Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-01
" 0leOmargarne " or TaIlOw--Butter ant
Cheese.
BY II. A. CUTTING, PHI D.,
Secretary Of Board Of agriculture

BY II. A. CUTTING, PHI D.,
Secretary Of Board Of Agrtcutus
The numerous inquiries | almost daily
receive by letter from farmers in this
state, in relation to oeomargarine butter
leafs me to give description of the same
through your paper, hoping thus to answer
to great extent the letters of inquiry and
also to aid farmers in proper und 9rstand-
ing of the same shall advocate no
theory or state facts that are clearly con-
tested, but give plain statement of the
case without deductions such rs hope will
be sufficient for full understanding of the
matter believe ii useless to 6ght the
product or try by one sided laws to drive
it from market, but enlighten the consum-
ers, and make dairy butter that the con-
sumner WW haze, because it is better than
any patent butter can be.
The makers of oleomargarine have
adopted the plan, recently, of mixing a
small amount of cream and dairy butter
with their product. The result is that the
article thus manufactured cannot be told
even by dealers, from genuine butter, 1t
is stated that 10000 pounds of this butter
is used in New York daily.
If this is true and the analys sis shows it
of the same material as any butter, it is IL
serious competition, but while the truth is
not called in question we would believe,
and think with reason, that there might
be better judges of butter outside of New
York city, but if such readily commands a
market it is high time thai the farmers
awake, and improve their own product.
But how did this peculiar oleomargarine
originate? A Frenchman named NJ. Mege
Mouriez made many experiments several
years ago in the attempt to find subsi-
tute for butter, which might be used in the
French army and navy. He came to the
conclusion that the milk of COW came
from her fat, and that, by melting beef fat at
Il temperature sponding with anima
heat an oil could be obtained which wout
be discovered to be of the same substance
rs that which may be seen in dairy milk by
means of a microscope. Pursuing these
experiments his hopes were realized, mas
much as this oil of fat when churned yield
ed product which was accepted by tn,
| Eronnb nuthnr,tiao TUT f,r bi,t
ter, and some eight years ago letters pat
ent were obtained for this process unde
the style of Oeomargariue," and un
der our patent laws such packages have t
be marked with name and date of sal
t patent or they cannot pr osecute infringe
mtnts. In addition to this many of on
states have passed a law that none ne
, properly marked shall be offered for sal
| under severe penalties, and farmers unde
/ that flncied security given of law do NJ
realize that law, or marks, do not prever
, the sale of really good and desirabl
/ article. Does any farmer suppose that
p by law, our best dairy products were con
e PEELED to bear the label of " Salt and an
nal fat" and vet were an acceptable pre-
= duct to the consumer, that the idea thu
+. it might be made of goats milk or an
e other milk, would in the least prevent i
sale? You can all see that it would no
> and the various stores in New York ar
, elsewhere that sport large and gitterir
y signs of Oleomargarne Butter for sui
= large and lucrative business is suffice
u argument to convince any skeplic tn
these lawful labels are not in any way de
20 rimental to the sale Of what people desr
IL That there are base and filthy compoun,
! 90 into butter-tubs and are marked " choi
III butter or "o!ec margarine, as the ca
~ may be, as little Injuries the best Vermo
butter, or the best oleomargarine, rs t
u baying of dog dislurbs the moon.
i good and desirable product always h
III found and ever will find ready mark
VI In the present stage of science it is pos
1T BILE for the dairy product to suit the pal3
X better than any oleomargarine, but on t
vs. other hand here is half OF the dairy pr
10 duct of New England that falls below t
-, standard, and those that make butter
It, :, inferior quality had better improve at on
''o or sell their cows and devote their attic
''' ton to horses or sheep.
y" 1t would seem to me that a United Sta
III law
So 1st. That all butter products offer
should under severe penalties if not trl
ed marked, bear the name of the manuf
en- turer and date of same with his address
nv ID Declaring any false and frauduI,
,re document purporting to be an analysis
m, II food product, published with the obi
m, of injuring such product, to be forge
- and punishable as such.
mr. Sd. Creating United States and ST
1t boards of inspectors of foods, composed
IN experts, one of whom shall be a chem
vi and another microscopic, whose duty
~ shall be to inspect at their will and in ST.
an manner as they see fit all manufactor
lw for the manufacture of food products, ST.
tn boards to have absolute power to stop a
nd factory found TO be engaged in the maj
no facture of impure articles of food, to
4 | that every article is entered for expor
ton or sale by its proper name, and