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Show Making Soap From Table Refuse. To conserve the fats 'contained in the table refuse and dishwater of the soldiers' mess, the British military authorities installed grease traps, according ac-cording to the Popular Science Monthly. Month-ly. The fat collected in these traps averages more than one ounce for each man daily. The traps -consists of a tin-lined wooden box, divided into two compartments by a partition which does not reach the bottom by about four inches. The dishwater and the-table refuse are poured through a strainer into the vat. As the water cools the fat form a-crust on top and is skimmed off. |