The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-24

a asarslsng Discovery.
OR ruAT MAY REvoLCuoSIzE THE BIER IN
DuerRY AND BREAK UP ALL The BREwERiEs
IN TIE COUNTRY.
The following good one Is taken from
tho St. Louis Repabltcdn'
rfIhsd a COW that would give snch milk
would dress her IN the finest silk.
I'D feed her on the best OF hay.
And milk her forty tunes day.
So runs the old ditty on rum. Few peo-
plc who have heard the lines have ever
given the matter Of milking cows for any
Thing other than milk a serious thought.
And vet genius in Dakota has succeeoeo
IN making a COW give not exactly rum.
but beer. He has made discovery 'na'
threatens 10 reyoluti0nlze the entire brew
lug trade OF the world and render brewery
property worthless. In short nc , mas
established q brewery on four Iegs; i H..
n y Uoelke. the chemist OF Park and
Mississippi avenues, ana iu''y exp'ai"s '''S
extraordinary phenomenon. n u y
UoSIEe. 81 Louis: Dear Sir,-In our
neighborhood lives German farmer named
Liebig, who claims to have made discoy.
cry which seems TO me 10 remarkable that
1 have concluded 10 report II to the press;
He Is engaged in raising hops on small
farm, keeps some cows, and seems to be
doing well. He Is quite scientific man,
and has diploma from some Dig agricui.
tural college In Germany, the name oil
which l have forgotten. His neighbors
call him the Latin farmer. This Is what
he says: Among bis cows Is one OF Eng
lish breed. the best mixer In The lou.
Some time ago the milk from her had Bit
Ter taste and brownish color, which rem
dered IL totally unit for use. This gave
him considerable distress. and he could
not account for IL. Later on he discoy-
cred the cause OF the trouble. He saw
the animal coming out OF his barn, where
he has his hopkins. Evidently the COW
had been feeding on hops, and naturally
the milk had acquired the Objectionable
taste. He commenced series OF expert
ments, the reasons for which he gave me,
and which seem quite plausible. His ar
currents were: II the food has such d.
rect influence on the taste and color OF the
milk, have we not the means at hand TO
give the product any character we choose
lie evidently regards the animal economy
OF the COW as sort Of chemical laboratory.
SO be went to work to try to produce q
drink similar 10 beer, and II his statements
are true, as i believe, he succeeded com
pletely.
He continued TO feed hops, for which she
had a natural liking, then malt, and then
corn. Grass and hay would not do, be-
cause under II the liquid resumed its natu-
raj milky character. The product under
this feeding was a turbid light-brown IL
uuid. with a sweet, slightly-bitterish taste.
Warm from the COW he adds some yeast,
sets il In warm place, and lets 1t ferment.
This seems to generate certain amount OF
alcohol and the liquid at the same time be-
,omes clear. II the fermentation Is, how
ever, not interrupted at q certain stage the
stuff gets sour and Is unfit to drink. He
tops the fermentation bypouring the liquid
n strong lug, corking tightly, and letting
# down in a deep Iwell. Two or three
days after he draws 1t up. 1t is then
clear, light-brown color, eflervescing, form
ing a creamy foam on top, and tastes de-
licious--to me a great deal better than most
of the beer / ever tried. In short. he has
got q brewery on four legs, which, in case
prohibition should prevail. he can take
along across the borders. When first eX-
pressed some doubts OF the success OF his
experiments he met me with an argument
which 1 had to admit was quite plausible.
Starting with the fact, undoubtedly cor
rect. that all physicians order beer freely
to women in confinement when the gene
ration Of milk in their breasts is in abey-
ance or scanty, he says: III beer in the
animal economy can be transmitted into
milk. why cannot the clement OF milk.
under proper food, be transformed into
beer in this natural laboratory"
Yours truly. ). Il. 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
dairymen abandoning their milk business
TO go into the more profitable sale Of beer.