Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-07-25
WORK OF THE CHEMIST.

In the manufacture Of cane sugar
the molasses ID about as valuable az
the amount of sugar contained in 1t
would be, so there is no use for the
process adopted in beet sugar making
but there is less weight Of sugar in the
molasses than there was formerly.
This fact, and the fact that the
molasses is now made in vacuum pans
and cannot be burned or thickened AZ
it was in the old-fashioned open pans,
accounts for the fact that there is no
more black molasses and no more
black gingerbread such as mother used
to make.
The glucose manufacturers have
called in chemists, and found new
source of profit. The corn grain has,
IN addition to its starch product, a
tiny germ in which lies it's life princl.
pie. This germ was formerly crushed
with the starch, separated and thrown
aside as waste. Very lately it has been
shown that this germ ia rich in oil
which can be utilized. The germ ls
now separated from the starch and
crushed. The oil gathered finds a
ready market, and within the last five
years millions of dollars worth Of this
oil has been exported to Europe, where
all corn products are in great demand.
After the oil is taken from the germ
the gluten left in the cake is used for
varnish, and the residue is used for
cattle food.
The corn stalk is also ground and
used for cattle feed, but first the pith
of the stalk is extracted and used for
the lining of vessels, the theory being
that if fissure occurs in the frame
work OF the vessel the pith lining, be-
coming wet will swell and to some ex-
tent close the fissure.
The cottonseed OF industry has
eliminated it's waste almost entirely,
although twenty years ago every part
OF the cottonseed save the oil was
waste product. In the cottonseed oil
factory now the seed is collected after
coming through the cotton gin. and is
first stripped of its lint, which is used
in the manufacture OF certain kinds OF
paper, felts, etc. Next the she'll Of the
seed is removed and either ground for
cattle food or used for fuel. In the
latter case the ashes are collected for
potash.
The kernal of the seed is ground and
pressed to extract the oil, and the
residue is used for cattle food. The Oil
in process of refining gives off waste
which enters into soap making and the
making of oIeomargsrine.
Glycerine, used in such great guam
titiao NJ for "a QEtp
product. All waste from fatty oils
contains compounds of an acid with
glycerine. The acid will combine with
an alkali, leaving the glycerine in a
solution, from which it is col
lected bv evaporation and distillation.
Immense quantities OF this reclaimed
Of explosives.
When steel is melted in Bessemer
the phosphorus, which used
TO be nuisance, is separated from
the steel by the introduction of lime, |
with which the phosphorus combines
readily. This phosphorus is then used
as fertilizer.
The slagg from iron furnaces is con-
rerted into cement.
The tin is taken from old tin cans by |
chemical process and is used over and
over again.
Even the acids used for chemical |
purposes are not allowed to outlive |
their usefulness with the accomplish |
nent of their purpose. The Standard |
)Il Co. formerly wasted great quaint.
les of sulphuric acid after it had been |
ised to remove the impurities from
he oil. The acid was drained off into
he river Now it is used in ertilizer
adapted to soil where
phosphate rock must be dissolved
Then again in certain great galvaniz-
ng works the iron was cleaned with
nj phuric acid, which was then run
nto the nearest river. This method
II disposing of the waste was for
hidden. Chemists were suted.
he solution was made stronger so that
t could he clarified and used re-
Finally, when it could no
onger be used for washing, it was
and the sulphste OF iron ex.
rscteJ from it. This bi-product
roved so valuable that it is now the
hief product of the works.
From the waste product of the wine
Industry chemists now obtain a crude
ream of tartar which refined to high
egree constitutes the acid principle OF
he best forms OF baking powder.
The list might be protrscted in
eff itely and there seems to be in the
ldustrisl world today no product so
tterly worthless that it may not at :
ssst find profitable incarnation in I
attle food, fertilizer or glue.