Middletown transcript., 1910-08-06
THE mIDDLEToWH FARas
The COnapany'g Ice Cream and
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/ THE TRANsCRIPT purposes giving Iron
i time 20 time sketches of she various man
ulacsuring and other business industries
Of our town. This article will give SONS
facts about one OF ouR eve eFsameFtsa--
The Middletown Farms. Of which incoF'
porated company Mr. Charles b. Cook !
president, Mr.. +. B. Watkina yiCs.pEssi.
dent, Mr.. 8. E. Lewis secretary and Mr.
Frederick Brady treasurer and manager.
We shall speak ct shis time especially
about their Ice cream and buttermilk
business. Mr.. Brady tells us shas theaE
ics cream trade grew out Of sheir manu-
Gacsure ol that article for their Ocean City,
Nd, Summer store. Il gave 80 much
satisfaction shat outside parties desired to
purchase It, and consequently the COM
pany began making Il upon largeF scale,
and their output has continued 70 IN.
crease until to-day they have facilities toF
making from 100 70 200 gallons per day.
They uss only she best materials and
furnish q superior brand Of Ice cream Of
ali hayoFings, and sold in mass In cans
ranging from one-fourth gallon mp TO
10 gallons, and also in the nodded form
known 90 ''brick" Ice cream. These
bricks run in size from small Individual
bricks up to quart bricks-and they are
she genuine stuff. slwsss cold bricks,
never ''Rold bricks" They ara already
doing one Of the largest trades in that
article on che Peninsula, sending theiF
creams as far South ss ChincOtsague
Island and Cape Charles. Va.
Sometime ago ct ths request OF NUM-
Der Of their customers wishing cheaper
article, ths company began making 40
Ice cream containing lsEgs percentags OF
milk instead Of ell cream as In their
regular higb-grade ice cream. Niscalied
''Fross'' and though sold 81 . muCh lower
figure, Is very palssabls. They also
manufacture oil che various "WateF ices"
known 70 the trade, orange and lemon
being kept In stock, and any other flavor
made upon request Of customer. d
Their sales in ell these articles are con.
ssansIy growing, rs the demand for ice
cream, etc., has enormously ircFsased 10
VsOsns ysarsI what wss once looked upon
Is . luxury enjoyed by but lew. 10 pow
esteemed q common food necessity, aud
is found In almost every household.
The MiddlstOwn Farms also sell sWo
kinds OF buttermilk-the ordinary sort
which is Jeff after ehuERlng In ths usual
way, and special brand devised by the
company and which they calI "ACadia
Cream Buttevmilk." This ''cEeam bot.
ssrmiIk" 10 90 chuFned as TO leave almost
ss much hutGer.iat ss the unohuEnsd
whole milk contains, Il is deliUious
drink % ths writer knows from sxpeEs
isnCs and many to whom the plain butter.
milk is not palstable, drink this kind
wish o eusto. Il is being sold 10 large
quantities both 10 WILMINGTON and Phila'
delphia, the principal buyers being the
Crane Ice Cream Co., strawbridge 4
Clothier, and George W. Stephens. Esq..
the last named iObbinR il out TO numer'
QUE hotels and restaurants. The COM
paHy 10 chipping several tons every week.
and this business is likewise fast aug.
meuting. This brand, the "Acadia Cream
Buttsrmilk" is trads-marked for pTOtec-
ti0n.
In this day Of high prices for about sll
the food ssutts-When, indeed, some Of
them, as Tor example bssi, mutton, etc.,
have almost passed ont Of the reach Of the
miIlions-any palasable and wholesome
substitute Of . cheaper sort, should be
warmly welcomed.
In buttermilk-she plain article which
the company Bsll for one cent quaFt-ie
70 be found 9 very excellent article OF
f0od, rich in she pEoteids, or the nitro.
Renous elements found In bread and
meat, and coating hnt EFaction OF the
sum asked for either Of thoss foods, u. 3.
government experts on dietetiC values say
that buttsFmilk has about the aame food
value as skimmilk, and that 3 common
glassful equals in nntEiment two ounces
Of bread. Now loaf OF bread when fresh
weighs about 16 ounces, bat loses about
two ounces from wakeFy evaporation. A
quart of butteEmilk contains three and
bali glasses; 30 that its food valne In terms
OF bread 10 halt loaf OF bread, and two
quarts costing two cents, would equal 9
whole loaf. In other words, for two
cents y0n can buy two quarts OF butter.
milk having she food value OF loaf Of
bread coating FIVE Cents, or two and half
times 90 much.
Then IL is also . fact that butteFmilk
has certain medicinal qualities, lee tactic
acid having TO some extent ths property
Of destroying those putreiactive intestinal
bacteria which secreEe various harmful
poisons causing disease and death.
Therefore on grounds Of health ss we'll
as OF economy, it would be advisable TO
use buttsrmiIk for food 10 the place OF
bread or meat-in part, ct least. a liking
for the drink can be cultivated. Alter Is
gets two or three days old-kepe on Ice
il is much more pleasant 10 the taste as
we'll 90 more beneficial incidentally than
when fresh. The moral Of all ahis is-
that in simple buttermilk D have Q
valuable and cheap article Of food which
has been neglected by alusost everybody,
but which 10 truth richly merits 70 have
both 80 food and mediciRs much higher
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