Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-02
IFrom the Reading Eagle.l
Stating Butter from Fat.

= R0pn1Aa amepast expsrments have been made
in trying 70 make butter out of fat. Hon. Isaac
Ech1Et WucaiVed a letter q few days ago from New
York on this subject.
Ths f0llOWing description is given of the pro-
cess used in making artificial butter; The lat,
which may be extracted from any " beef creature"
. whon Billad-coW, steer, OK, &e,-is reduced by
ans machinery into a very line pulp. Before leay-
ing the slAughteT-ohusa it Is washed perfectly
a%can and brought 10 the works OF the company,
v,sb the animal hoat still in il, which lnsuIes its
irosh Vsas. Before using the fat, however, the an
sl h,Nak h extracted. The machines used in re-
dnoIng 4 70 fat 70 fine pulp consist of knives
s.svgorafed piats, much after the fashion OF our
ansage euttlVss although 1t u liner than the or
W T'kSFt chuDpaV NJ machine. By theso machines it
al reduced al the rate Of twelve hundred pJunds
Dor hour 10 9 sem i-Auid or oil. II is then trans
t~rred 10 Vats. vhilh contain a foot OF water By
80 ala Of steam 1t IL brought to oil.
T'ha entire mass Is then raised very nearly to
~ femDsratuFe Of blood heat, about ll9 to ll2
dSgFees Fahrenheit, coil Of stream pipe being
pIaeoA In the water for that purpose The men
engagad In the manufacture are EsPt agltaIlng II Il
S@sfe and ahetly after all the pieces OF refuse o
ss1crapP sink and what is Left consisting OF fat oI
YnFo stearlne and Oleine, what the butter is made
from. rises % the top Of the water. The oil i
thSa gathered from the surface OF the water, and
haVlfa been removed 20 a cooling vat it is allowed
~ rosain til Il reaches q certain consistency re-
0uisita Cor iSs proper working. When 1t Is sum
Siontlv chilled it 4 putin muslin bags, holding
Hhout thFas poands each, and subjected to . very
haaVy pressure by large iron presses. eight feet
loaG u twelve feat high. After being pressed !
hoeoaaas puFa oil or what IL known a. the OIL o
hufksrS This process separates the steaTne iron
fha al. laAVing the former about So per cent II
fhe esses. This slearine was sold as the write
waa iniormad, 70 candle manufacturers at tn
esSA C twdlga eenta per poand, and Is much pre-
111a1 % TIE mAtsFial ordinarily used for tina
IL AfsE tha saana have bSen pressed the oleinc
Snrcad through them, and Is removed by sma
tronaha 70 another vat Any little impurine
which may nov have accumulated are removed
and The on is perfectly pure. The oil Is then r
moved BY pipe o. SMALL tube TO the dalry-roon
HheFo u & allowed 10 cool TO sixty degrees, "a
removed into an ordinary ehuFn. A small p
4, 6snAago OF proportion Of water or soms milk
than Sdd0d, although the latter b preferred, oW
Ing e ~ possessing actual aeidity necessary
ths nr0neR working Of butter.
The Eoom ID eighteen feet square, with donb
Walia, the apaes botueen being hlled with saWdn'
A ahAA suspended from the ceiling, Is supple
VIA aumeisnt quantity Of Ice, which PFodnc
~ aenirod aaect IN mainia mag the tsmpeEatrl
~ nnifoEm low rata. About fifteen poun
olnina. with the aonE milk ami slight amou
a snnaalD fused for eoloring purposes) are p
into eho ohaFn. Afaeg ehnEning Of from tenr
0nasn mlnutss, batker Il produced. Ice y ate
poured into The chuFn where the butter cor denS
ana la e thea removed to large tables, six 3eee
tour IN slzs whore Il is carefully worked.