The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-18

..,.,r when the American asked Tor
! c,un,s OF pounds the native druggist
a.,rly iell over IN astonlshment. and
vondcrsl what on earth the American
,ouil do with two pounds OF butter
obi.b by lie way was about his whole
stoct In trade The butter. however
was found 90 De rancid and decidedly
unGt Tor the Internal use Intended b.
ibe American. This but illustrates
that Their, are vast populations tina
have got Sc, 90 be- educated into the
milk and butter USING habit
In our large American cities the use
OF milk is every year Increasing. More
and more o. is becoming an article OF
1nlvereal d.a,. Even buttormilk 10
coming into great demand In all Of the
city restaurants and even muliltudes
OF .aloons keep o supply oi good cold.
fresh bluermlk constantly on hand
These are signs that thc COW is TO be
strong factor iu tho economies OF the
future. Two great considerations
come un Iu the spreading oi ihis milk
drInklag habit First the quality OF the
milk and second ils chcapneas both
sweet milk and butlermIlk win their
way oa their quality and % ODE farmer
wants his trade 90 increase Dee must
give the best milk that can Doe had'
We know OF course that feed does not
cut a yor great figure in Che solid
contents %; milk. bu, wc cannot hu'
think that feed does have very mnch To
do with the flavor and panuhil.iy OF
milk Perhaps this point viii be dts.
puted. but we doubt u one that has
been an hablWal dHnkor Of milk VIII
be- satisfied 90 take 10 from amy COW aun
from any food We know that with
domestic animals used for food ih,
food on which they have been grown
and flttenod transmits los nayor tu %,
flesh. Thus the waterfowl tha, feed
on nah Is $50 hshy that o. Is very DDS
tasteful 10 many The becycs. mutt
tons ana swine are notably affected d
such au extent that DO makes q grel
difference on the marko Can % D.
doubted therefore. that the feed doe
have a very great effect on the guaI.t
Of the milk? The COWS that ace fel o
pasture grass alone Will not produce
milk that the city people win relE
as they viii milk produced from era.
aud millioods Especially is this tra
In the early part OF the summer whe
after heavy rains there Is % decide
/ grass flavor 90 the milk
So FAR as cost is concerned the oul
way % can Doe pui on the market 40
. lower rate than present ls 90 elm.ua
} the waste and the selling Ui milk
! people that never pay. So Oar as 70
, restaurants are concerned this s n
, OF much consequence. provided OBJ
, milk does not go up as % has Boz WAS
, lngton. Baltimore and some other ri
b lee. where o. sells 40 tea cents D
{ quart In Chicago % sull sells Tor ~
5 and six cents per quart and should
D kept az this point u possible.
81 should Doe kept az this point 90 keep
, a steady demand that win prevent d
! supply increasing faster than the Z
; mand and thus In the not distant
ID ture causing a collapse Rcsiaunr
{ sell their milk by the glass az about
- cents per quart Recently on {
/, streets % Chicago We noticed a m
I that had a stand for the sale OF lce-cl
e butiermllk lie sold 10 az two cen
e per glass. which would be- about clr
: cents per quart or more. His glass
p were OF a size that would require abe
i've for a quart. 80 We may say that
% got ten cents a quart for his milk.
seemed 10 have a brisk trade. bur o
day he disappeared from his corn
/. and the people that had begun 90 drl
buttcrmllk there and had begun
form the habit feli his loss. Prohal
J, be had moved 10 some place in the Fl
where trade was hrlsker than az
. hrst stand. His being missed. DO
ever. shows what a vast amount of b
termil1 might be disposed OF Ia Il
way.