The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
INTERESTING AND USEFUL
HINTS AND FANciES.
destructive Taik on Polsonoss miIk Preservatircs
Saving Corn for seed-Breed.ag for
Besf-stoek and Dairy Notes
Household Notes.
Poisonou. PreservatIves of MIX.

preventing milk from souring and for
preserving butter. They 60 by the
names OF ''preservaline, 'glacialine,
''iceline, etc. but all are OF kind.
simply borax powdered or pressed
into cakes. Borax is composed of
boracic acid and soda. and Is dan
gerous TO the human system when
taken with food. Even small quanti-
ties exert bad effect upon the
kidneys. which are the most sensitive
OF the excretory organs, and usually
have moro than enough 10 do 10 get
rid OF tho heterogeneous and saline
wastes OF the system under our Amer
lean life OF activity and unrest, and
the constant muscular exercise OF
persons who never take a holiday, but
work harder both physically and
mentally than any other people under
the sun.
These so called preservatives OF
milk, butter, eggs etc. are no new
thing, says Henry Stewart, In the
Pennsylvania Former. / tested them
10 years ago They will no doubt
keep eggs from spelling a long time,
and will keep milk and butter sweet in
the hot weather But all this may be
done without them. by the mere exer-
else OF cleanliness and Il cool tempera-
ture, or the use OF simpler and safe
antiseptics In my tests i found that
the borax hardened the yolks OF the
eggs. and was absorbed by them TO
dangerous extent; eggs treated by
stepping In a solution OF the sub
stances named, when cooked and eaten,
produced In a short time distressing
urinary symptoms, which. ifcontinucd,
would certainly produce serious disor-
der OF these delicate organs Milk
treated with them. and butter as we'll,
found equally noxious, and but for my
knowledge Of medical science and
practice. might have gone so far
with them as TO have caused perma-
nent injury. | learned enough, how
ever, to cause me TO oppose the use OF
those preservatives as strenuously as
! could, and IN time they faded from
view. But recently they. or one OF
them, has been again prominently
brought into notoriety. and leading
dairy paper. | am sorry TO say is en-
SPECIFICALLY recommending the use OF
that one called preservaline The
manufacturers OF this dangerous sub
az Ia, Il
that the compound does not contain
boracic acid in its commercial form
But this is a mere subterfuge. Borac ic
acid Is always the same thing, when
In It's pure, free state, as when 1t is
combined with soda, as borate or BIZ
borate soda, which is plain borax. DR..
Babcock, OF Wisconsin Experiment
Station, | am glad TO say. takes
the right view OF this matter and
opposes the use OF IL as strongly as
anyone could wish
BoraX is an exceedingly acrid and
active substance. 1t is used for maxi
ing soap on account OF this very quality,
but even the soap is Objectionable. be-
cause 1t decomposes and destroys the
vegetable fiber OF clothing more than
any other kind OF soap. IL is used In
medicine 10 cure ulcers and gargle sore
throats because OF this peculiar
destructive action upon animal tissue.
While n person may use IL in this way,
incidentally, IL goes without say ing.
that il Is not fiji substance 10 put into
ones stomach from which IL is discharg-
ed through the exceedingly sensitive
urinary organs. the kidneys. bladder
and urcthra. IL is TO be hoped that
dairymen will be wise enough to leave
IL severely alone, and 10 rely upon
other and safer antisePtics.
Salicylic acid is another autiseptic
which has been offered for use as a
prcservative. This is equally or more
pernicious, and should never be used
with any food. A safe antiseptic. II
any Is used. Is plain bi-carbonate OF
soda small quantity OF this in solu-
ton. added to milk will keep IL sweet
twelve or twenty-four hours longer
than the standard thirty-six hours. for
which / have found milk can be kept
sweet without Ice in any we'll APP
pointed dairy. This Is not injurious
IN any way, and Is even useful as n
tending TO destroy ncidity Ia the stom-
ach OF person who may suffer from
slight indigestion in warm weather.
But the more active antiseptics above
mentioned prevent digestion ana en-
courage dyspe psia In weak stomachs.