The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-04-14
No. l6.
stance exactly like fresh yellow but
ter, and the ice has been entirely ab,
surhed

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This box on small wheels is rolled
off aud enptied into horizontal
trough, through which runs an axle
with iastended teeth projecting from
it, and as the axle revolves these
teeth press or work all the water out
of the substance or mixture; and
from this trough it is taken by hand
(its first haudling) and thrown upon
a large table, backwards andooforth, upon
which, by means of cog gearing runs
a heavy iron fanged roller: which
works it that much more, and presses
all the water out upon the table,
which being slightly inclined allows
the water to run of. At this work
ing it is salted, and handled by turn
ing it around and around so as to
present every possible atom of it to
the pressure of the roller, that it
may be deprivedsof all its water.
FROM this table it is thrown by
hand into fue leading to a room be-
low, where it is packed into kegs,
boxes and kits marked and shipped.
When it is sent to Charleston the
euphonious name of Oleomargarine is
left off; your green grocers and ripe
grocers buy it and sell it as butter,
and your citizens eat it and enjoy it
as "gilt edged Goshen"
I asked the president of the COM
pany where was his best market. He
replied, "the Southern cities, espe.
cially New Orleans.
After the committees had spent
near two hours examining this man,
ufactory and we're talking of returning
to Washington from Baltimore, where
the factory described is located, the
company insisted We should dine with
them. The inyitation was accepted,
and as We sat down to dinner the host
announced that he had by order of
the company procured few pounds
of the best butter from the best
creamery in Delaware and as many
pounds Of the oleomargarine and
placed them in cakes promiscuously
upon the table.
Within reach to my right upon the
table was a round cake of Beautiful
butter. On my left sat a North
western friend who comes from land
better than Goshen, and within his
reach to the left was square cake Of
as beautiful, and perhaps somewhat
darker colored butter. While dining
we enjoyed butter from both plates
and pronounced them both ''gilt
edged" Presently my Alderney friend
said, "Aiken, one Of these cakes is
oleouargarine, and I can prove it to
you" Taking little from the round
cake and spreading it upon his bread,
he remarked, "Now don't you see
that this is butter? see how beauti-
fully smooth it spreads p Then tax
ing as much from the square cake and
spreading it, be said, Don't you see
how fatty and globulous the surface
looks? | am sure that is not butter"
When We had dined the landlord
was asked how he distinguished the
cakes? Said he, "the square cakes
are butter, and the round cakes are
from the factory and are oleomargine."
The president of this company said
he would defy the most delicate 2 l.
ate or most experienced eye to dis.
tinguish his 'butterine" from the
best dairy butter, unless when sub
jeeted to melting heat, in which case
butter would gradually soften, but in
hottest weather retain some consis-
tentency. Oleomargarine will melt if
exposed to this heat and run into oil.
But he averred that they had expert
nented with it in every possible way
IN comparison with butter of the pur-
est quality, both on land and sea, and
found that under ordinary tempera-
ture subject to any exposure the
oleomargarine will keep sweet and
fresh where butter will become ran
cid.
The mandatory in Baltimore is
the smallest in the United States, and
its daily product for eight months in
the gear averages thirty-fve hundred
pounds. It is not manufactured dur
ing the hot summer months. There
are manufactures 10 Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Pittsburg, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis,
and the aggregated daily product
reaches nearly half a million pounds.
The Greater nortioO of If is Skinned