Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-24
When you want the best mesli-
cine ever made, use DANA's SAR-
sArARILLA. IL will cure you.


The value of butter Is propOrti0natc t.
its flavor chiefly, says Henry Stewart in
| the New York Times. There are
other qualities which give value to It, as
it's color and texture, for butter may be
so made as to be white and greasy, but
these faults are principally in the making
of II. while the flavor Il principally due to
the feeding 1t is true that butter may BE-
spoiled by bad management Of the milk
| and cream. but this may be easily avoid
ed, while the faults in feeding produce
such results as cannot be remedied by
any after management,andc can be pre-
vented only by the choice Of the best
foods. 1t Ia a strange perversity OF
some SO called experts Ia dairyiDg that
they insist most strenuOuslv upon the
very opposite of this, and aver with
pertinatity that "you cannot feed flavor
into the butter; that any food cow can
digest and assimilate do not affect the
flavor Of the butter. and the flavor Is
wholly due to the ripening OF the caeam "
1t is the business OF perfumers to
extract oders from flowers and plants.
This they do by subiectmg them TO cor
tact v it'll lard or other inodOrous fats
or oils, and these quickly absorb these
essential oils, which are not only appar-
ent to the scent. but are equally SO tn
the taste. The fats or oils thus charged
with the odors ard fI.vors Of the plants
are then treated with alcohol, ard the
mixture is distilled, when the spirit
carries over with it all the essential oil
which is thus dissolved out Of the fats or
oils used. Butter may be used in the
same way as lard or any kind Of oil, as it
Is equally receptive Of odors and flsvors
In fact, it is necessary in diaries
to be very particular that no odOrous or
volatile substance should come ia contact
with the butter. A newly painted dairy
room. or cold water tank, will confer the
odor Of the turpentine on the cream or
milk. Even tobacco smoke ia the dairy
will scent and faint the butter, and any
scent Of cooking thai may enter the dairy,
as OF onions or cabbages,- will have the
same effect. The scent of manure will
be absorbed by cream or butter, and, It
has even been known that the strong
smell of decaying turnips In the cellar
under the COW stable and which had
been only breathed by the cows
had tainted the milk and the faint
has been absorbed by the but
ter. This behaviour Of fats, and especi-
any VI ohttCI lhtH VI bItr luilAs tNurCF Vic
butter to absorb the havors of whatever
oils may be contained In the food, aud
as the odors OF plants and flowers. leaves
and roots alike, are due to the essential
oils that are contained in them and all
oils In the food are assimilated directly
without change by digestion, it follows
beyond any question or doubt that the
food directly confers its peculiar odor
nd ho bat 30 t,n
and that any food that is eaten BY the
COW does affect the flavor OF her butter.
Thus IL is ihst when cabbages and tur-
nips are fed to cows they cause the but
ter to taste OF them; that rag weed, pig
weed. tansy and other strong favored
herbs give their peculiar bitterness TO
the butter; and equally the del c ne Odor
OF the white clover blossoms, the sweet
aroma Of the vernal grass and tho arom.
attic flavor Of the hue grass. are all
acquired by the butter Of the cows
paaur'ng upon these plants SO we'll
is this known that The French dairy.
women packa few spri2s Of sweet herb,
or few roses or stalks OF mint around
the butter In their baskets, neatly
covered with the ever snowy white cloth.
as they take it to the markets Thls art
VI HaSoTiDk DuitPT anu VI AVOlO1nX DINER
and OF jectional htvors Is an essential
part ut The French dairy work. aud "a VI
Is only concurrent rarr Of equally
good management all through the bust
ness. the butter. Of the French cities
has reputation that Is unequslled
anywhere else In the world. and
brings propprtionateIy high price IN
the markets 1t Is very certain that
American butter makers are not as care
ful as they should be In the selection Of
food for their cows, and such teachings
as that under criticism IL exceedingly
bad and injurious. II Disicsd. and en- !
eoursges the prevalent neglect In this
respect, and thus it Is damage aud a
wrong inflicted upon persons who are
free to best0w confidence upon what
they think Is superior experience and
scientific knowledge.