher
a teaspoonful is dissolved in coffee cul
full of hot water the beverage is il
good condition for drinking.
After four years experimenting MIR
Borden has satisfied himself that the
apple crop of the country can be easily
converted into condensed article
which will readily find market anc
be of real advantage in hygienic poin'
of view to the human family. any
In the autumn of 1868, the factory o
,Wassaic purchased of the farmers o
that vicinity $4,000 bushels of apples a
twenty-five cents bushel. They were
required to be good sound cider apples
4 ufClCau NIbbVds ASt5ulo ~
q ther qualities, whether sweet or sour
la. ,se or small, hard or soft, so that non,
we, ue rotten AS fast as they arrived
the, ywere ground and pressed, as though
Cor c ieaer, and as rapidly as possible, ant
befor the juice could be affected by thu
atmos phere, it was clarified and con
densed, seven to one and then drawn OF
and co. pied, when 1t becomes clea
jelly, of ~ pleasant acid favor, OF jus
the right consistency for table use o
any ordinary purpose.
For sea stores, to be used as an anti
scorbutic, this Gelee de pomsse is one 0
the most valuable preparations ever dis
covered. For the Sanitary Commissioi
and in our army hospitals, 1t is spoken
OF as perfect god send" 1t is simply
condensed fruit. One Of It's excellen
qualities is, that IT will keep in any eli
mate, unsealed. Its better preserved
than apple sauce" or "apple butter,
and It Is universally palatable, With