Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-13
ABOUT cop-LIvER on

ABOUT cop-LIvER OIL.
According 10 I've A.thos,ssas Nest Of n
d Cotton Seed.
what are the various br.nds Of
cod-liver oil usually adulterated
withe''
'Cotton-seed oil is more used than
any other ingredient. as it is compar-
stively harmless and costs only about
one-quarter rs much as the genuine
cod-dver oil. There may be other oils
used, but If SO / do not know what
they are. The largest quantities Of
cod-liver oil in bulk are shipped di-
rect from the Down East fishing ports
to New York"
A Brooklyn manufacturer of pure
cod-liver oil gave the reporter many
interesting facts concerning it
The great trouble in getting pure
cod-liver OIL" said he. sis that the
fishermen on the Grand Banks are
careless and throw diseased livers
right in with the healthy ones. It is
a well-known fact that the dogfish, by
It's bite or by thrust of the
sharp bone needle which, like q
lancet, lies concealed just back
OF its dorsal fin, can poison a cod
80 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 healthy fish. All go into
the tubs together, and one diseased
liver is enough to poison a whole cask
of good ones. Moreover. every thing
Is fish that comes to their net. and
they have no scruples against throw
ing dog-fish, paddock and all sorts of
fish livers that have any Oil in them
right in with the cod livers and trying
them all out together.
lis this impure stuff used for med
icinal purposesp"
II suppose it is, although I can not
imagine how any refining process can
make it fit for marketable purposes. l
know that the pure oil is adulterated,
for one man who bought three barrels
Of pure oil from me at $3.50 gallon
made ten barrels of adulterated stuff
out of it, for which he obtained six
dollars gallon"
what did he use to adulterate it
withP'
Il can't say, for he didn't tell me,
but l suppose it was cotton-seed oil
That is most generally used by men
who wish to cheat. for its presence is
very difficult of detection. All such
authorizations are. of course, a swim
die. but l question if they do as much
harm as the genuine article, resulting
from the trying out of good and dis
eased livers mixed together"
''How do you manage to get fresh,
clean liversP"
''All of the ivers used by me l care
fully select from the fish brought di-
rectly to the New York docks by the
local fishing feet. As the livers are
taken out and cleaned inspect them
to see that none but healthy ones get
into my barrels A 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
flabby."
"How do you try out your oil?''
1.-The process is exceedingly sim
pie. The livers are thrown into
clean tub. which is filed about two
thirds full A steam-pipe is connect
ed and run down into the mess. The
steam is then turned on, and, in few
minutes. the oil rises to the surface
clean and sweet, but crude. 1t is then
SKINNED off and put into another re-
ceptacle. where it runs down through
seven or eight closely-woven silk
strainers into q cask. When it
reaches the cask it is thoroughly free
rom all impurities and perfectly pure.
In this condition it will 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
1t varying prices. according to its
neanness. "-Brooklyn Eagle.