The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02
Artificial Butter.

sc. 900 to 10000 pounds of eauI fat are
brought daily from the large abattoirs
of this city and vicinity to factories, to
be rendered into oil, a considerablepart
of which, In turn, is manufactured into
bntter. II is with reference to this traf-
ic in artificial butter, or oleomargar'ne,
that a law was recently passed by the
Legislature of this State. 1t IS entitled
can act for the protection OF dairymen,
and to prevent deception in the sales Oh
butter" Whatever may be the merits
of oleomargarine, it can not be denieo
shat some persons are still somewhat
saueanrish about using it, and would not
indulge half so heartily were they 10
discovered that the substance Of when
they are partaking ''in the semblanceot
butter'' is not the Legitimate product
of the dairy" and is not ''made exciu-
sively of milk or cream" but it is an artt-
Gle s'into which the oil or fat of animals,
not produced from milk, enters as
component part"
In VIEW of the Interest excited in the
subject by the passage Of the bill, some
inquiries were made i,y y Tribune re-
porter to ascertain the extent of the
manufacture and use of oleomargarine
in this vicinity, what is claimed for it by
its advocates, what butter-dealers think
of it, and what will be the effect of the
new law. This law provides that all
packages containing artificial butter
shall be plainly labeled with the name,
"Olsomargarine," and that all retail
dealers, when selling it, shall furnish
the purchaser with card, also marked
" Oleomargarine. To ascertain the
value of oleomargarine, two classes were
consulted-thcse who make it or the oil
from which it is made, and prominent
butter-dealers. The estimate OF these
persons seemed to differ. 1T is a con-
tenfptible fraud" said the first dealer
whose opinion was sought. " You might
as well make butter out of castor oil, no
matter what the soft-headed professors
who furnish them with certificates say
In its favor. 1t looks well enough
for while, but in a month the parts
disintegrate, and you have nothing but
grease. Butter-dealers won't have any
thing to do with it," Other dealers
were less decided in cOndemuing 1t, but
all who were visited stated that they did
not deal in it, and seemed to regard 1t
as very important to avoid giving the
impression that they had any thing to
do with il. Some admitted that Olemar
garine bears Il close resemblance to
dairy butter, and that it can not be dis
tinguished from it unless the per cent
of oil is very large, and that it will pass
for fair quality OF butter. The persons
who make the oil and butter were more
positive in its favor, saying: " 1t looks
like butter, it tastes like butter, it IS but
ter; its constituents and their relative
proportions, as determined by analysis,
are the same as those of dairy butter 1t
is made from the fat of newly slaught-
cred animals, and as much care is exer-
cised in making pure article as is used
in making dairy butter in the best regu-
lated dairy Only prejudice prevents it
from being regarded as valuable food
product"
There are two kinds ofoleomargarine.
The first may be called the "original
and genuine;" in making it the oil Is
adulterated with Just enough cream to
allow of its being churned, the proper
ton of cream to oil being about TO 20
The "original and genuine" is made in
large factories operating under the Mege
patent. Butter-dealers claim to be able
to distinguish this article from dairy
butter quite readily, lacking, as it does,
the TEXTURE of the latter. The sec
Ond kind is that in which the oil has
been largely adulterated with cream
perhaps with 80 or 60 per cent. OF
Ecreau. This kind is made by country
dairymen, and, it is believed, in cOnsid-
cradle quantities; and to detect It's
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eept the most experienced dealer.
The manufacture of the "Original and
genuine - is still quite limited, and
2 much of it is exported, so that the
quantity in the market is really very
trihing-a protracted search would be
l necessary to find any. At least, those
| VINO make it 80 represent. Towhat ex-
tent the new law viii protect dairymen,
GOOD housewives and cOnfidIng board
) ers remains to be seen. The manutac-
: turers of the % original and genuine
: will probably comply faithfully with Its
provisions, since the detection Of viola
tions is, in their case, easy. Many o.
the retail dealers will, perhaps, furnish
with each pound or half pound sold
beautifully tinted card marked, 'Oleo
d MARGARINE" But the dairyman viii
q doubtless continue to buy oil, adulterat'
: it with cream, churn it into ''substane'
: in semblance of butter" and consign i
to the city labeled, not 30. NJ" bu
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