The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
ARE WEEATING BUTTER?
AN rEsTJGATION OF THE NEW
PRODUCT OF ANIMAL FAT.
OLEvMARGAHINE.
It IL Now SOLD All over the City by the
Retail GrOcers.

It IL Now SOLD All over the City by the
Retail GrOcers.
nnlnnce hna been so closely 10 the heels Of
Nature one is now somewhat puzzled to know
whore the artificial begins and tho natural
ends The doors opened by chemistry have ex-
posed such broad fields Of harvest. such rare
and unexpected regions Of tho possible. 1t Is al
most unsafe to pronounce anything among the
things that cannot be.
An exam pie OF this Is the now product. cleo
margarine. When 1t entered the Geld the ira
ditional miIkmaid tripping through dewwet
pastures. with sunny smile on her lips and
roguish twinkle In her eye, vanished. and then
came up the vision Of hydraulic presses and
steam churns. The lowing kine gave way to
the ruff OF the engine. and tho boy who let
down the bars at the meadow fence has stepped
aside for the stoker and engineer. Although
much has been said about this oleomargarine.
yet com par atively but little is known here Of
THE PROCESS
by which 10 Ia manufactured.
On the seventeenth Of July. 1869. Hippolite
Mege of Paris. France. after conducting an
elaborate number OF experiments on fat. petit
toned for patent at the ofaoe of the Commits
sioner Of Patents. in London. England. for the
invention Of the Preparation and Production
was granted to him on the frst OF January.
1870 The object OF tho invention. IA stated by
Mcgee, "is to make neutral products new by
their nature and superior In quality" THE
Invention II based on the deduction Of modern
science, which provep. fret. that odoriferous
colo'ing matters. volatile and, becoming
developed ! y The action Of the organized tissues
pd 9? ra at Che
milk. called butter. are only fatty bodies from
fat modified first. by it's cellular tissue, and
sferward by the organized tissues OF the I'D
Sin applying these facts industrialy there is
Obtained fr IN suet. first. virgin fat, without
bodies: seer nd. variety Of true butter taken al
Its source. formed rs In ordinary lactation, and
SUPERIOR to bgtter from milk by tho length OF Its
"A d, scrl, ton Of Mege's process was pub
aished ~ Paris In 1877, ana 1t came to the notice
ity Tor mbibinR others ideas. Paraf til is same
itnay be remembered. 10 the person who stole
his fathers discovery Of the process Of manu-
the lap Of DeIilah In New York. He v also in n"
dive faclory on an original plan. Which opera
tion cost the speculative Senator some 100000
and since b. has turned up In Peru. trying to
nefos the NATIVES nto wth Ills Invention for turn
This Paraf saw that Mege's process was a
aor OF p9 his invention. 80 on hprI g. ss he
took out patent for an Improvement In purify
ing and separating fats.
"A int stock company was soon formed and
the profit Of the venture. Nine months after
tie production OF salsbs oleomargarne other
bo much for the origin OF the article. and now
IT'S MANUFACTURE.
The process used to manufacture oleomarga-
zine butter may be very briefly described as
tauI fat. fresh from the animal, is imme-
diatey soak \, In water after being thoroughly
tlen melted ut the lowest possible temperature
and aliowed 10 settle. when the adipose Nom
! ;Faave. The fat is then drawn OF and al owed
70 gradually cool and cry aiine, when Y is sub
da TO b. whsa the ste "a; is
etc, leaving the clear oil separated. This oil is
next agi,a'.d With milk and annatto in ohurn,
equalization. After the lee In contact with the
cong, aled product has melted II Is put back in
the Ct urn a. d aRitated again with milk, when 1t
taste and requirements: 1t will be seen by the
above ,saription that the two principal points
r cn VI ha OIL at low and seeapd
tn churning OF the oil with milk to make but
ter; ,,oss ,vo had or.vo oorht. about .,,s
new scien ifc butter. One naturally has a dis
tas e for a'y change in the way OF having an
artificial compound FOR what since
THE DAYS OF MOSES.
we have ALWAYS looked upon as being the purest
nd mot nj urishirg product Of the animal.
The ordinary mind does not take kindly to such.
and TO overcome old prejudice requires some
W. rade the experiment however. visiting
the depot of Mr.. Chas. J. Wells. az No. SO Poy-
as t here iOG
Wells have called to-day for the purpose of
insp citing - me OF this new artificial butter.
Would you DO kind enough to show me
Mi. w.-Certainly. sir. certainly. Step this
And he led us to where there were large
number If kegs and f1rkins. Selling fryer
h. i serted It into q keg aud withdrew 1t.
There. .ir, there is oleomargarine. the butter
Wesmelled Of 1t. It had all tho creamy fra
GRANGE of Orange county or Goshen. The color
the repor or The consistency was that of the best
natural tier. 1t was thought there light be
about It 4 tallowy stickiness that would render
the eye the nose and the mouth. 1t would be
pronoun ed even BY good Judges as the verita-
bic product Of Durhams and Jerseys.
Rp-Do you sell much OF this here as yet
MIR. YVES. sir. We sell Q great deal and the
twenty five to forty t,rkins day. and the trade
SOON BIZ DOUBLED.
You see we can put 1t on the market for % cents
per pound, and great many are using it now
WHO never heard Of it three months ago.
Rep.-What class Of people buy it,
NJ. Wy, u would be surprised to hear it
taurants iase 1.-THE boarding house keepers
saloon Keepers. retail grocers and some Of the
best private families Some mix 1t with West
ern butter. half and half to give the butter a
good flavor not the oleomargarine but most
use II just So. There's no detecting it, you see.
and hey save from ten to fifteen cents per
pound ~ using It.
Rcp-You do not sell 1t as butter. though. do
ycu2
NJ. W-No sir; as you see. the brand is very
flain on the keg. What the
RETAIL DEALERS SELL IT
for Of course cannot say. One thing do
knew however that there was consignment
the parties went on the levee and scratched
that name of. in order to sell 1t ae butter here.
canno sa, Now how much has been and is being
received Ms deslers may order 1t in any guam
titles and he capacity Of the factory is very
greet. One factory turns out daily about 60. 900