Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-09-20
MAKING COD LIVER GIL


ya-e sss aaoch- Pollock. uake and cusk
Are Atso UHea IN tAe Manufacture.
Faeu sAs Prceess l. Carried on--whcre
me fsess Quality Comes Frosn-Ess re-
-acaia1 Propertass.
Mech AneI9osn cod liver of ls made in
Portland. Ne. The Mxers OF the cod,
haedock, poilosk hake. ana eusk ere
used in the manufacture. Only about
one-third of the American output Of this
oil is procured from COD iivers.
Prom Septemberuntn March The hvers
are fat and IN tho best condftion. A
hucketful q livers VIII then yield about
six quarts Of OH Only four QuaTSs ol
q this, however, cen be made suitable
Tor medicinal purposes the remaining
two quarts IL Of an inferior quality anS is
used bv curriers'.
From March to june the llvers are thin
and inferior, and will yield only one-haf
az much Oh. Cod liver oil for medicinal
rurQosee must be made from liVoHs Of
Nsh that have not been dead over forty
eight hours. Fishing vessels on their
ilnr trips 10 the banks save the nsh
livors IN hogsheads and sell them 70 the
oil manufacturers for 80 cents per
bucketful From these ivers an inferior
quality Of Oh is made thGt is used by
-anner6.
Upto about fifteen years ago the snost
primitive means were used for obtaining
rom LEers The results were vNrN
..sutisfact0ry and the best portion %.
f.a iiNers was vested The old method
was 20 expose the hvers TO the action of
'he sun until the Oil was dried out. Only
smell percentage of oil was thus So
clred and she residue was thrown away
a= useless. Now every portion Oi the
Fer is used. The method Is 30 put the
Fers into o large Tin lined vat having a
-8l Of perforated steam pipes In the
bottom. a pressure ot thirty pounds 4.
lean Is Dur on the boiler and the aUeHI
Gaping through the per9r-uons il tl.
g.Des saturstCe the livers with hot steam
cad thus tries out the Oh.
IN Lalf an hour after steam Is turned
10 all the oil that cam be pro0ured ur
irving out vlll have gnsen g. the surt ace.
The lvers. nov termed "blub0H, Will
sunk o. the bottom Of tho vat. Ilr
a, s bailed Of and put into barrels o..
cool gng settle Giter which fl Is refined
a. being allowed to freeze tl. :. rs Of tbc
consistency OF tL-ek L.ush, when tits pui
into drilling bags and lle pure oil
res5el out Ire heavy iron press. 3h.
o tLat is pre- sod through tho drilling d.
.Iu nov barrels e.. ..r. -'tg Ea4g4.
each ls sod ~ rle wholesale lragg
Cor about JG cents per gallon
From these ple.a the retail drug
.sLs. who sell e t.. gI - Uar gaQgu.
ming the .l .... = e.dFaoa- aI.
-aua ha been tried .e refining fEOcg-s.
1dt wac tOuL- q. Ia El6ll- inferior To
-ue freezing l-. pressing Hr.9Css, Ga~
#uod cod lVef u. T-aE 5I. .gted ~ tls
ua teupgra.u. @ Wa HL lIg GgEcc Oh
ra- frozen. vIL ...... ta color and at-
-lme o milky sr.- la.ee. The refining
process Ieeye bags llzbgBua
L.elmblug lore -aa.l aEl ly ~ llCF.
~ is suearIue. rr tanners giCazs, emo
10 used az q dIgs bag Tor aOroaUO.
The bl4'buF ie1l il tile bottom " size
set after the trying out is auogEG 10
Nor 4 and fermeut Tor fOrty-eiEht houys,
end is then pressed After the pressure
has continued for fourteen hOurs ~ the
ol L. secured tina. remains in the bANb-
Der. j. is inferior oil. of which there are
TX grades; II is worth about Zj cents per
gallon, and Is used ~ euErieE ia Gress-
lpg. tanning, and c0lOring Leather. There
u iefl In the bags q substance u the
zgsor aud consistency Of dry mud called
-sserap" wLlcL i6 sold tO 1EImeKe as a
fertilizer at s. per tor.
The best QualNy q s0d liver olcOmes
from Norway u is much clearer and
1zliter than the American oh. ~ Is put
uI in Tn casks holding ~ gelIOns each
enclosed ln wo0dtn b6EIelE. g'Ae claim
s made that no jVeD eXgepf those Of the
sodfsh are used in its manufacture, but
hmeriean manufacturers strongly sus-
pect that II owse ~ remGEkaJe clear
ness 10 its having been miEed with seal
9L Twenty dOllane per gallon e consid-
cred 0 low price for thE ~, and IL
sometimes gOes as high o. eze. Amer
ICE ls the largest buyer n &9rwegiaD
0L
Newfoundland COG liver el ranks next
~ the Norwegian OIL u IL made en-
trely Of the ivesg Of young coz caught
.OD the Labrador coast. Portland has a
cod liver oil factory that produces 500
larreIs per yeer-3)0 barrels og refined
q- for medicinal purposes aud 200 bar
rels of curriers' o."
Cod liver has long been recognized US o
vgluaJle remedial agent, but II is not
generally known that aJnetifaee when
The OIL fails 10 effect q cure, &c steam
arlslRg from the trying out watts viii
succeed.
4 eonsumptive, Ia alnost the last
stage of Rhe disease, happening 10 pass
Trough a cod liver oil factory, stopped,
Inhaled large dIaUghts Of the usually Of
feusiYe Yspore a. though they were the
sseets Of flower garden, Eemarking
There u eOmsthlug here thet seems TO
sAake tae 1gbt spot and, Glthough q
seal4hy man, obtained permission TO
w0rk 70 the factory At the end Of O
ul0atb ~ hed gained thirty pounds had
greatly improved 10 appearance and feel
tug, his appetite bad returned, his cough
Eas gone, and finally he completely re-
covered. Singers 1so sDmsimes resort
W COO liver oil factories 10 iDbale the
fumes arising from the FRts. They as
Eeut that their voices are thereby
sssnengt tleneG and cleared.