New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-11
COMPLAINTS ABOUT BUTTER.
EXPLANATIONS FROM THE DEALERS.
REASONS WHICH THEY GIVE FOR FALLING OFF IN
FLAVOR.

FLAVOR.
There have been complaints recently that the
quality of butter not good in previous years
A TRIBUNE reporter made inquiries among number OF
dealers yesterday. A prominent Washington Market
dealer said:
Have we had many complaints about the guaiity OF
best class OF butter this spring Wei, yes there is
certain time early in the that we alN ays have
trouble with best customers and that is about the
time changing from dry winter feed TO grass
We butter dealers try to some of our best
winter make to supply most critical customers When
the trouble comes"
Have there been more complaints this spring than
usual 2"
"we have had a very late cold spring, aud in many
parts of the country the grass has been very slow start
ing This has caused delay In turning the cows from
dry feed TO grass and extended the time that makes
trouble with butter and OF course made more cause Tor
complaint from housekeepers Butter-making, you know
fine art and everything has got to be in the best COLI
tOn to turn out frst-Class article Any change in
the feed Of tho cows upset things till they get
used 10 It, and that takes the fine edge of the high grades
of butter"
"what class OF customers are hardest TO please e.
"The men and women who buy for rich families. But
they don't generally know much about good butter.
They pay good price and always give them the best
quality but the trouble often Is they don't know how to
take care the butter after they buy It. They are sure
10 put In refrigerator by the side Of berries yege-
tables and meat aud butter takes up the smell Of any
thing around It, In wentyfour hours the best OF IL would
taste smell like mixture of berries vegetables and
meat II kept in vessel with aclOse-ftting top there
would be no HARM The managers Of hotels and restau
rants all about this and keep separate refgeraors
for their butter but private families do not know its i'm
portance and are the time In trouble about it, and Of
course blame butter dealers"
M Merran of Acker. Menal & Condit, found In
his store in Chambers-st He is type Of the NewYork
hrafro Ia
read important letters, and couueously though some
what hurriedly answered questions at the same tme
This season all his butter has run fine. No to
compain-seasOn two weeks observation-disclosures that
letter on hehas given the grass great body and will
make splendid hay-John, here-when the sun gets
warm enough That will give great butter season
no trouble; the contrary, creameres are improv
ing ia both quantity and quality. The make OF the West
en ereameries snot now good as the make o. the
Eastern creameries. They winter ereameres, and
compare I'm summer with the make OF those In
the East All through the simmer State reameres con-
troll the market Those the city sell milk and cream,
which seriously interferes with the market for butter
But. Mr. Merral has there been no cause for COM
winter feed of grain makes the richest and best but
ter-better than grass When the COWS are turned to
grass he spring soft and causes the cows 20 seour
and this makes the butter of poor quaty-hurs the
flavor When the is strong and the cows are fed
butter This has been the best season have
known There is always some COMPLAIN. 10 me spFns
market below 20 cents again, foreigners here
for IL when the market becomes glutted
large grocery store at Fifty -frst-st and sixthaye
ave have had particular trouble this spring except
some people ole0margarne and the change 20
makes the ih. which some people think Is arti-
fetal and they OBJECT % It, The finest not made from
grass but rehn inter feed Any change OF feed hurts the
butter until the cows get accustomed to IT. When they
hrs 90 grass atons the iavor OF the butter Have
had no moro complaints this spring tlan usual.
A call was then made Park Tltorl, Of Twenty
fret St and Broadway Joseph PARK said that except
for the unusual weather that had made late spring he
Lad not received any other than me usual Complaints
being turned from dry grain and hay feed TO fresh grass
pasture which always intereres for few days with the
flavor OF the butter speaking genera'y however, nc
noted great improvement within the last fewyears In
the quality OF butter made for the market He atrtb-
uted this TO the fact that many men OF means we're buy
ing herds Of fancy cattle and making the finest quality
OF butter matter what II cost. This acted as slim
nant To tie whole trade Thus far this had been the
best season FOR line butter he had ever known.
Iohn UNI Martin & CO.. who deal almost exclusively in
butter and cheese said there had been deal OF
grades OF butter. There were several reasons. This
Glass Of goods the early spring mostly from the
css s and the cows came fresh spring and fall
V M6Sh 'T y mixed with tRe mix from fresh cows il
Injured the quality OF the butter This always occurred
twice year spring aud fall They had this trouble
some three or four weeks ago ana always had It in
October but they could depend upon the state diaries
and creameries then In the spring they could The
rSne was also Oft owing 70 the COWS being changed
fror hay grass when the butter was sure TO lack
fresh taste In Illinois at Geneva, Kane County, there
was glucose factory and for hundreds OF miles around
the farmers fed glucose meal 10 their cows which greatly
injured the butter The firm had been obliged 10 refuse
goods on that account Lard also found is way the
best Western brands and made the flavor haj at least
such was tho suspicion of many buyers For these
sons grocers always followed up the State make until
frost Killed the grass, when hey took to Elgn again.
The trouble with want OF flavor only experienced
al the West winter dairyng praCtlsed. they
had many complaints four weeks ago and had 10 ex-
plain TO their customers all the little difficulties OF butter
making. All c0lorng In winter was artificial for only
grass feeding would produce yellow Color though the
process OF colorng was harmless. The glucose meal
feeding in Illinois bad made the same trouble with
Understanding that the Buffalo glucose meal did with
the milk OF the Orange County milkmon and many
factories now receive the milk from diaries
where this feed was used