The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
MEX FROM TREES
CABLE COUNTY nan 10 REVOLUIlONIZE
DAIRY BUSINESS.
According to the Huntington Ad.

According to the Huntington Ad-
vertiser, cabell county man intends
to revolutionize the dairy industry of
that county. He proposes to furnish
his patrons with eowless milk. and
there viii not be single COW in his
heard, ifit can be called herd. His
product will be purely vegetable, but
he win probably have to consult the
pure food law before he sells il as
milk, thatis as milk as tits commonly
understood. Instead pfherds ofcattle,
the gentle bessie will be absent. In
her place, bis dairy viii consist of an
orchard of trees, and milking will be
the simple process of making an in
cision in the bark of tree and catch
ing the precious fluid in pals. The
product is pure vegetable milk, rich
and nutritious and valuable food
product, but there is some question
as to its buttermaEing capabilities.
Any rate, there is no danger of the
existing dairies going out of business
all at once, or even soon. The Adyer-
tiser saws:
There stands in the lobby of the
Huntington theater one of the most
remarkable specimens of the worlds
fora ever discovered. The scientific
name of this plant would be under
stood bv so few that it is omitted
here, and the less technical term of
milk tree is substituted. The speci-
men now on exhibition is about eight
feet in height and the main bole is
two inches in diameter. Beginning
at u height of one foot from the root,
a myriad of sponge-like branches
strike out from every direction. In
spite of the number and size of these
offshoots, the tree maintains its size
until near the top, where an umbrella
kecanopy ofbranches spreads above.
Tho specimen now on exhibition
is potted, but the tree is quite capable
of surviving in the open. The milk
tree is aptly named. BY making an
incision in one of the branches asteady
flow of rich, thick milk, breaks forth,
the ssck-like bark seeming to be
almost to the bursting point with the
milky fluid.
This much for description of the
plant iself.
"Mr. Gamer, manager ofthe thea
ter, is the owner of the plant. 1t
has been demonstrated that the main
branches, if clipped close to the
body Ofthe tree, will live if planted
in moist earth, take root and grow
with remarkable rapidity. 1t is said
that full-grown tree, if properly
cared for, will produce four quarts of
rich milk a day. This product is
palatable, and a chemical analysis
shows it to be entirely wholesome.
"Mr. Gamer recently purchased a
number of lots and it is said by some
of his closest friends that he intends
to establish a milk ranch, upon
which he will grow the milk tree and
market its product. Mr.. Gainerowns
two lots, each Soxeoo feet. 1t is
estimated that this space will accom-
modate 1000 milk trees of average
size. With this number of trees
showing production of four quarts
daily the output of the 'rauch would
approximate 1000 gallons per day.
The butter making qualities of
the fluid have uot yet been tested.
One milk tree required as much water
as the average COW, but one of the
peculiar qualities ofits product is that
it absolutely refuses to coalesce with
water. The instant water is poured
into the fluid a sort of rubber shield
forms on surface leaving the water
standing clear above.
WEDDING.