Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-27
A srARTLIgq DISCOVERY.
II had 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 q dav

II 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 peo.
pie who have heard the lines have ever
given the matter of milking cows for any.
thing other than milk serious thought.
And yet genius in Dakota has succeeded
in making a COW give, not exactly rum,
but beer. He has made discovery that
threatens to revolutionize the entire brew
ing trade of the world, and render brewery
property worthless. In short, he has es-
tablished brewery on four legs The let
ter published below was received by DR..
II. E. Hoelke, the chemist of Park and
Missouri avenues, and iully explains this
remarkable phenomenon
GARY (DAkota). September 25, 1888
DR.. II. E. Hoelke, 81. LOutS-DEAR SIR: In our
nelghboIhOod lives German farmer named Llebig,
who claims to have made discovery which seems to
me so remarkable that have concluded TO report
1t to the press. He is engaged in raising hops on
sma. scale, keeps some cows and seems to be doing
well. He is quite scientific man, and has a
diploma from some big agricultural college in Ger
many, .he name Of which l have forgotten. His
neghbors call him the Latin farmer This Is what
he says: Among the cows is one of English breed
the best mixer in the lot. Some time ago this
milk from her had bitter taste and brownish color
which rendered it totally unfit for use. This gave
him considerable Distress and he could not account
for it. Later on ne discovered the cause Of the
trouble. He the animal coming out of his
barn, where he has his hop bins. Evidently the
COW had been feeding on hops, and, naturally, the
milk had acquired the Objectionable taste. He
commenced series OF experiments, the reasons for
which he gave me, and which seem quite plausible.
His arguments were: If the food has such direct
influence on the taste and color OF the milk, have
Ls.,I al..
character We choose? he evidently regards the
animal economy OF the COW a sort of chemical
laboratory. So he went to work to try to produce q
drink similar to beer and if his statements
las believe) he succeeded completely.
He continued to feed hops, for which she had
natural liking, then malt and then corn. Grass and
hay would not do, because under it the liquid re-
sumed its natural mi ky character The product
under this feeding turbid light-brown liquid,
with sweet, slightly bitJerish taste. Warm from
the COW he adds some yeast, sets it a rm place
and lets it ferment This seems to generate Ger
tain amount of alcohol and the liquid at the same
time becomes clear. If the fermentation is, how
ever, not Interrupted at certain stage the stuff
gets sour and is unfit to drink He stops the fer
mentation by pouring the liquid in a stro1g jug,
corklng it tightly, and letting it down in deep
we'll Two or three days after he draws it up. 1t is
then clear, light brown color, effervescing form
ing creamy foam on top, and tastes oelicious-to
me great deal better than most of the beer l 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 l first ex-
pressed some doubt of the success of his experi-
ments he met me with argument which had to
admit was quite plausible. Starting with the fact,
undoubtedly correct, that all physicians order beer
freely to women in confinement when the genera
ton Of milk in their breast in abeysnce scsnty
he says; d" If beer in the animal economy can be
transmitted into milk, why not tie element of
milk, under proper food, be transformed into beer
in this natural laboratory" Yours truly,
S. E. JOHNSON.
a beef famine is now likely to occur at
any moment People may expect to hear
of all the vast ranches in the West being
transformed into beer breweries, and of
dairyrnen abandoning their milk business
to 90 into the more profitable sale Of beer.
Isl. Louis Republican.