The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-10
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ARrifyorAI BUTTER.


The Cincinnati Merchanf's and Mam-
5actmsrs Baistin introduces the follow
Jog account Of the mode Of making butter
from suet or beef's fat (and perhaps other
substanees) with the remark that, ''excePt,
perhaps, the city girl who thought that
milk was pumped from the COW by using
the tail as pump-handle, or the Broad
way dandy in the country who wanted to
know which was the buitermilk COW,
everybody is familiar with the Old-fash-
ioned way Of producing butter, an article
that has come to be necessity as well as
luxuy-when it is fresh and nice.
aThe article produced by the new pro-
cess referred to is sometimes called ''arti-
fetal butter" as mark Of distinction, but
the name IS Incorrect Il Is simply but
ter-nothing more or less--as much 50 as
that which is produced entirely from milk,
as brief explanation viii show. 1t is
idle TO trace the chemical agents and tran
sitions that affect the food taken into the
stomach Of a COW. It is enough to know
that among the secretiOns developed du-
ring the wonderful and mysterious process
Of assimilating the food to the bodily wants
Of the animal is the article we call milk,
composed Of the oily substance known as
stearine, oleine, palmatine, with small
quantities Of caproine and caprine, to
which It's odor is due. This goes to the
tactical reservoir, and Is emitted through
the duets or tsass, as food for the calf;
though just there man steps in and levies
a heavy contribution on the submissive
animal for his own enjoyment and susie
nance. Parallel and simultaneously with
the secretion Of this oily substance, or
butter, in the peculiar combination which
constitutes milk, the same substances is
secreted in another portion Of the body
under different combination, which forms
the fat Of the animal, or suet In other
words, the milk Of the COW is simply
chemical compound Of which butter is an
ingredient, with saccharine and other
matter, and the fat IS another chemical
compound into which butter enters more
largely as an ingredient, with stearine aud
other matter. Il can be extracted from
both-from the FIRST by violent agitation
ia churn; from the second by violent
pressure in presses prepared for the pur-
pose; and in both cases it must be sub
jected to some manipulation to prepare it
for the palates of the fastidious. But il
IS butter all the same, whether it comes
from one or the other.
Thousands of pounds of this butter
are sold in our market every week, find
place on our best tables, the only differ
ence observable being that it is little less
costly than the dairy butter, for several
reasons: the fat yields more largely than
milk, and the residue after the butter is
extracted is more valuable for various
purposes.
eve have been ledin these remarks
by visit to the establishment Of Messrs.
Alex. Fries Il Bros, where the gentlemen
composing the firm, who thoroughly IN
derstand the chemistry Of both processes,
have introduced the new industry into
Cincinnati. The modus operaadi is per-
liaps mainly the same that has long been
used in the East with great success and
profit, their manipulations being directed
by the laws Of chemistry, and the result
being a quality Of butter equal to the best
product of the bluegrass dairy farms.
The purest beef suet is used, and by means
Of hydraulic presses the oil is expressed,
leaving hard cakes Of stearine. The oil
Is then clarified, or freed from all foreign
substances, and is placed ia large steam
churns, with quality Of pure sweet milk,
where it is ehurned for one hour. The
milk curdles in the operation and yields
is portion Of oil to that expressed from
the suet, and the whole is taken out and
vigorously kneaded until the milk is all
worked out Of the butter, which is then
carefully packed for market We were
not, Of course, indicted into all the mimi
tia Of this novel business, but enough was
shown, in addition to the brief expIana-
tious given, 70 prove 70 us that butter can
be mnde by the process described that is
far superior to the bulk Of butter sold iii
our market