. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. MANUFACTURE OF CONDENSED MILK 191 yet, within the last few decades it has assumed such proportions that today it occupies a prominent place among the leading branches of dairying. The condensed-milk industry was introduced at the same time as the factory system of butter- and cheese-making, though for many years before the invention of a successful process of condensing milk some method had been sought for preserving it. The American, Gail Borden, the inventor of the manufacture of condensed milk and the father of the condensed-m
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. MANUFACTURE OF CONDENSED MILK 191 yet, within the last few decades it has assumed such proportions that today it occupies a prominent place among the leading branches of dairying. The condensed-milk industry was introduced at the same time as the factory system of butter- and cheese-making, though for many years before the invention of a successful process of condensing milk some method had been sought for preserving it. The American, Gail Borden, the inventor of the manufacture of condensed milk and the father of the condensed-milk industry, is said to have experimented for some ten years, when he finally decided that a semi-liquid state was the best form of milk preservation. He patented his process in 1856, and in the same year erected the first condensed-milk factory in the world in the town of Wolcottville, Connecticut. The beginning was small, the process crude, and the product imperfect, and it was not until the strenuous years of the Civil war that the value and usefulness of condensed milk as a com- modity became fully recognized. During the Civil war there was a great demand for this product, and from that time on, the industry increased / a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, Macmillan
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