Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Parma Few
Hints as to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
.Fishiness' iu Butter.

,Fishiness'' iu Butter.
The New Zealand Dairyman reports
that at lecture delivered on the 18th
Of May at the eighth annual conference
Of the Australian Butter and Cheese
Pa tory Managers Association, held
AZ IL 'lbourne, Mr.. Thomas Cherry.
M. b., h.. s.. lecturer in bacteriology,
Melbourne University. said: II may
say a word o, two about one special
defect in butter which has attracted
a great deal of atteotion during the
past two or three yean,. namely, nsn'
mess" This peculiar flavor is oue 70
a chemical substance callet trimetn.
ylamine." which was first isolated
from herring brine, and which gives
the brine its peculiar flavor. During
the last ten or twelve years tri-
methylamine has been extracted IN
small quantities from many KINDS OF
purifying substances, and 1t Is now
known to be a product Of the growth
of at least a score Of different micro
organisms. 1t can be produced oy
sowing pure culture Of these, just In
the same way as a pure culture OF the
Tactic acid bacteria produces the
agreeable aroma of good butter. The
primary cause Of fishiness is therefore
the accidental invasion Of the butter
by an organism capable of setting up
this change. Among such organisms
there are several bacteria which are
found in dirty water, and others
whose natural home seems to be sea
water. But these bacteria are not
able to manufacture trimethylamine
from pure butter-fat and milk sugar.
The material from which they pro
duce 1t is the butter-milk or curd; that
is to say, 1t is product Of the putre-
faction of proteid substances. Further,
some of these organisms grow very
slowly, and at comparatively low tenn.
peratures; and finally, the addition OF
an extra amount of salt seems TO IA
vor their development
The experiments which are being
conducted at the University Labora'
tory are not yet complete enough for
a full report to be given, but l think
sufficient information has been OBJ
tanned to justify the above concin-
sions. II no, 1t 10 evident that fish
mess Is not simple matter to be
cured by any single remedy. On the
contrary, 1t may originate at any
stage in the process of manufacture.
The organism may find its way into
the milk on the farm and be carried
over into the cream. and thence TO
the butter, or 1t may come from the
water used to wash the butter, or even
possibly from the salt.
American Butter and Cheese Abroad
A, r. Eastman of Waterville, New
York, says that his experience with
dairy products in England shows that
very little American butter Is to be
found there. The amount OF Amer
Jean choose there Is also small he
stated at meeting in New York that
he had inquired the reason for this
and had been told that the dealers
had not sufficient confidence In Amer
lean goods. This is due to the vast
amount of fraud that has been prac-
ticed, and contrasts strongly with the
methods followed by the Canadians
who make goods that will stand the
test. He charges that the Americans
work for the greatest possible immed-
late profit. That his charges are part.
ly true we must admit. but there is q
point that modifies the situation con-
siderably. He says that he finds Lit
tie butter or cheese ON the English
market. This is partly explained BY
the fact that dealers In all kinds Of
goods resort to the trick Of falst
branding. Though the sale in Eng
land Of American cheese has fallen Of
considerably from what 1t was few
years ago. we still sell a good dea
Of that product to the English peo
pie. II It does not appear as Amer
lean cheese on the English market
II does appear under some othe
brand. Just now the Canadians hav
quite a reputation for their chees
and a good deal of the best quality o
American cheese is doubtless sold a
Canadian, while the poorest Canadian
cheese is branded American. w
know the trick Is worked with Amer
lean meats and see no reason why !
should not be used In the sale Of dair
products. Americans should work TO
better reputation abroad. and tina
reputation can be gained only b
sending to foreign countries good
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