The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-29

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For some time past h~ous-keepers
have been complaining OF thu poverty
of the milk with which their milkmen
have been supplying them. and IL wa
more than suspected tina, the disribu-
tiers Of the iscteal fluid were r-sorfing tai
the water isydranfs more than usual IN
order 10 make their supply go over n
| greater number 81 customers than IL
otherwise would. For once. however. a
g~rieyous injury has been done the mueh-
DETAINED milk pcailer-
A reporter 81 the Journal had n con
ver.ation ON the milk subject with y gen
tleInan from n point from which one
hundred cans 81 milk are shipped daily
{ 20 this city. from whom be learned the
real cause 81 the evil. In reply "a the
inquiry if he cogld advance any theory
to account for the deterioration Of milk.
he replied:
"why. do YOU not know tina, the
farmers have go, \ new article Of food
81, their cattle! They are feeding their
COWS with sugar corn-mcai, which has
the e:.ec; 81 making them give ever 20
much more milk. but IL j. not nearly -
good quality. aud does not make either
cream or butter. The Rev article Of
food is what is left after the glucose j.
taken out II is shipped by the car
load from the glucose factories. aud
il now being used by farmers instead
Of corn-meal. A large number 81 the
farmers ali over the State are using Il.
as il only costs on.-sixih tho price of
corn meal. and it makes more milk.
They say the stuff l. quite wholesome.
but 10 see il you would rot think so.
You could not sit in the wagon with Il.
Ii seems To me very much like swill
feed. When il is kept for a few DAYS
it gets quite sour and unit To be
used. its then just like manure. At
first the COWS will not take il all by itself.
and il has 10 be mixed with corn
meal, but they sooa get used 10 il
and come to take liz readily BY
itself. At first the farmers made il
about one-thind Of the feed. but. as
he cOrn-meal got scarce. they kept
increasing the quantity till they
feed il now entircly-that is, those who
sell their milk. for. as il will not
yield butter. it will not pay for those
who make that article 10 use il. The
milk from il yields about twenty-five
per cent. less butter than milk from
corn-mcal At first the milk dealers in
the city grumblcd nj the poverty of the
milk, but as the farmers told them that
without il milk would be very scarce
and dear now, they connived AZ is use,
and the consumer is the sufferer. L.
gives the milk a thin, poor appearance.
but the dealers in the city color il with
annotto. a vegetable substance. That.
however. colOrs the buttcrmilk, so that
it cannot be used. and the factory peo-
pie have got some other oily substance
that has the same effect, but | don't
know what il is. The new feed is not
anything like a. good for fat,cning pir-
poses. When dried it is jus, ike chat.
and there is nothing to it. Still, the
farmers who use it have very fat cattle.
Grass is scarce this season, il has beer
SO cold. Scarcely any one has turned
out his cattle yet, and suppose that in
creases the use Of the sugar meal. I
would not say that the milk from il is
unwholesome. | don't know enough
about it for that, but il is a poor article.
1t does not change the appearance of
the milk any, except that it has not that
yellow. creamy appearance that milk
will have after standing a little. 1t is
to give il that tinge that the annette il
used. AnnOtto is not unwholesome. Ii
Is used TO give butter a good color in
winter, when otherwise il would have
a white. lardy appearance - Chicago
Journal.