Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-07
ARTIFICIAL BUTTER.

COnSlQeraOle alarm was recently
felt in dairy circles Throughout the
country in consequence of the re-
port that artificial butter was being
and thrown upon the
market in large quantities. Through |
the extent of the new business was
very large and the reasons of alarm
were well founded, the rumOrs were
exaggerated in a degree unwarrant-
ed by the real state of the case. A
few firms began the manufacture of
butter from suet, and it was at once
reported that they were making fab
ulous profits by supplying half the
wholesale dealers in New York. The
article was called 'doctored grease"
and "soap fat butter" 1t was said
to be manufactured from the STAT
of dead horses and other offal." The
raw material seemed plenty and the
demand without limit. Money was
readily furnished for the formation
of stock companies and the business
seemed about to assume proper
tions that would deprive the milk
maid of her occupation and render
the dairy thing of the past.
The american Grocer Of April
25th, gives the subject thorough
consideration, and robs the artificial
production of half its terrors. From
that article we learn that there are
factories for the manufacture of this
butter in New York, Brooklyn, Ho-
boken, Jersey City, Railway, Albany,
New Haven Boston and Providence
turning out total daily product of
about six thousand pounds. In its
production nothing can be used but
fresh beef fat, mixed with little
leaf lard, and it is nowhere sold for
dairy butter. There is a great varie-
ty in the qualities produced. Some
are firm and consistent, and others
are susceptible of easy disintegra-
tion. Some will compare favorably
with good dairy butter and stand a
shipment to warm climates. Its
right to a place in the market along
side of chickory and similar articles,
seems to be granted, land a thorough
examination of it by the President
of the Board of Health of New York
city has resulted in the discovery
of no cause to order the discontinu
ance of Its manufacture.
In a report made by a committee
appointed by the Butter and Cheese
Exchange of New York city are
several statements entitled to the
attention of all engaged in the pro-
duction of butter. The committee
states electromagnetic" has been
manufactured tallow and sold as a
substitute for butter during the past
year. "Some of this" says the re-
port, twas as pure, sweet and harm
less as butter ITSELF" Respectable
merchants have openly purchased
and sold it, and commissioners of
charitable and penal institutions
have repeatedly ordered it in large
quantities. The committee find no
instance achere 1t has been manu-
factured from soap-fat, or impure
grease, and regret that such rumors
have been circulated, as they will
tend to decrease the expectation of
butter to Europe, South America
and the West Indies-countries
schich noav depend upon our market
for a large portion of their supplies.
To prevent this result the committee
recommend that every effort be made
to insure the entire freedom of the
neac crop of butter from all adulter
ants, as the future of the American
butter market, in great measure,
depends upon its purity. 1t is not
apprehended that the new article
'cill at any time be generally accep-
ted as q substitute for the pure pro-
duct of the dairy, but the success
the artificial material has thus far
met Oith sUill tend TO make people
exercise a little more care in the Sc
lection of butter for table purposes.
-CleUeldnd Leader.