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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2807, 25 July 1866, Page 7

CONDENSED MILK.

FBOM THE "SCIENTIFIC AJIEICAN." Most American citizens have seen this article retailed from carts at their doors. Tn appearance it is a thick creamy -looking substance, of the consistency of molasses, which is afterwards reduced to suitable thinness by th« addition of water. The advantages derived from condensing the milk are that it keepa s weflt much longer, and is perfectly pure. This last is not the least desirable quality, for the consumer adds as much or as little water as h« chooser W« hare used this milk in our family in large quantities for a number of years, and find it a very great convenience as well as luxury, For coffee it is far superior to common milk, and for young children suffering with complaints incident to them this condensed milk is -invaluable iv resp«ct of purity ; swillfed, or otherwise impure milk is the last thing to give to a sickly teething child. The New York Observe)' contain? an account of the process of making condensed milk at Gail Borden's factory, which is the one alluded to by us, and for which Mr. Borden obtained a^ patent | several yean ago :— " The farmers bring iv their milk daily ; it is poured into an immense boiler, the superfluous parts driven of£ and the condensation effectedlin a few hours. The details of the process are exceedingly cuiious and worth studying. Everything is conducted with such scrupulous regard te cleanliness, and the result is irreproachable. Even the large cans in which the farmers bring their milk are cleansed by »team before th«y go back. This prepared milk is sold daily in New ¥ork from door to door, as any other milk is ; but its chief market is in tho army, where it is a great blessing as you will readily believe. The same process is applied to the juice of apples, -and other fruit and meats. Coffee is condensed in the same way. Indeed any article of food may be condensed by this summary operation, and be reduced in bulk, with all ittnutritious qualities preserved, and packed so as to be preserved fresh for any length of time. To make the little cans, holding a pound each, a tin shop is at work constantly, and the workers are women exclusively. They are chiefly American girls from eighteen to twenty years old ; and as the machinery is driven by water and steam power, they have no heavy work on hand, and the business is admirably fitted for them. They make more than a dollar a day easily, and the sh«p makes about 8,000 can* daily. A. carpenter's shop makes the packing-boxes, so that the entire work f r6m receiving the milk to sending it off is done in the factory, and this stands on the edge of the railroad at the dep§fc, so that all the labour of transporting is saved. My visit to this establishment was very interesting and impressive, for I do not recollect ever seeing a factory where so much order, cleanliness, and comfort were combined in a production so purely beneficial as this. It is the perfection of the art of condensing. Mr. Borden can condense 12,000 quarts of milk daily at this factory, and 20,000 iv auother atßrewster's Station on the Harlem Railroad below ; and there are four or five others in operation— one at Winsted, Con. ; one at York Pa. ; one at Livermore Falls, Maine ; and two in Massachusetts. They will doubtless become more and numerous as their great advantages and profits become known.

ON SALE, |AA CASES GENEVA, JDKZ JL/yyJ 100 cases Old Tom (Burnetts) 30 cases Whiskey (Hayes's) 50 cases Giuger Wine 15 quarter-casks Martell's Pale Brandy 5 quarter-casks Martell's Brown Brandy 100 casks Bass's Bottled Ale 3 half-tierces Negrohead Tobacco 54 half-chests Tea (Congou) 30 casks Crushed Loaf Sugar 10 cases Chicory 20 cases Colmans Thumb Blue 1 case Perfumery 4 case 3 Toilet Soap.

100 bushels Superior Ryegrass Seed 1,000 bushels Seed Oats 4 cases Chaiiß Tarpaulins Iron Hurdles Lime Ju : ce Water Casks Stockholm Tar Gravel and Lime Screens and Sieves. Stone Lime. Phosphatic Guano, 75 to 80 per cent. TO ARRIVE, Per 'Norwood' and 'Pegasus,' 25,000 Best Countess Slates. COMBES & DALDY.

EX 'ROB ROY ' AND ' CLAUD HAMILTON.' For Sale by the TJndbksignbd. Af\ HHDS. McEWENS EDINBURGH *X\J ALE. 100 cases Hennessy's Brandy. 200 boxes Belmont Sperm Candles 50 barrels Sinclair'S'Prime Mess Pork 12 cases Compton's Hams 10 cases Oompton's Bacon 6 cases £-pints Salad Oil 6 kegs Carbonate Soda 3 cases Taylors Homoeopathic Cocoa 10 barrels Kound Oatmeal 15 barrels Pearl Barley 20 barrels Split Peas 5 cases Barry's Chicory 10 cases Castor Oil 6, case Hora and Co.'« Hair Oil 5 barrels Barcelona Nuts. - THOMAS MACKY & CO.