Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-10-17
Pronass Of Preserving Meats.

wv ANH l'NHNS.
Process Of Preserving Meats.
An official report Of the different
methods of curing meat has been laid
before the English Parliament, from
which we take the following:
Mr.. John Morgan, Professor Of An
atomy in the Royal College of Sur
geons in Dublin, Baron Won Lieblg, of
Munich, and Mr.. Sloper, of London,
have, by simple and efficacious adap-
tations of the principles Of science to
material purposes, made discoveries
which open new fields of industry,
t and which, if carried out with proper
energy and spirit, will work incalcu
liable benefits on mankind, and at the
same time develop the vast resources
of the South American republics.
MoRGAN's PROCESS.
The preservation of meat by Mr..
Morgans process can hardly be said
to have gone beyond the stage Of ex-
periments, which have, however, been
attended By the most signal success,
and it is a source of regret that the
|, working of the system should not
have been more actively followed up,
as ali samples oif Of the meat already for
, warded TO Liverpool have been eager
ily purchased. Since the month Of
! May Of last year, when operations
r were commenced, five hundred thous-
: and pounds Of beef and mutton have
: been shipped to Liverpool, and met
!. with ready sale at fourpence per
J. pound. The price, it is calculated,
D will be barely remunerative, owing to
1 the heavy expenses attendant on the
+ establishment of new business, but
e it is believed that it will leave a fair
Q profit when once the working is es-
c tablished.
III Mr. Morgan's process is based on
d forced infltration, and he has adopted
II the circulatory system of the body as
a means Of introducing the brine into
= the tissues. The method 10 simple,
). demands but little labor, and no ex
y pensive machinery The animal, If
Ie sheep, is killed by blow on the head
r. If an OK. by the insertion of the poin
of a knife at the back Of the head
" which sewers the spinal cord, an'
,r causes instantaneous death. The chcs
rs is then sawn open, and kept so by
ID cross-piece of wood, and the heart !
n exposed. An incision is made in tn
&c right ventrcle and anotherin the left
the blood being allowed to escape
&c when it has ceased flowing, pip
re with stopcock is introduced into tn
ia incision on the left vontricle of th
as heart, and so into the aorta, or gre'
cir vessel leading through the body, an
w is there firmly retained. This pipe
connected by a gutta percha flexib
m tube TO a barrel containing the tiui
ist to be injected, which is composed (
lte water and salt, Zone gallon of brine
We the cwt.) and quarter to half a poun
ay of nitre, carefully refined, and fixed |
ler an altitude of from eighteen to twei
M ty feet.
to The briny fluid being let ON, rush'
he out at the right side of the heart, a
.he ter travcrsing all the circulatQry o
ise rans, clearing the vessels and cap
The laries, and preparing the body for Il
fol- second stage, which is performed t
tf closing the incison in the right SIC
ull of the heart with a sliding forcer
lis and thereby rendering the circulatol
on. system perfect, with the vessels fr
ist- and ready to receive the preservati
mt. fluid A few seconds suffice for Z
of brine to infuse the whole body, whe
ice, by cutting the ear or hoof of the al
siv- NAL a stream of clear, pure brine, u
not tainted by a single particle Of bloc
rec will instantly be seen to flow. An
re. can be preserved in ten minutes, I
of pressure of the injection being frt
lcir 10 to II lbs. TO tho square inch, a
from II to II gallons of the fluid
lied injected; of course, considerably l.
or in sheep.
vice LrEBIG's PROCESS.
Near the small town of Fray-B
Is Of tos, La Plata, is the establishment
Ious the working of Baron Liebig's 81
d to tractum Carnis." This process
100 fcrs essentially from that employ
by Mr. Morgan, for the meat, inst'
4 as Of being preserved whole, is redu'
hen to an essence, and can consequen
as only be used as soup or stock
yed, strength can be estimated from
lrge fact that thirty-three pounds of m
nty are reduced TO one pound of essen
! Of which is sufficient 10 make broth