The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-26
SHORT IN WEIGHT
Kansas Package Butter Falls
Below the Standard.
Ali Found to Be Less Than
Pound Packages.
MR.WILLARD'S REPORT
State Board Of Health Issues
Bulletin.
Shows Remarkable CareIessness
or Something Else.

= T. willard. head of the chemistry
department of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college. makes the astonishing
announcement that out Of 19 packages
Of creamery butter purchased on the
open market, Is were short weight
and that the one sample showing full
weight was manufactured. packed and
sold by the dairy department of the Ag-
uculturaI college.
Prof Willard says: s'One manufac-
turer whose attention was called to the
ahOrtness in weight. coolly defended
himself on the plea that he did not sell
butter by the pound, but by the print.
Ia view Of this, it would be well to re-
Quire every print to bear a statement
as to net weight claimed"
Six OF the samples weight were below
IS ounces. and one was below IA ounces.
It must of course be conceded" says
EFoL- Willard, that it is impossible to
have all prints put out by a creamery
equal in weight, but when practically
every sample is underWeight it is evil
dsnt that the general practice Of cream
cries is to make them so"
The report OF Prof. Willard is pub
lished in full in the bulletin of the
Kansas state board Of health issued to-
day.
In order to make up the deficiencies
in net weight on packages generally
me manufacturers put q lot of weight
into Wr8ppings- One brand of creamery
butter commonly sold on the Topeka
market IS wrapped four times as fol-
lows.
J. A thin tissue paper next to the but
ter.
g Heavy waxed paper
3. Cardboard carton.
& autographed cover
Prof. Wizards report therefore shows
the gross weight Of the packages and
the net weight Of the butter in ounces.
Name, Brand, Manufacturer. Cross. Net
Red Cross Creamery Topeka
Pure MIX Co. ..-......-.........16.4 15.3
Parksdale Renovated Continen-
tai Creamery Co. ...............15.S al
College Creamery. Dairy De
Burlington Creamery, Burling-
ton Creamery Co -..........-.-.19.6 15.2|
Yellow Rose Creamery, Leav-
enworth Dairy and Creamery
Clover Leaf Creamery. Fort
Scott Creamery C0............-- log 14.9
II. c.. Hers & H,rb Creamery Co163 15.4
Original Acme, Acme Cream
cry Association Observation-Disclosures. 15-S Is 6
Belle Springs Pure Creamery
Bells Springs Creamery Co-...16.9 1913
Cottonwood Valley Creamery,
Butter, Cooperative CO.. Cream
Burlington Creamery. Burning
ton Creamery Co ...........----17.2 14.2
Shady Grove brand. Puritan
Creamery Co -.-.....-..........15.8 15.4
Brookheld Extra Creamery
swift az Co .---.-..----.-.. 1913 14.I
Carnation Creamery, Hoisington
Creamery Co. .....-............l6 90 157
Merritt's Best Creamery, Mer-
rift Creamery Co ---..........-.16.4 15.3
Shady Brook. Watkins Cream
cry 20 ISL lo.I
ery 90. .15.s 14.2
Engle, proprietor -.-..-.-.....-.-164 15.4
The secretary of agriculture has fixed
82.5 per cent as the standard amount
of butter fat to be contained in the but
ter. 1t was found that the highest per
centage Of fat was 87.55, and the lowest
1892. Concerning the amount of water
and butter fat in the butter, Prof. VIII
lard says:
In respect to water content these
samples show a great improvement over
the three submitted last winter. Only
two are beyond the 1899 per cent per
mitted by the internal revenue service
In respect to fat, which is the valuable
constituent, nine of the twerity-one are
below the standard to a greater or less
extent It will thus be seen that, while
there is considerable improvement over
the samples previously reported upon,
there is still much to be desired in this
respect. It may be that the cause of the
3 difference in results is to be found in
the difference of season rather than in any
change Of practice on the part of manu-
facturers. However, 1t has come to my
knowledge that more attention Is being
given to avoidance Of an illegal percent
age Of water than heretofore. Doubt
and extended by giving ample currency
70 the fact that every manufacturer OF
butter having more than 1893 per cent
Of water It is legally subject to a tax
Of 5000 per annum; that wholesale deal
ers in such butter must pay tax Of