The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-10-06
0LEOMARGARINE.
How the Stuff Is Made and It's
Probable Sale ON It's Merits.
Effect of Legislation.

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The discovery Of oleomargarine,
which is such a menace to the butter
industry Of our country, was made by
q French chemist, NJ. Hippolite Mege
of Paris, writes Professor Hayward Of
the Minnesota State college. About
1869 he was commissioned by his gov
eminent to try to find a substitute for
butter that could be used by the army
and navy. So successful was he that
in January he was granted patent by
the commissioner of patents in London
for "the preparation and production of
certain new animal fatty bodies"
The process of manufacture is as fol-
lows: The fat which consists of OK tai
low and other fats, on arriving at the
factory is first weighed and then
thrown piece by piece into large tanks
and covered with tepid water for an
hour. The tepid water is then removed
and the fat thoroughly washed with
cold water, then covered with cold wa
ter and allowed to rest another hour. It
is now taken and put through a hasher
which cuts it very fine and also forces
it through fine sieve into a hub
The fat is then removed to meSt-
ing tank surrounded by hot water and
heated and stirred until temperature
of 116 degrees T. is reached, when the
steam Which heats the water is turn
ed off. The water surrounding the
tank, being much warmer than the
melted fat, increases the temperature
of the fat to 122 to 124 degrees, when
the fat completely meltS. The adipOse
tissue, or scrap, Of the fat separates
and settles to the bottom, leaving the
melted fat at rest. and a clean yellow
oil floats on top, covered by q film Of
white emulsion of oil with water con-
tanned in the fat
When the scrap has completely set
tied, the thin layer of emulsion is baled
off, and the clear yellow oil is drawn
into wooden cars, which are removed
to a room having a temperature Of
about 70 degrees F.. where it is allow
ed to crystalline or granuIate. This
step requires some II to 20 hours Of
time and is very important operation.
The car containing the solidifed oil
which has a temperature of IS to 90
degrees, where it is packed in mOlds to
form packages about inches wide,
inches long and ~ inches thick. These
packages are then put into q press and
pressed until no more liquid oil can
be obtained. This oil is then cooled to
about 70 degrees E., when it is taken
to the churning room, where 100
pounds of oil are churned with from
10 to 20 pounds of sour milk, together
with enough coloring matter to give it
the desired color for 10 to Is minutes.
The whole mixture is then withdrawn
from the churn and allowed to fall in
to tub containing powdered ice. AS
the oil flows on the Ice it must be kept
in constant motion until the tub Is fill
ed with solicited oil, when another
tub is put in its place.
The solidified oil is left in contact
with the ice for about two hours, when
it is dumped on an inclined table, where
it is crumbled up so that the ice may
melt and leave it. It is then crumbIed
up fine and put into a churn again with
tWO-thirdS to fiye-siXths as much sour
milk and the whole churned for about
10 minutes. During this agitation the
sOlidifed oil takes up a certain per-
centage of milk and odor which the
melting ice had washed out before.
1t is then removed from the churn to
the working table, where, after stand
ing and draining for time, it is sailed
and packed and ready for sale.
The product is not butter however
much it may be made to resemble it in
taste, color and smell. It is, however,
substitute for butter, and those IA
miliar with the best oleOmargarine
claim it is not inferior to poor butter, a
claim which we dairymen must admit.
We must admit also that oleomarga-
rine has come to stay, and all the dali
rymen can do now is to see that it is
sold for what it is and not in the SEM
blance of butter. This can be done by
concerted action on the part of the
dairymen. It is believed by a number
of the most progressive dairymen in
this state that the OleOmargarine bill
passed by our late legislature will be
very effectual in stopping the fraudu-
lent sale of Oleomargarine and, by
Obliging 1t to be sold on its merits, will
reduce its sale to the minimum.