The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

larger when dropped than the Durham
or Hereford.
Mistakes made under the Cream
Gathering System by w t. Cro,n-
wei, of storm Lake. Iowa. There +. no
wonder that Il rew system of this kind
shoilId have 1t. mistakes. The sniff ~
cream ga'hcrcr can make or mar TIE
r:c:.i.c;,. :. y.,-;:eS . i..3.. ..hs is
honest and Intelligent, With u good
! knowledge OF cream. 80 man starting
q factory should take cream from any
but = or - inch canS: nor should ~
ronS be allowed 10 skim their own
cream excepting upon the understand
'ii% that such cream should be- tested
along. do not believe the test churn
Viii pc popular. aS it will not need too
micil labor IN large factories. By cui-
tivatii-a good Gcciin" witt our patrons
We can gain their confidence and 60
iccnn. This cry OF fraud INDUCED i'm
by some farmers would soon hide it-elf
IN name. II these errors were correct
cd.
Replyin" to questions lac SAID it would
take near years "a thoroughly master
tnc creamery business. lie had never
tested 'hr f,"','"~'s cream ::d;vi,l,::liy
20 find ont whether he Was paving 10
each man Just what was duc to hni |
80 not believe The majority of orr
give satisfaction t. It's PATRONS TAKE =
quart Of cream for testing, and the
creamery man can vary the quantity of
buitcr made, or cheat the patron. ac-
cor'iln. 10 the quantity Of ;lcidity there
may ne IN the cream al the time of test
H..
Mr.. Mckins;ry said thai if he churl-
cd the cream from 100 COWS separately
Ic could make; per cent. more. butter
than where all the different creams
We re- first mixed together.
Nr. 'rOnwcl. j think il Il very
good idea 70 have an average test OF he
cream, but I" give complete satisfaction
II l. necessary - test each urir1nS
cream. IL W worked our butter only
once "" should have no shortage. bat
in Wnr,in" II tn" second time a. We
do. II slight shortage results. but this
We are Wl!in. 20 stand ON account Of
TN" Improved quality of the buttcr.
Our experience in the market i that
the second working vf the butter tlpcs-
not injurc the @r;,inor fibre. We work
thc hrs: time just enough t. work the
salt III, hut the second Wolkng is hcay-
Ter. On general principles perhaps
butter j. better for only one working
unless tAc maker j. an extremely fac
Judge. We work twice because we
think the butter j. likely To- keep bet
ter fora longer time. We hol,: the
butter between the workings from u
t" 10 hours AZ a temperature Of 80 de-
.er"c~.
"a. .,i.,i,r>oi., AN Experienced but
ter buyer Of New York City said that
: witt! regard I" the butter oi the Storm
Lake tiealiterV 'lic thought il wa Il
very compact briter. not salyv. and
, very clean on the trial. When the but
ter is overR.i'sed The back Of the tier
; shows grcasiness with sometimes bar
tic!., adhcrihe. Salt i, nor The means
alone of 10. ,pingthe butter: il depends
also upon The proper working
NJ. Cromwell: Tie second working
of the butter is moi so much for Getting
ont the buitermilk H. To soiditv the
butter. We use corrugated rollers.
Smoth rollers break down the butter
and iniurc the grain. The majority IF
crca!neries are working Only once. We
use the Higgins Eureka -al,, one ounce,
strong. 10 tine pound
i;9n jas. %.-..,5sja o.: S,p1in lake
not being present his paper en-
tilted, - Butter and Butterine'' WAS
read by the secretary, IL follows:
4 GENTLEMEN or THE i>>oCIATIoN:-
If you will pardon me in opening my
papcron IL somewhat prosy topic. pf Il
purely business nature, will give you
i little quotation from holy George
Herbert. Il poet OF the seventeenth cen
fury, which viii iittin.iy describe the
present aspec; of this butter and but
tcrine question:
'Wnen God crec'S house OF PRAYER.
Satan builds ~ chap" III re:
Ana twill br round upon examination
Tac latter hath .He larger c4ne.s'e4utlrn
To-day. gentlemen, the Devil OF imi
tation Is abroad in our land. By such
associations as yours ,.you bul!i up and
maintain sometime" good. something
pure. something for the general benefit
and welfare of all directly and Indirect
ly Interested in the product of the cow
from the time her pure milk leaves her
udder until part of it reaches the table
of the consumer in the form of the
toothsome bit of cheese or the slice OF
delicious creamery butter. But follow
ing you along and shadowing Your foot
steps comes the Devil of Imitation, sly
ly introducing the hog wherever and
whenever he can. What helped to stop
! the consumption of american cheese i'll
! England only Il very short time ago?
Reports of our putting lard in il. Re-
member. | do not mean to assert that
all the cheese sent abroad contained an
admiNturc az lard: bu, some that was
sent did contain quit" "a large per cent.
ami very soon reports were spread that
ii Wa unsafe L. t'.,g oar Am, gicIn lard
cic>c. In this way va lost a :notholi
gained f1s our surplus chcc-c in one #
the best nf foreign. ni.,ik 't-
Coming IL the topic in hand: what IS
the DeViiul Imitation dom" to-day with
dairy ard creamery butter. 10 tell You
frankly and simply ia a> few words -
possible i, all will attempt To- ito.
When nave brought IL L. gour atieil-
ton. and You realize the magnitude and
extent of the coming evil tea, threatens
IL ovcrsiadoW or dairy interests.
nope il viii he ,icai Mia, steps We
ought 10 take Tor our own protection.
For thc past w." seasons Il area; deal
oi capital ,.i~ been embarked in Chica
%. New YORK, pIiiiad llIi.1. and Bo,-
ron in the making upa rhu>t excellent
imitation nf genuine creamery batter.
This has been tanned !iutterino. Il u
maste I'll VARYING proportions ri the tin
t., tl@ln or NcN York crcotUyfl pfi.!cf
ana deul"riZci lard. Some i;a tories
put in - much ~ fort la'1 .iue butter
and sixty paris lard. pji..-,~ mt in
th;rty butter. and seventy .ard II i
stated ;hat sill e'.. rs ran up rs high ~
ci2hir-iiNc parts lard. af'l fifteen IL
'bmrcr. tlt.S laiicr being ,u.cnded for
tii. itAr~t ''d-> 81 At>t..itiiHl~. ana
boardin" h"n-o,. The ubieci 81 putting
in thc butter is Ia give the goods the
''Tiu-' If uv true metal. Tmc com
pound v hon thorough, mixed j. then
highly sailed .l,I r.lurTd golden }-ci-
low. dlIli tUtt- ar' ,ir.s,nt!l decorated
with iancy brands. SUCH ;s e lover Leaf
/ Crnanicrv. "ClnVerhae Crelnerv."
"Elaiu Lake Creamery. etc. ctc. mis-
j. then put in the hands oi all the COM
mission men la sell ~ bu.tyrine -
far 81 good. / Is butteriue ~ the fac
tory an! il j. hujterine IN the middle
mans hands. Dy h.u Il IS sold 10 the
retail grocer all rIenl enough - fine im
it;ltion creamery g0p.iS. bJlt when the
grocer gel, II into LIS hands hs sells il
I a, 'croalher, butter This Is where
I tl!c fraud BEGINS. The imitation of
! creamery butter i ~ very perfect that
/ even experts are puzzled in deciding AZ
/ to what is butter, and what Is 1utterne,
I In going into this question thoroughly,
while III the cay OF New York last De-
celnbcr. examined and tasted st.vera,
lots. and .'uui, not tell which was which.
! was informed, however. that there is
only iniallIbic test. and that * 10 melt
the buttcrinc, and suddenly chill it bv
surroundin. ii with cracked Ice. and ut
once the lard goes To- the bottom. and
the butter come 10 the top. and the line
of demarcation Is very plainly visible
This state incidentally to show that
means are not wanting 10 discover the
fraudulent mixture if inclination
prompts.