Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-09-21
IN A POT OF GLUE
Common ~ the cempeusd ID. Few Kaov
Nauch Ahoat II

IN a POT OF GLUE
Common 10 the cempeaad Il. Few KNOW
Maeh About II
There are three kinda Of glue One
Is made Of the hides or slnews Of cattle
The pieces cut on BY the butcher and
tanner, and which are Of no use In
making leather. arc soaked In lime
water. The lime eats away The fatty
or partly decsysd matter and leaves
the glue portion. This = carefully
washed aud put into large ksttisa,
where the glue liquor h boiled out and
the insoluble Hber sinks 10 the bottom
The liquor Ii poured into pans and a.
lowed 10 cool and harden. IL then
looks like calves foot jelly. When
cold, this jelly isturned out Of tho pans
and sliced, the sheets laid out TO dry.
simple rs the process seema tech
nical skill and ripe experience are re-
CURED In manufacturing glue. Many
people have tried to make glue at
home. Anybody can do II, the manu-
facturers of glue say, but only the ex-
ceedlng skillful ever mako glue success
fully or economically, because only
they understand how to got the full
strength and quality out Of the stock.
II doesn't take much OF q defect TO
spoil the best stock-that Is why so
many amateur glue makers fall ixno-
miniously and repeatedly.
The second kind Of glue Ia made
from the larger bones Of cattle, and
only differs from the other method In
that acid instead Of lime Is used In
softening the stock. The third kind
OF glue Is made from the feet of cattle
and hogs. Glue from this stock Is cas-
ily made, because the hoofs have sim.
ply to be washed, boiled out, cooled,
sliced and dried.
Authorities differ rs to which kind
of glue is best The acid-made glue Is
used largely in stiffening straw goods,
especially wide-brim straw hats, for
finishing silk and for fine-grained and
hardwood work. While we could get
along without bone glue, 1t is intimat-
ed that our houses and all that Is in
them would fall apart II we had no
glue made from hide stock.
Manufacturers are continually asked,
II seems:
"What is glue used for anyway"
The tone Of the inquiry suggests
usually some confusion in the ques-
toners mind between glue and muci-
lage. Wood work Of all kinds, chairs,
tables, bedsteads, railway cars, desks
and carriages are held together by it
we are rocked In glued cradle and
buried in a glued coffin. kalsomine is
mixture OF paris white and glue, and
all paper hangings are only white pa
per kalsomined. Writing paper gets
surface from glue. So do cards and
glazed paper. II the cover falls of one
Of the books in your library you may
DO sure that "hide" glue was not used
In the binding, but that an inferior
quality was substituted.
Besides binding books, glue holds
paper boxes together. 1t goes to make
up emery wheels and the sizing OF pc
troleum and turpentine barrels. These
are, OF course, only few OF its uses,
but they are the important industries
that require nearly four-fifths Of the
sixty million pounds Of glue used ev.
cry year in the United States OF this
quantity ten million pounds are inn
ported.
Factories are found in all our great
cities. their location being near the
supply OF stock, and 1t Is strange that
no two make glue just alike. An ex'
pert can tell Mt glance, it Is said, the
factory from which n given piece OF
glue comes.
Before using, glue should always be
soaked in cold water from one to
twelve hours--if in pieces: II ground
II will soak in five or ten minutes. To
get the best results, prepare and soak
beforehand Just what is needed, and
use as fresh as possible. One reason
why household glue"-that which
has been in the glue pot on the top
kitchen shelf for six months-does not
prove more satisfactory Is that 1t is too
old.
Glue will not hold unless the pieces
10 be fastened are put together while
the glue on them is still hot and
liquid. The function OF glue Is to sink
into the fibers and grasp them. This
II does not do when chilled. When
properly stuck together the pieces
should be held in place in wise or by
Irvine tightly drawn around them. In
soaking or applying glue use clean
pots and brushes.-N. Y. Press.