The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-10-06
AN EGG FACTORY.
The Novel Enterprise Which ia
FIourisning in New Jersey.

"Do you mean to say that you made
that egg without the assistance of a hen?"
asked a reporter of a Newark egg manu-
facturer.
YES" ne replied, "and if you wish
l will show you something of our pro
cess. Come"
He led ms through d room in which
there were stored boxes upon boxes of
eggs, and into another large, cool room
in the rear. Everything was clean and
neat. Several strengthening wooden
machines, totally unlike anything | had
ever seen, stood in different parts of the
room. Six or seven men were opera
ting the machinery, which moved noise
lessy and with great rapidly. I followed
my conductor to one end Of the apart
ment, where there were three large
tanks or watts. One was filed with a
yellow compound, the second with a
starchy mixture, and the other was
covered. Pointing TO these the proprie-
tor said: These contain the yelk mix
ture and the white Of egg. We empty
the watts every day, so you can Judge of
the extent of the business already. Let
me show you one of the machines. You
see they are divided into different boxes
or receptacles. The first and second are
the yelk and white. The next is what
we term the skin machine, and the last
n is the shelter, with drying trays.
This process is the result of many years of
experiment and expense. / first con lived
the idea after making a chemical analy-
sis of an egg. After a long time / sue
ceeded in making a very good imitation
Of an egg. | hen turned my attention
10 mo Einr fhn p,nnhinnry onI fhn rnuY1lt
you see for yourself. OF course, it would
not be policy for me to explain all the
mechanism, but I'll give you an idea of
the process. Into the first machine is
put the yelk mixture
What is that?" | asked.
"Weii it's a mixture of indian meal,
corn-starCh and several other ingredi-
ents. 1t is poured into the opening in
a thick, mushy state, and is formed by
the machine into a ball and frozen. In
this condition it passes into the other
box, where it is surrounded by the
white, which is chemir ally the same as
the real egg. This ia also frozen, and by
a peculiar rotary motion of the machine
an oval shape is impaired to il, and it
passes into the next rece ptacle, where
it receives the thin, fiimy skin. After
l this it has only to 90 through the shelter
where it gets its last coat in the shape of
a plaster OF paris Snell, q trife thicker
than the genuine article. Then it goes
out on the drying trays. where the shell
. dries at once and the inside thaws out
n gradually. 1t becomes, to all appearan-
ces, a real egg"
"liow many eggs can you turn out in
a day?"
"Well, as we are running now we turn
out a thousand or so every hour"
"Many orders?"
"Why, bless your soul, yes. We can
not fill one half of our orders. all we
can make now are taken by two New
q York grocers alone. We charge $l3 per
81 thousand for them, and they retail at all
prices from II to 80 cents per dozen.
Nh We sell o lly to the wholesale houses. |
81 suppose plenty of these eggs are eaten
al Newark as well as IN other places.
M Col. Zullick, Billy Wright, Honest An
81 drew Albright, Joe Haines, Judge john
SOB, Judge Henry, and all Newark's cam
didates for governor are living or them.
81 They are perfectly harmless, and as
substantial and wholesome asa real egg.
# The reason we made the machinery OF
wood is because we found that the pres
az ence of metal of n kind spoiled the
flavor and prevented the cooking of the
eggs"
"Can they be boiled?"
90 yes" and he called one of the
men. "Here, jim. boil this gentleman
an egg.
"Can they be detected?' / inquired.
while the bogus egg was being boiled.
81 hardly think anybody w Guild he
likely to observe any difference unless
z&9he happened TO be we'll posted, as they
BOX and taste like the real thing. We
ban, by a little flavorilg make them taste
ike goose orduck eggs, of course alter
Z ing the size. They will keep for years.
They never spoil or become rotten, and
being harder and thicker in their shells
hey will stand shipping better than real
z<ggs. We calculate that in a few years
Ne will run the hens Of the country
B lean out of business. as oleomargarine
Has driven out butter.n-New York Sun.
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