Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-25
OLEOMARGARINE AND
THE WAY It IS MADE
Expert Throws some Sidelights on
The Manufacture OF tire Sub
~titutc for Butter

II am in favor OF oloomargarine IL Il
Is made right, but n IL Is not Il is
miserable stun Pure oleo Is better
than the majority OF the butter We get
and the best oleo ranks with the best
butter" says Herschal c. Hogal. who
was at one time the best Informed on
chemicals and machinery connected
with the packing industry Of any man
in the country Nearly every packing
plant of amy consequence In the world
now uses his processes aud patents In
the care OF the onal. blood and tankago
ia producing fertilizer and other things
for which the former waste can be-
utilized.
Although Mr. Hogal is "a man Of UNI
usual ability. and unlike most inven-
tors. has achieved success in many and
varied lines. he does not care to talk
about himself He has been in salt
Lake ON business for some time and
win probably mako this place his head
quarters for some time He is staying
az the Moxum hotel
In the packing business they do not
put the best Of materials into olco.
says Mr. Hogel ct is crime 20 put
poor material into product and then
label 1t as being the pure thing I be-
lieve that every package should be
labeled lust what 10 is and then II pcu-
pie want IL let them have IT,
I'm "a few short sentences MIR. Hogel
explained the way olco. oleomarmarinc
or buttcriuc is made. Beef fat as 10 rs
taken out In Strengthening IFS laid aside
and sorted. The best is placed In long
watts. covered with salt and allowed To
stand over night.
The next day this fat IS sorted again
and an that which is not clean is
taken out. The TAT Is then placed away
I'm barrels and allowed TO seed" as the
expression o. That is the fat granu-
lates or as the miners say cystallizes
This process requires that the barrels
remain entirely quiet Should they be
kicked or Jared during this part Of
the process the entire barrel would be
spoiled. AS this reaches a certain per
iod the contents of the barrels Is taken
out ana placed in small bags and from
these the oil is squeezed. This is called
the Olco oil.
The securing of neutral lard IS the
next process. Lard D. put away and
allowed 20 seed the same as the fut.
After il has been properly graduated.
10 is also placed In bags and the oil
pressed out. but little Of this neutral
Hard oil is used.
The butter used is the next item
necessary for the compound As a rule
the packers get the cheapest butter
they can ind for this With the best
butter. oleo that would rank with the
best butter could be made. Pure butter
causes the olco to remain fresh longer.
by the use OF impure butter tho olco
dcteriorates fast. This butter Is run
over hot plates az temperature OF
about 100 degrees. This Is done to even
ly mix the butter oil. carry away the
odor and dry out the moisture,
Then through another process the
olco oil, neutral lard and butter are
mixed with the best grade of milk OBJ
tainablc ana then this mass is churn-
ed up.
As the mixture comes out OF the
churn 10 flows into a vat OF cracked
ice where men stand with six tined
forks and mix the Ice and oleo to-
gether. In the days when coloring was
allowed IL looked like the richest OF
butter. The cooling hardens II and the
oleo Is then taken To the able. worked
and placed I'm the packages.
81 have made oleo myself and sent
IL TO my family Just TO see n they
could tell the difference says Mr..
Hogal IT they ever did find out they
never told me"
According 10 Mr.. Hogal "a German
secured the patent on the making of
oleo. hut through a foolish statement
in securing Of the patent rights the
man lost probably Si00.0o0000 that
would have come 10 him through the
process In the treatment Of the but
ter IL was stated In the patents that
il should be run over plates al rs de-
grecs. The dropping Of the words
more or less" allowed cleo 10 be made
at any other heat than rs degrees.
Mr. Hogal was one Of the first 10
Introduce the process Into the United
States. MANY Of the improvements OF
the machinery used were the result OF
MI Hoguls skill
besides being a chemist OF consider
able note Mr. HoEal is a mining en-
gincer and a. mechanical engineer do
ing an with tho same degree Of ex-
CcllenCc.