Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-07
NO. 25
An Egg Factory.

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do you mean to say that you made
that egg without the assistance of a
hen Z" asked a reporter OF Newark egg
manufacturer.
YES" he replied, 'and if you wish
will show you something of our pro-
cess. Come"
He led me through 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
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 morse
lessly and with great rapiditv. L fol-
lowed my conductor to one end of the
apartme MT, where there were large tanks
or vats. One was filed with a yellow
compound, the second with a starchy
mixture, and the other was covered.
Pointing to these tie proprietor said:
"These contain the yelk mixture and
the white of an egg. We empty the
vats every day, so you can judge of the
business already. Let me show you
one of the machines. You see they are
divided into different boxes or recepta-
cles. The first and second are the yelk
and the white. The next is what we
term the skin machine, and the last one
is the shelter, with drying trays This
process is the result of many wears ex-
pertinent and expense first conceived
the idea of making chemical analysis
OF an egg. After long time | succeed
ed in making good imitation of an
egg L then turned my attention to
making the machinery, and the result
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 the process. Into the first ma
chine is put the yelk mixture-n
what is that 2" | asked.
"Well. it's mixture of Indian meal
corn-starch and several other ingredi
ents- 1t is poured into the opening in
thick mushy state, and is formed by
the machine into ball and frozen. In
this condition it passes into the other
box, where it is surrounded by the
white, which is chemically the same as
the real egg. This is also frozen, and
and by peculiar rotary motion of the
machine an oval shape is impaired to
1t, and it passes into the next receptacle
where it receives the thin, fimy skin.
After this it has only to 60 through
the shelter where it gets its last coat
in the shape of plaster of paris shell,
trife thicker than the genuine article.
Then it goes out on the drying trays,
where the shell dries at once and the
the inside dries out gradually. 1t be-
comes, to all appearances real egg"
"How many eggs can you turn out
in day p
"Well, as we are running now, we
turn out a thousand or so every hour"
MANY orders 2"
"Why, bless your soul, yes. We
can not fill one-half of our orders. All
we can make now are taken by two
New York grocers alone. We charge
Sl3 per thousand for them, and they re-
tail at all prices from l5 to 80 cents
per dozen. We sell only to the whole
sale houses l suppose plenty of these
eggs are eaten in Newark as well as in
other places Col Zullick, Billy
Wright, Honest Andrew Albright, Joe
Heines, Judge Johnson, Judge Henry.
and all Newark's candidates for gov
ernor are living on them. They are
perfectly harmless, and as substantial
and wholesome as real egg. The rea-
son we made the machinery of wood is
because We found that the presence of
metal of any kind spoiled the flavor
and prevented the cooking Of the
eggs"
"Can they be boiled?"
ooh ves," and he called one of the
men. "Here Jim, boil this gentleman
an egg"
"Can they be detected 2" l inquired,
while the bogus egg was being boiled
II hardly think any body would be
likely to observe any difference unless
he happened to be very well posted,
as they look and taste like the real
thing. By little favoring, we can
make them taste like goose or duck
eggs, of course altering the size.
They will keep for years. They never
spoil or become rotten, and being hard
er and thicker in their shells they will
stand shipping better than real eggs.
We calculate that in a few years we
will run the hens of the country clean
out of business, as oleomargarine has
driven out butter.