The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
A COW THAT GIVES BEER.
She Lives at Puyallup in the State of
Washing ton.

From the 81. LOUIS Post Dispatch (Den.L
| A COW that gives beer instead of milk is
one OF the attractions OF the Puyallup val
ley, In the state Of Washington, about
twelve miles from Tacoma. PuyaIlop is the
hop-Rrowing section of this state. The val
ley is in Pierce county, and 1t has none but
, the richest and most fertile soil within its
| boundaries. Its hops have become famous
| throughout the country, and in addition to
| its fine hops, Puyallup boasts of the ugliest
race OF Indians that Uncle Sam has to care
for. The beer-giving cow is exciting the
wonder Of the farmers in that section, and
| IL has begun to attract considerable atten-
ton among physicians aud veterinary sur
| geons, This singular freak OF nature is an
ordinary looking miloh COW, which in gen.
eral appearance resembles her score or more
associates on the green fields short distance
from the town Of Puyallup.
The animal brewery, as the beast has been
sptly termed by her owner, Is the property
| Of James Thomas DeNabb, an upright and
God-fearing citizen. Mr.. DeNabb was one
OF the earliest settlers in Stuck valley,
which runs northward from Puyallup, be-
tween the cities OF Tacoma and Seattle.
He moved to his present ranch between
Sumner and Puyallup a few years ago.
Last fall Mr.. DeNapb purchased twelvo
cows from farmer in Walla Wslla. He
turned them into the fields adjoining his
ranch, and, beyond satisfying himself that
they were as good as he had been led to ex-
| poet by their former owner, he paid no at
| tention to them. The ranch owned by Mr..
DeNabo comprises about l25 acres Of very
rich land. He had thirty acres Of it in
hops last year, which In addition to netting
| him neat sum OF money, gave him the
remarkable animal, to obtain which
! Phineas T. Barnum and old Adam Fore
| paugh would have been willing to cut each
others throat.
Late in the month of September last
when the hop piokers were at work the
| Siwash Indians whom DeNabb had in his
employ would occasionally throw a hand
| full of the beer producer toward the COWS
which frequently strayed near the hop
| fields.
The COW which is now yielding beer
showed a love for the hops, which soon ats
tracted attention among the Siwashes. Be-
| fore the hop picking season was over the
| COW would visit the hop field aud the In
dians would feed her generously on hops.
! "a was not long before the beast began
walking through fields of grass without
eating any Of it or showing any desire for
it During the winter and up to the pres
| ent time the COW has eaten nothing but
hops, and Mr., DsNabb gets all the beer he
| cares for without purchasing it in the man-
ner that his neighbors are compelled to
| pursue
II found that cow was giving beer instead
| OF milk last February" said the farmer the
| other day, in explaining how he discovered
the peculiar nature of his property. II had
noticed for several days in that month that
| my milk had q singular flavor, and / could
not account for it. l first thought that some
of the children in the neighbor hood had
| been putting something into the milk cans,
and 80 l watched them. l stored the cans
away in the house and kept a watch on the
| children that came around here, but the
taste which had first observed still res
NAMED with the milk. l then supposed
| that the children had outwitted me, and 1
! placed the cans In the parlor of my farm
| house over yonder aud then locked the door
so that no one could get at them during the
! day while they were not in use. This was
| on Feb 26 last l devoted the entire day to
seeing that no one went near she cans, and
| the following morning and my men MIXED
the COWS and put the milk from each COW in
| q separate can.
1--WE found the milk all right until we
| reached the can in which the milk from the
little browny had been placed. There we
noticed the peculiar flavor which my GUS
| toners had complained Of 1t was the only
can in which the flavor could be detected,
and so / kept an eye on that particular COW.
For week examined her milk, and each
day | observed that the peculiar flavor was
| growing stronger. l thought it unusual, Of
| course, but was at a lost Co account for it.
| One night | happened to go into the barn,
and noticed the brown COW eating from
the bin of hops which | had not sold be-
caused they had been practically ruined by
lice, which somehow or other got into the
| store room. One of the farm bands i'm
formed me that the COW never ate anything
but hops, and I jumped to the conclusion
that the hops were the secret Of the objec-
tionable taste in the milk.
hat vol nfa akod nv nd ava
ders that the COW should get nothing but
hops to eat so long as she preferred them to
hay, and each day l MIXED her myself, and
| afterward made an examination OF the
milk. The peculiar flavor became more
noticeable each day until the latter part of
! April, when 1T began to taste very much
| like beer. Last month the milk, which had
previously been OF a graysh sort Of color
without any signs of a creamy substance,
began to turn dark browaish color and
have foamy top to it. l took a can full
over to Dr. Keaney, the veterinarian surgeon
near Derrin9er, to have it analysed. DIR.
| Keaney Is not practicing veterinary, hav-
ing retired from practice some years ago,
but as he is friend of mine wanted him
to test it before l went to any one else
"He made several analytical examina-
tions, and surprised me one day by saying:
Tom, you've got walking brewery in that
cow. In few days she will give ss good
! Deer as bu1 DT6W6Ey III bue Country CAT
furnish And he hit the nail right on the
head. took fresh milk to him twice a
week, and about two weeks ago. when
called on him. he handed me glass, say
ing: Here, old man. have a glass of beer
drink occasionally, aud, bein' as Doc and
are old chums, I had no hesitation In tax.
ing il. When had drunk 1t, he said:
We'll. what do you think of itP
Pretty good beer l replied.
THAT'S some that got from your cow
remarked the doctor.
THAT night he came over to my place
/ and spent the night with me. The follow
! ing morning we went out together and
MIXED the COW, aud sure enough we got as
good beer as l ever drank. It's very singu-
| lar. but I'll bet there's no other man in the
country who can produce a COW like her.
Some people don't believe when they come
here, but there's the cow. Come over to
the ranch any night or morning. anu III
/ show you what Isay is true.n