The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-10-25
FLAvORS TO ORDER.

Readers who have been with US year
or two may remember an article writ
ten to show the general utility of mic
robes, and a few of the many ways in
which they are of Indispensable service
to us Their influence in determining
the favor of cheese and butter was one
of the points made. Where on kind
will produce fine flavor another
makes rank and bitter one, and so
we say one is good fellow and the
other nuisance; bnt tastes differ, as
everyone knows, and no one nose or
mouth can decide for all Strong
cheeses that are in high favorwith some
epicures are so "highly" favored as to
be disgusting to Others. The experts
who handle isolate and cultivate vari-
Gus species of bacteria. are moving on
to the point where they can satisfy all
tastes, provide just the favors in de-
mand and suppress those not wanted.
At least one remarkabls1 step in that
/ direction has been made by DIR. II. N
Conn, OF the State of Connecticut He
| is professor in the Wesleyan Univer-
sity in Middleton, and has been long
in search Of some obliging bacteria
capable of producing the ''nutty'' flavor
in butter which is priced. He ex-
periinented with forty that failed, and
then accidentally found what he calls
"B A." and cried Eureka! / have
found it," 1t is a notable reward for
persistence, industry and faith based
on scientific knowledge; but good for
tune or accident had hand in it too,
for the lucky bug" came from far
away Uruguay in some supposed-to be
''sterilized" milk that was sent to the
Worlds Fair. But DR.. Conn was an
"opportunist," and his ever watchful
eve spied in "B Al" the very fellow he
has been looking for. So he cultivated
it's acquaintance, propagated it's kind
and sent out samples to the several
creameries which were used in the
cream much as yeast is put in a batch
of bread to start fermentation. Now
one hundred and fifty butter makers
are receiving regularly, every ten days,
a couture tube of "B Al" with which
to start the souring of the cream, and
thus insure a pleasant favored butter.
This costs creamery five dollars per
month, and the extra price the butter
brings makes it cheap at the price.
There are bacteria enough every
where to make milI sour. and some of |
Lnem give td1T VI LuiuuiiuB UutttT, :
while others favor rancidity. "In-
the cream with u yeast of |
'.B Az gives that one frst chance,
before other germs from the air get in, |
but the latter cannot be excluded, and |
in course of time the souring is the |
result OF very mixed lot of germs. I
This makes the occasion for reinforc. I
ing the power of 'B Al" and giving it
preference by renewing the stock. Just
how DIR. Conn separates and cultivatcs
this microscopic seed is q trick of the
trade not yet explained. Some Con-
necticut Yankee will yet find the .'B"
that confers sweetness on the genus
homo feminine, and will make for
tune in its culture and sale; and if he
shall discover one of universal power
and unlimited capacity in this lire, he
will win a monument of praise from
the male of the same genus, for doing
away with all sour and bitter speci-
perhaps, from iasipidity
Of universal sweetness and lack of
chance for contrast, the appreciation
,f it should be lost. Possibly there
night be too much of even this good
hing. Foote's Health Monthly.