Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-04-05
BAD BUTTER.
I'ueh That Is Being Sold To-day Ia
Not Fit to Eat.


The good return now being received
brings 10y to those dalrymen who are
blessed with good supply OF milk,
says q writer In the National Stock.
man. The present price OF butter
ought to insure every purchaser No.
article, but l am sorry to say such
II not the case.
In my labors. lOo&ing after tile en-
forcement of the laws, find daily
butter in the groceries and on TIE
markets which IL not fit to eat. Con-
sumers who see the price of butter go
ing higher and higher complain In
bitter terms of the quality OF dairy
butter and many Of them are not
choice in. their language condemning
the laws. which they claim protect
dairymen and encourages them TO
make poor butter.
There Is no Disgusting the fact that
many consumers Of butter prefer oleO
TO q great deal OF the butter made In
the Diaries of the country. This should
not be so.
If II were not for the large amount
CT poor butter produced we would not
be annoyed with go much process but
ter. There are two classes to blame
for this, the dairymen and the grocers
or country store keepers. II lies with
these two classes to make process but
ter q very scarce article. Will they
do itT
With the laws now on record in
nearly every state in the Union. to pro-
tect the products of the dairy, should
come a radical change in the quality
Every move which Is made to curtaii
the sale of those limitations Ct gen.
uinc butter helps dairymon. VIA.
will they do to hep themselves!
The creamery l.; doing good Walk
IN the way of improving the qualify
OF I.ltter but 1t cannot do all. Foo
many dairymcn 20 not patroLIzA the
creamery. am not insisting that they
shOnld. No better butter was ever pro
ducCd than that which eau be made
at the dairy. The object of this arti-'
Gle is to awaken at this season of the
year an interest on the part of dairy
men to do better work ncXt season.
To do this may not require
outlay Of money or labor on the part
of the dairyman.
Improved milk settings and pure
tu.u water are essentials which must
not be overlooked The day Is past
when any Indifferent dair. III n can Cx-
pect to compete with those who ire
wide awake. There was never p und
Of Nc. 1 butter made from milk Set In
paps or crooks which stood In Gp
pantrIes of from the kitchen where
the family lived. cooked. and perhaps
slept The same applies t. milk set
IN cellars, where vegetables, fruit,
cider barrels, etc, were stored.
Let us have good place TO sc. the
milk: If cold water Is not handy and
plenty put up Ice this winter for next
summers. use. Make better butter
and get mere money for 1t.
The country store keeper and city
grocer can do a great deal Of & cd
along the line Of having a better att
efe Of butter. Let them organize; set
a standard for butter, and let 1t be
sipRie one at that; see to 1t that II |
butter taken In by them comes to thi.
OF reject It entirely. This will soy.
the whole problem.
The dairy interests of this toLn-
try are second to no other. The prod
uct is one which eIeiy mem oy al t..
human family dep, nds on n gely fer
Subsistence. Let those iltrr'sr i.
the production see that an aiticle as
GEAR perfection as possible 1 fGr..i hLd
the consumer, and they will fad a sill
letter market than we have to-day and
largdf rewards for money invested ana !
labor performed in the production and
marketing OF the product.