The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-02
ABOUT COD-LiVER OIL.
According to Two Authorities Most Of
Is Cotton Seed

According to Two Authorities Most OF 1t
Is Cotton Seed
What are the various brands OF
cod-liver oil usually adulterated
with?'
'Cotton-sced oil Is more used than
any other ingredient. rs # is conpar-
atively harmless anu costs only about
one-quartcr rs much rs the genuine
ood-liver oil. There may bo other oils
used, but If so | do not know what
they are The largest quantities of
cod-!iver oil in bulk arc shipped di-
rect from the Down East fishing ports
to New Yo-k."
A Brooklyn manufacturer of pure
cod-ilver oil gave the reporter many
interesting facts concerning It.
The great trouble in getting pure
cod-liver oil" said he. is that the
fishermen on the Grand Banks are
careless and throw diseased liycrs
right in with the healthy ones. 1t Is
a well-known fact that the dogfish, bv
its bite or by a thrust of the
sharp bone needle which, like
lancet, lies concealed Just back
Of its dorsal fin, can poison 2 cod
so that its liver becomes putri-
fed and the fish eventually dies. The
fishermen make no distinction be
tween these diseased livers and those
taken from IA healthy fish. All go into
the tubs together, and one diseased
liver Is enough 10 poison a whole cask
Of good ones Moreover, every thing
Is fish that comes to their net. and
they have no scruplcs against throw
Tag dog-fish, haddock and all sorts Of
fish Hvers that have any oil in thom
right in with the cod liyers and trying
them all out together"
''ls this impure stuff used for med
icinul purposes?'
Il suppose it Is, although can not
imagine how any refining process can
make it lit for marketable purposes. |
know that the pure oil is adulterated.
for one mrn who bought th-ee barrels
Of pure oil from me at $50 . gallon
made ten barrels of adulteratcd stuff
out Of it, for which he obtained six
dollars a gallon"
What did he use TO adulterate il
with?''
i can t say, for lie didn't tell me,
but / suppose it was cottou-seed oil
That IS most generally used by men
who wish 10 cheat for its presence is
very dificult of detection All such
adulterations are, of course, a swim
die, but l question if they do as much
harm as the genuine article. resulting
from the trying ont OF good and dis
eased liyers mixed together"
How do you manage 20 get fresh,
clean livors?"
All Of the ivers used by me ] care
fully select from the fish brought di-
rectly TO the New York docks by the
local fishing feet. As the Ivers are
taken out and cleaned l inspect them
10 Sc that mono but healthy ones get
into my barrels 4 healthy Gods
liver Is plump and white, while those
that have been poisoned by the dog
fsh-which, by the way, Is the Gods
natural enemy - are yellow and
fabby."
How DO you try out your oil?"
The process Is exceedingly sim
ple- The livers are thrown into a
clean tub. which is filed about two
thirds full. a steam pipe Is connect
cd and run down into the mess The
steam is then turned on, and, IL a few
minutes, the oil rises TO the surface
clean and sweet, but crude. 1t is then
skinned OF and put into another re-
ceptacle. where it runs down through
seven or eight losely-woven silk
strainers into cask. When it
reaches the casl1 it i thoroughly free
from all impurities and perfectly pure.
In this condition it viii keep for
years without changing in the least.
The pure article does not fuctuate in
price TO any extent, whereas the i'm
pure and adulterated oil may be had
ut varying prices, according to its
rnennress. l-BrnnlllYn Enrle