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Show May Make Soap From Lemons. The humble lemon-pip, of which great quantities are every year accumulated accu-mulated by Australian lemon-squash manufacturers, appears likely to earn respect as an article of commercial value. The federal analyst has recently re-cently furnished a report to the effect that the dried pips contain a large proportion pro-portion of oil. By ether extractions the yield of oil was 23 per cent, and by extraction with petroleum benzine 21 per cent. The oil obtained from the pips is clear, of pale-straw color, wholly saponifi-ahle, saponifi-ahle, and lias slight but rather persistent persis-tent bitter taste. Possibly the oil expressed from the pips by direct hot pressing would not possess a bitter taste; if so, it would la of value for edible purposes, and, being wholly saponifinble, could, as an alternative, be used for soap-making. |