The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-16
a Now Jersey EGG Factory.

"A No" Sorboy bBk cuotOfy.
Do you mean to say that YOU medo
that egg without the assistance of n
hen?" asked the reporter of Newark
egg manufacturer.
eyes" he replled, "and if you wish
VIII show you something Of our process.
Come"
He led me through room in which
there were stored boxes upon boxes of
eggs, and int, another large, cool room
Ill the rear. Everything was clean and
neat. Several strange-looking wooden
machines. totally unlike Anything I had
eyer seen, stood i'll different parts of the
room. Six or seven men were operating
the machinery, which moved noiseiessly
and with great rapldlty. I followed my
conductor to one end of the apartment,
whore there are large tanks or vats.
One was filled with yellow compound,
the second with q starohy mixture, and
the other was covered. Pointing to
these the proprietor said: "The.e con-
tain the yolk mixture and tho white of
egs. We empty the vats every day, 80
you can Judge of the extent of the busi-
hess already. Let mo show you one OF
the machines. You see they arc divided
into different boxes or receptucles. Tue
first and second are the yolk and white.
The next is what we term tho s'skln"
machine, and the last one is the shelter.
with drying trays. This process is tho
result OF many years of experiment and
expense. first conceived the idea after
making chemical analvsls of an egg.
After long time succeeded in making
very good imitation of al egg. then
turned my attention to making the ma
chinery, and the result you see for
yourself. Of course it would not be
policy for mo to explain all the mechan
ISM, but will give you al idea of the
process. Into the first machine is put
the yolk mixture -"
'What ls that?" asked.
"Well, it's mixture of Indian meal.
corn starch and several other inyredi-
ents. 1t is poured into the opening in
thick, mushy state. and is formed by
the machine into u ball and frozen. LII
this condition it passes into the other
box, where it is surrounded by the
white, which ls chemically the same as
the real egg. This IS also frozen, and
ny peculiar rotary motion of the ma
chlne al oval shape is impaired to it,
and 1t passes into the next receptacle.
where 1T receives the thin, ilmy skin.
Alter this 1T has only to go into the
shelter. where it gets It's last coat III the
shape of plaster of Paris shell, trIfie
thicker thun the genuine article. Then
ltgoes out on the drying tray, where the
shell dries at once and the inside thaws
out gradually. 1t becomes, to all appear
ances, IL real egg."
chow many eggs can you turn out in
day2'
"Well, as we are running now We turn
out Thousand or 30 every hour"
"Many orders2"
Why. bless your soul, yes. We can
not fill one-half OF our orders. All wo
can make now are taken by two New
York wholesale grocors alone. We
charge $l3 per Thousand for them, and
they rotail ut all prices from II to 80
cents per dozen. We sell only to tho
wholesale houses. [ suppose plenty of
thcse eggs are eaten in Newark rs we'll
us III other places. Cul. zullck, Billy
Wright, Honest Andrew Albright, Joe
Halnes, Judge johnson, Judge Henry,
ana all Newark y candidates for governor
are living Oh them. They are perfectly
harmless, aud as substantial rs real
OBS. l. uo ToaSOu Wa maze The maChlll-
cry Of wood ls because we found that
the presence OF metal of any kind spoil
ed the flavor and prevented tho cooking
OF the eggs"
''Can they be boiled?"
ooh yes;" and he called one of tho
men. '.Hore Jim, boil this gentleman
hn egg."
''Can they be detected2" I inquired,
while tho bogus egg was being boiled.
II hardly think tlat anybody would
be likely to observe any difference I'M
less he happened to be we'll posted, as
they look and taste like the real thing.
We can, by little Il lvorlng, make til . III
taste like goose or duck eggs. OF course
altering the slZo They will keep for
years, That one you have just eaten
was nearly q year old. They never
spoil or become rotten, and being hard
er and thicker in thelr shells, they will
stand shipping better than real eggs.
Wo calculate That in IL few years wo will
run the hens Of the country clean out Of
business, az oleom .rgarino has driven
out butter"