Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-08
TnE BUllER QUESTION

the OLD RESIDENT ,orin fact the modern
observefl 10 ace tbal there is quiet
advance which is vastly io.H ihuloa'lNe
Of splutler aud failure than oi caution
aud ultimate success. 10 no small
thing t7ll 10 thls more noticeable than
In the article Of butter the eRper'-
cnccs aud methods OF The old Times
provoke many smile when something
wakes up from 900 mory things Ia
which We have taErn personal part
The stotekeepof and ihy bu''oF-Vendor
were friends even rom The beginning,
and one ofsuoh ,z.cfIcnccs dates back
to the winter OF 1854, WHOM customer
prcfUuiod round OF buster u ttmo
twelve or fifteen pounds 90 weight
II had been pressed iu large home
maize milk rnu Second ward cfochery
meet likelyl; De- w.i Attractive In color
aud the nav.r was more than
fair Il was consequently put aside Tor
the slecial use of the family, who
within few hours made their call.
Toe piece being rather large II was cut
Ia two, when tue canning Of tho seller
was exhibited, fer the small original
form was all mgu'dy AMI unsaleablc,
while tho outer "smui" was ifClh and
fair and showed enterprise worthy Of q
better cause.
II need not be voudofed a., however
that butter varied very much IN those
aud later days, Tor appliances were
poor aud mcagcf, white the majority
Of butter wofkcis were ~ unfamiliar
o. iao oue,who on the plain., innocent.
ly ssked,on being presented with cup,
as TO (Which COW gave tue butter
mils2" Long y,np though after that,
the housewife counted on getting her
toai pins, spool cotton AMI smaller
things Tor her little "iab" Of butter,
anu tue ever present shoe boK
was tho usual receptacle for
tho Heterogeneous purchases Of
this article In almost every store.
Every variety ~ 10 color nayor age,
was us rule, bought aud combined,
Tor Tow men hal tue courage totcll any
woman thai her butter was not good.
Few cared to decline It Tor fear Of Ice.
ing customer griutimating an insult.
Every maker would have sworn, II
need be, that hers was good, though
the milk had stood In the kitchen
amid ~ odors auI dust until u par,ook
OF each. And many "a time IN those
days Of scarcity tho rag around eth
had on button by way Of illustrating
shake,peato's saying 40 what base
usc' may We como nj last"
WHO Of that time does not remember
when impeiulus President Grant,
speaking ON the public stand IN regard
to bis butter supply, asked az u favor,
that the maker would In the future
bring the butter On one plate aud the
hairs on another, 40 that he could mix
them to suil his tastei And yet u
would 10 lluoil u, to even intimate
mat there was neither good butter nor
good butlormakcTs ~ the Territory
or within reach Of this city. The
names Of many could be easily
recalled aud they aud their descend.
ants make nud sell really choice aud
toothsome article 10 this day.
Toward the sixties this butter supply
OF Utah was lees Of problem. Trad,
outside began 70 Increase, and from
the principal dealers - after much
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. went out 10 Ne
yada, Montana and Colorado, t
ranches, stations and other place
whore II was a luxury, albeit, strong
stteakcd, salty anu greasy almlst e
perfection. Amalgamati1n, howevel
good It might bs in some directions
does not soum to apply to bu,,uG and
the butter could not help 10, Tor from
the time II loft the makers hanIf-yul
before, It was unIofgOiug decided lie.
teroTatiou. n we were teachers and
wanted "lo pJint a moral or ndorn a
tale" It Is 10 be- hai In this soli
same butter, for good piece OF
ohurning took on tho couiaglof
Of its neighbJr on tho dish or later ID
the shoe uJx, Just az readily ~ "evi
communications corrupt good man
urfr," or as Gone siokly sheep infect
tue whole and poisous all the rest"
The writer hereof was aHong Ia,
earliest advocates Of a change, n onl,
Tor the money export. Tho necessity
Tor cleanliness, tor system, for milf
houses outside tho dwelling OF kitchen
aud finally tho advantage, OF com
bincl dairIgs, was suggested and cu
forced ma connection with nu alm1s
unlimited market Ia all tho surround
Ing mining camps. But the ideas iu
ON uusymU,jhutic aud dubious soil
aud some dino after the Inauguration
Of u. q. NJ. /, their Wholesale uusiues
had in par, 10 receive proIuce-inoIuI
Ing but.er-i1 Keep the wheels OF trll
a'moving oar spirltual.minded an
beloved Apostle had charge Of tho pa,
duce department theu, and the M
oumulati0na Of "m1t" were inoroas
ingly great expectation was tho onl
outlet AMI alter serious tim
IN handling, blending, washing, wit
suuury additions Of sugar, sallpotI
and native salt, tho compound wa