Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-11-09
A Startling Discovery.

! The following good one is taken from
the St. Louis Republican.
If had a cow that would give such milk
] would dress her in the finest silk,
| I'd feed her on the best Of hay,
| And milk her forty times day
| So runs the old ditty on rum. Few
people who have heard the lines have
ever given the matter Of milking cows
for anything other than milk a.serious
thought. And yet genius in Dakota
has succeeded in making y COW give not
exactly run, but beer He has made a
discovery that threatens to revolutionize
the entire brewing trade Of the world
and render tho brewery property worth
less, In short, he has established
brewery on four legs. The letter pub
lished below was received by DR.. H Il.
Hoelke, the chemist Of Park and Mis-
sissipp avenues, and fully explains this
oxtraordinafy phcuomcuous $3.50. ---.s.s..s
GARY, DAKorA, September 25.--Dr.
II. b. Hoelhe. 50. Louis, Dear SIR
In our neighborhood lives German
farmer named Liebig who claims to have
made discovery which seems to me so
remarkable that | have concluded TO re-
port it to the press He is engaged in
raising hops on small farm, keeps
some cows, and seems to be doing we'll.
He is quite scientific man, and has n
diploma from some big agricultural col
lege in Germany, the name Of which |
have forgotten. His neighbors call him
the Latin farmer. This is what he says:
Among his cows is one of English breed.
the best mixer in the lot. Some time
ago the milk from her had bitter taste
and brownish color, which rendered it
totally unfit for use, This gave him
considerable distress, and be could not
account for il Later on he discovered
the cause Of the trouble. He saw the
animal coming out Of his barn, where
he bad his hop bins. Evidently the COW
had been feeding on hops, and naturally
the milk had acquired the Objectionable
taste. He commenced series Of ex-
periinents, the reason for which he gave
me, and which seem quite plausible.
His arguments we're If the food has
such direct influence on the taste and
color Of the milk, have we not the means
at hand to give the product any charac-
ter we choose He evidently regards the
animal economy of tho COWS as sort Of
chemical laboratory. So he went to
work to procure drink similar TO beer,
and il his statements are true, as | be-
lieve, he succeeded completely.
lie continued to feed hops, for which
she had natural liking, then malt. and
then corn. Grass and hay would not
do, because under il the liquid resumed
its natural milky character. The pro-
duct under this feeding was turbid
ight-brown liquid, with sweet, slight
ly btterish taste. Warm from the COW
he adds some yeast, sets it in u warm
place and lets il ferment This seems
to generate certain amount Of alcohol
and the liquid at the same time becomes
clear. If tho fermentation is, however,
not interrupted ut certain stage the
stuff gets sour and is unfit TO drink.
He stops the fermentation by pouring
the liquid into II strong jug, corking
tightly, and letting it down into deep
we'll Two or three days after he draws
il up. It is then clear, light brown
color, cfrrvescing, forming creamy
foam on top aud tastes dolcious--to me
IA great deal better than most Of the
beer ever tried In short. he has got
brewery on four legs, which, in case
prohibition should prevail, he can take
along across the borders When [ first
expressed some doubts of the sucsess of
his experiments he met me with an argu-
mcnt which had TO admit was quite
plausible. Starting with the fact, un-
doubtedly correct, that all physicians
order beer freely TO women in con6ne.
ment when the generation of milk in
their breasts is in allegiance or scanty, he
says: "If beer in the animal economy
can be transmitted into milk, why can
not the element Of milk, under proper
food, be transformed into beer in this
natural laboratory
Yours truly,
s. f. JOHNSON.
A beef famine is now likely to occur
at any moment People may expect 10
hear Of all the ranches in the west being
transformed into beer breweries and of
dairymen abandoning their milk bust
ness to go into the more profitable sale
If haar