The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-27

erably diminished, the breadth sown In Min
nesota, Dsk TIA aud Nebraska Is very much
larger than last year. In Texas decidedly
promlslug appsara nee is presented BY both
corn aud wheat. or course unfavorable re-
ports regarding the spring wheat crops are to
be expected until they are safely harvested.
but so far as the winter wheat concerned.
the damage done TO the crop In the winter
wheat states. excepting Michigan. hiss in the
latest accounts assumed small dimensions.
The Summarized estimates OF the Ohio state de.
partment Of agriculture, as given In Its report
for May, makes the remaing wheat IN Ohio a
trlfie over 10, 0O0,o0O bushels still in growers
hands. With favorable weather for growth
and maturity, the crop OF 1881 In Ohio proba-
bly, will be Is per cent lcss than last years. CROP
Batter is In fair supply, both country and
northern, and with moderate inquiry. Prices
are unchanged. While dealers here have TO
handle. a large quantity OF inferior country
butter, yet 1t is generally preferred 10 inferior
northern butter aud ,leomargarine very little,
ifany, finding sale In this country In look
Ing up the history Of oeomargarineit is found
o have been man uiactured many yegrs since
In Paris, called "margsrlue mouries,' manu-
facturet by French chemist, NJ. Mege
INQUIRIES, who suImi'ed that the formation OF
butter contained in milk Is due to the ABSORB.
ton o. fat contained 10 t! animal tissues, and
thu % was led to experiment on the splitting
u OF animal fat The process he adopted con-
sisted In bJrtsng finely minced beef suet with
water, Carbonate OF potash and fresh sheep's
stomachs cut up In small pieces. The mixture
he raised 70 q temperature OF IL degrees q. us
degrees Fab The influence OF the pepsne OF
the animals stomach with the heat separated
the fat from the cellular tissue He
then removed the fatty matter. and submit
TED 1t when cool to powerful hydraulic
pressure, separating 1t from searine and oelo-
margarine, which la he used alone for butter
making or this fat about the proportion of
ten pounds, with four pints CT milk and three
pints OF water, were placed in churn, to
which small quantity OF hnnatto was added
for coloring, and the whole ohurned --tos ether.
The compound when well washed, rssemb!ed
butter. He called this compound "oleomar-
garine," from the old idea, now disoroved,
that a fat margarine existed In butter and
suet, "0leo', is msnufactured at from one-
ntth 10 one-third OF the cost OF butter Butter
OF good quality Is the most digestble f. m Of
fat, while in flavor 1t IL 50 deicat0 ana little
pronounced that 1t is always acce ldahle 10 The
palate. 1t Is substance that affords great
scope Tor adnlteratlOn, aud It's composition
makes accurate detection of certain foreign
substances matter OF labor encumbered with
difficulty. Other animal fat, such as lard,
beef and mutton dripplnes or suct, and taliow,
with certain vegetable fats, ore thechief adu!-
terant'. suci authorizations may be suspected
by their characteristic smell aod detected by
their different melting points, by mi, rsco-
picsl examination and by their ethereal solu-
Il )ns.
Eggs are nominal at 10 10 cents per dozen.
Chickens are arriving more freely and low
er, s!,9o@a OObelng the ruling prices paid for
grown spring chickens.
Vegetables are quiet and in ample supply.