Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-08
AWFUL.
Unholy Mysteries of the Article Called
Ladled Butter.

UDhOly Mysteries OF the AfC1cIe Cat1eG
Ladled Butter.
In the wholesale butter trade there is
an odorous product quoted in the market
reports as ladies. " In all parts of this
fair land there are women who own two
or three COWS and make butter as their
grandmothers did, if not more so. They
take their little rolls, two and three
pounds apiece, to the country store and
trade them for goods. The country store
keeper dare not refuse the stuff or the
fair trader would go to his hated rival
across the way. The chances are ten to
one that he cannot sell the grease. No
body with a nose or tongue would want
to touch it. What does he do with it to
get his money back2
The following extract from United
States dairy bulletin No. l6. by Mr.. J.
II. Monrad. will perhaps open the eyes
of certain ladies who make butter as
their grandmothers did. only worse:
The local storekeepers take butter in
exchange for goods. The price allowed
all producers at any one store is the
same, quite regardless of the quality of
the butter. 1t is necessary to treat all
the farmers alike. As rule merchants
sell what they can of the best received
without any profit or at an advance Of
or cents. The remainder, which in
most cases constitutes much the greater
part of the receipts, is dumped into re-
ceptacles of all kinds. and periodically
sent off to the centers for Iadling. Flour
barrels starch boxes, shoe boxes and
soap boxes have been indiscriminately
utilized for this purpose. Much of this
80 called butter is of such character that
it makes little difference how it is neg
lected. The cafelesspegs and indiffer
ence shown in some places As shocking.
The receptacles are left open, no atteg,
ton is paid TO the mixed contents, and
they are not sent away until full, OF
until the mixture becomes SO offensive
that it n ust be got rid of, The one re-
quirement of the package has been that
it should not leak and waste too much
if the contents melted to oil in transit.
Economical motives alone seem to have
led to reform in this regard. The la
dlers now send out what are called but
ter stands to their regular sources of
supply. These are large oak tubs or bar
rels, generally somewhat copiesl, with
large bottoms to prevent overtuFnfng,
tight covers and strong handles. These
are shipped to the factory when filed
at the store. The contents of some Of
these tubs upon arriving at the ladling
establishment is simply indescribable.
The many small Lots of butter-as the
material was probably at one time en-
titled to this name-diffeF In color,
salt, texture. age and other respects,
and sometimes the tubs contain arti-
cles quite foreign to the dairy. like ba-
con rind and mutton chop bones. In cold
weather it is possible to measurably
separate and sort the different lots. In
hot weather it is simply a mass of
grease not sufficiently melted to be
homogeneous, but 80 far advanced as to
make it impossible to voucb for all be-
ing originally butter fat.
The profit of the Ladders lies in intel
ligent grading and increase in weight
by sailing, washing and reworking, also
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GUS processes used in eliminating ran
cidity and restoring the semblance of
grain and flavor to the mass The article
resulting is called butter and goes into
the butter market, but it may well be
doubted whether, as food product, 1t
is as good as average butterine. As q
rule "ladles" are quoted in the Chica-
go market at about two thirds the price
OF creamery butter and about four-flfths
the price of dairy butter Of like grade,
extras, FISTS or seconds. What Ia known
as imitation creamery" is as a rule
nothing but selections of the best ladled
goods
The great success Of pumber OF
farmers of Queens county last yeaF in
growing enormous crops OF sugar beet
has led others to consider the matter OF
engaging in the industry. While The
culture of the root is being largely I'M
dertaken in the Dakotas and Nebraska
fog the purposes of sugar manufacture,
the Brooklyn Eagle tells that sugar
beets have ALAG been grown with profit
on Long Island for the purpose of feed
ing cattle. There is hardly another crop
that can be made to produce as Large an
amount of food product per acre. Those
who have examined carefully into the
matter state that the beets grown on
Long Island are richer in saccharine
matter than those grown in many other
sections of the country,
1t is made to appear that tub or staye
silos have given satisfaction.
Secretary Wilson has named as special
agent in charge of the scientific and
statistical work of the United States
department of agriculture Professor @.
W, Dabnev.
Japanese Millets.
Professor Woods Of the Maine expert