The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-26
EGGS BY MACHINERI.
APlAN TO MAKE THEM BETTER AND
CHEAPER THAN HENS CAN.
What the Manufactured Article Contains.
How the Ingredients Are Secured-Ihe
Making of the Shell Is Really n DELI.
cate Piece of Wokk.

Making of the Shell Is Really a DELI
cate Piece of Woxk.
Patents have been granted 10 James
Storey, of Kansas City, for the manu-
facture OF eggs.
All the necessary machinery, which
is not worth more than $500 at the out
set, is in readiness 10 begin this over
whelming competition with the Ameri-
| can men. IL as much success attends
the new venture as is anticipated by Mr..
| Storey, the contest between the ma
| chine and the hen for supremacy In the
egg producing business will be short,
| with the victory to the credit of the
| former.
Mr.. Storrey's process is very simple,
and yet he is prepared 10 manufacture
an artificial egg that a connoisseur Will
find it difficult TO distinguish either in
appearance or taste from the prime pro-
duct of Plymouth Rock or Leghorn.
Lime, water, blood. milk, tallow, peas
| and one or two other vegetables are the
| ingredients of his compound. The shell
and the yolk viii not be difficult OF
/ manufactures 10 illdhc a. SOOd AAA4ta
ton of the white" of the egg Is the part
that has required the most ingenuity TO
conquer, but Mr.. Storey has succeeded
in solving the problem successfully.
MAKING THE YoLK.
The yolk Of an egg is composed of 80
per cent. of yellow fat, Il per cent. of
caseiue, about per cent albumen and
] CO. g anyr,nat far
and beef fat, which Is very cheap, VIII
be the chief ingredient. TO this a liberal
amount of caseine, which is that portion
of the milk which produces butter and
cheese, will be added, and albumen
mainly from beef blood, together with
water, will be mixed in small quantities.
The color, already a yellow, will be
treated with chemical which will serve
double purpose of deepening the color
and preserving the mixture IN semi
liquid state ustil it Is cooked.
The white" of the egg is about one
eighth pure albumen, and Is difficult
substance to produce chemically. A sub
stance that appears to the eye exactly
similar, and which hardens and whtens
when cooked, has been produced by a
mixture of legumin, or vegetable albu-
men, extracted from common peas. and
which forms one-fourth of the peas, a
little albumen from beef blood, trlhe
of sulphur, considerable gelatine and a
chemical solution to prevent rapid de-
, composition, and which also whitens the
whole bulk when subjected to heat, just
, as the egg becomes white when boiled.
, AS beef blood will be utilized in very
: large quantities in the big egg mill, a
few special cars viii be fitted up with
tanks to bring the blood from the Chi
cago slaughter houses.
MAKING THE SHELL.
The shell will be perfectly initiated ty
, a simple solution of lime, water and glue.
/ The machinery that is required Is needed
mainly in putting the egg together
Every yolk will be first run into mold
to be properly shaped, and then dumped
: into a second mold, where the right
quantity of thewhite is placed previously
/, This latter substance, being gelatins
. like matter, Will incase the yolk very
4 readily. BY unique machine the meat
a is there enveloped IN the shell.
The shell is only partially hardened
when the egg is put into it, and as there
il liberal amount of glue added TO th'
lime, the edges of the shell soon sdher'
to each ether very tightly, leaving NJ
traceable mark where they were joined
4 In order TO make the imitation NOR
: completely successful, molds Of severs
+ sizes will be introduced. making tn
r eggs vary in bulk as do the products o
e any respectable flock of hens. The colo
! Of the shell viii also be Of two or tire
; shades, rendering the hkeness 10 hi
e original still more striking.
g Tests have been made which shos
= that the artificial egg can be preserves
o for a month under proper conditions
l. and still taste as fresh as one laid by a
:. ordinary hen. AS al the ingredients G
this reform egg are exceedingly CHEAP
il can be manufactured at the rate c
about three cents dozen. There WI
: be no limit 70 the capacity OF the nov,
e. mill. and families and boarding hous
a keepers can be supplied IN any guant
= ties at prices go dazzhngly small az
"a warrant immediate popularity. -Clneir
e nat Enquirer.