The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-01-20

Accompany has been formed in Baltimore
for the purpose ofcondensiug milk, and the
article produced is received with favor in
the city. There are two kinds manufactured;
one is the milk reduced to about half its
bulk by boiling the other has sugar added
to it. and is reduced to thick pasty sub.
stance. put up in email tin cans, and sent
to the distant markets. TO be used ia the
armies, on sea voyages, &c.
| The mandatory above referred to is st
York, Pa. We give below, from CORES.
pondent, an account ofthe manner 10 which
the condensed milk is prepared. There
must be pure air and water, and plenty of
ice also q steam boiler and engine.
Milk is brought by teams to the door, in
| cans specimen of each mess is marked
and set away in tin basin, to test its quail
| ity then the milk is poured through @
strainer into square vat holding several
barrels, and q large piece OF ice is put in.
| Another vat, several feet lower, partlyflled
with clear water, contained Ii bright brass
cans, with handles to each In these, /
believe, was the nights milk. The morn.
ing's milk was run through hose into the
| brass cans, where the milk looked quite
creamy, and as if it would be good with
light bread. In the bottom of this vat is
an opening that permitted steam to enter 8
it was let on /; the water began to bubble !;
the room was filed with steam, and thare
was great roar. Soon the water began
violently to boil, and in due time the milk
was scalded. The degree to which it was
heated they wished me to keep secret,
which ] will do--for though they told me,
have forgotten it.
Meanwhile, the cans iE which the milk
was FIRST received were scalded by being
placed over jets OF steam and cold water.
The vat and the hose were steamed. The
floor had been running with hot and cold
water. It was neatly mopped up, and wa.
ter nowhere was to be seen except in little
CUTTERS across the floor, which run night
and day. All the work hero was done by
men. 5ig6 ae M taa f7othala
Next large tin vat, holding several bar.
rels, was brought up, when q can of the
heated milk was poured into it, and then
two men add to it q barrel OF nice white
sugar, and the whole was thoroughly stir
red. Now wooden vat stands close by,
with coiled tube in the bottom into
this the rest OF the brass cans are emptied,
and afterward the sweetened milk in the
tin can poured in. The work now pro-
ceeds with great rapidly Steam is let in.
to the coiled tnbe !; the mass is constantly
stirred with long paddle, asd it Hoams,
and is as snowy white and featbery as when
first it was MIXED by fair or at least by
quick, hands. 1t boils. On q sudden il
rises to the top OF the vat, and even above
the edge, in huge cap Of whits foaIn.-
Certainly it viii run over.
Beyond this vat. and several feet above.
is globnlar copper vacuum boiler with all
sorts Of c0ntrivances around il. One Of
them is thermometer. another glass
window. It will hold several barrels, and
the air has been exhausted from it by the
working Of the engine. A pipe connects
the last vat with this boiler The connec-
tion is made, and immediately the milk be-
gins to rise into the vacuum boiler Then
the temperature OF the milk is reduced TO
about l3O degrees, and yet it bols violently,
as one can see BY looking into the little
window. II is said there is not heat
enough to cook an egg. The point at
which water commonly boils is 2l2 degrees,
but the above result arises from the ab-
sence of atmospheric pressure.
Here the milk is kept from two to four
hours, or till it reduced to one-Fourth ofits
original weight. Then it is drawn off
through the bottom into few cans aud
taken up TO the packing-roou, whore it is
put into pound cans and sealed. In sp.
pearance it was about as thick as the white
OF an egg, aud it had blush color. It is
said TO keep for years in any climate. /
did not taste OF it. .sJ efe 1.f..a-I.Is
Milk is also condensed in this way with
out sugar, but il will not keep so Tong
Another preparation is made with coffee in
il, all ready to drink when diluted with
hot water. ElHt8