Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-10-29
MAKING COD LIVER OH.
METHOD OF EXTRACTING TIE USE
rul ARTICLE DESCRIBED.


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s.~.,im.. Cur. Consumption
American col liver oil IL made here.
The liyers % the cod. haddcck. pollock.
hake and cusk are used In the manufac-
turr. Only about one-thiri ~ the Ameri.
can ouipu, Of this oil is procured from
col livers
From September until March the liv-
ers are fat and In tho best condition. A
buckctful 81 liyers viii then yield about
six quarts 81 oil Only four quarts OF
this. however. can IL made suitable Tor
medicinal purposes; the remaining two
quarts l. % an inferior quality and s
used by curriers'.
From March 20 June the livers are
thin and inferior and will yield only
one-half as much oil Cod liver oil Tor
me,iicinal purposes must bo made from
livers % fsh that have not been dead
over forty-eight hours Fishing vessels
on their long trips 10 the hanks save the
fish livers In hogsheads and scll them 10
the oil manufacturers for thirty cents
pcr bucketfuL From thess livers an In.
ferior quality % oil L. made, that l. used
by tanners.
sTT.sINa THE uyNns
Up Ia Aluui fifteen years ago the most
primitive means wcre usci for obtaining
ol from livcrA Tho results were very
unsatisfactory. and the tcst portion Of
the hvsrs wa- wasted The odd method
was Co etpu-e the livcrS 10 the action IL
the sun until the oil was dried out Only
n small percentage u oil was thus 49,
cur,Sl. AMI the residue was thrown away
A. useless. Now every portion ~ tho
liver 1. used Tho method IL to ga, the
l,srs into large tin Incl vat having .
col - Perforated steam pipcs in the bot
tom. 4 pressure II thirty pounds OF
steam u put on the toiler, anil the steam
escaping through the pcrforatious In the
PIPE. saiuraic. tho livers with hot steam
and thu. tric. cat the oil In half An
hour after steam Il turned "a all the
oil that can h. procured by trying
out will have risen a. the surface. The
livrrs. nov termed "hlubhsT. will have
.lnk o. the bottom - the vat The oil 10
hailed 90 and put into bsrTsl. 90 cool and
settle. after which u u refined by being
allowed o. freeze till Il l. u the consist
sncy - thick mnsh. when ii u pat into
dnlling bags anil the pure oil prc.ssi cat
In n heavy iron prvss
The cal that 1. prc-scd through tho
drilling 4. consider,d refined. and after
b-ing pui up In new hArrvls ~ forty five
gallons each !. -oli o. the wholesale
druggists Zoe about thifty.slS cents re
gallon. From the-. u pass~. o. the ~
tail druggists. who I'll u for 81 90 q T-r
gallon. Running the oil through char
ooal and sand has hccn trici a. a refining
pruccss. but u was found o. D. vastly In.
terror Ia the freezing AMI pr--.ing pro-
CO.. Refined cod liver oil. when sub
jrctei IA thu same temperature AZ which
tn crude al wAs fruEcn. will change its
color and assume milky appearance.
/ Tho refining prc-ss leave, Ia the tags a
substance rv.cmhling lard In color anil
consistency. II l. sicarine. 90 tanners
gr,asc. aud u uscd AZ a dressing Zoe
mufucCo
The hlubbsr lef, In the bottom u the
vat after The trying out u allowed 20
work and fermcnt for forty eight hours.
and /. then pf,-.~d After the pressure
has continued Tor FOURTEEN hours all the
oll l. SECURED that rvmaiu. Ia the hlub-
bst II l. inferior oil. ~ which there
are sit grades. u h worth about tWenty.
tive o.uts I-r gallou. aud j. used by cur
rcrs In dr-sslng. tanning and coloring
7 leather There - left in the tag. a sub
stance ~ the color ami consistency -
dry mud called "-cnp." which ), sold 10
farmers NJ fertilizer az 81 Tcr ton.
srHUcX rnE EiGur sF1r
The list quality q cod liver col CONES
I from Norway IL u much clearer and
/ whittier than the American oil IL l. put
up In tim cask. holding thirty SALON.
each. incloscd Ia wooden barrels. Tho
claim u made that no livcrs except tho-c
10 the Goldfish arc used In u. manu-
faciurc. but American manufacturers
strongly suspect that u owes iis remark
able clcarn~s. 60 IT. having lecn mixed
with Noal oil Twenty dollars pcr gal
lon l. considered low price for this oil.
and IL s,mctimcs gocs n high a. SIS.
America u the largest buyer ~ Sorwe-
gian cd
Newfoundland cod liver oil ranks neri
% the Norwegian oil IL l. made en-
titcly 81 the liycrs % YOUNG col caught
b off tie Labrador coast Portland has a
col liver cal factory that pfoduces 500
barrels ycar-9co barrels 81 refined oil
ior medicinal purposes and 80 barrels
% curriers' oil.
Cod liver oil has long been recognized
as valuable remedial agent. but u l.
not generally known that sometimes
when the uil fails To cfcct cure the
steam arising from the trying oui vat
will succeed.
\ consumptive here. In almost the last
stages 81 the disease. happening o. pass
through col liver oil factory, stopped.
inhaled large draughts 81 the usually
offensive yapors A. though they were
the sweets ~ a flower garden. remark.
INK; There Is something here that seems
to strike the RICH, spot" and. although
wealthy man. obtained permission To
work In the factory. AZ the end OF a
month he had gained thirty pounds, had
greatly improved In appearance and
feeling, his appetite had returned his
cough was gone. and finally be com
pletely recovered. Singers also some
time. resort To col liver oil factories To
inhale the fumes arising from the vats
They assert that their voices are there
by strengthened and cleared. Portland
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