Evening journal., 1914-08-05
NEW COLORS ON
THE Dinner Table
Even "BOSSy's" Butter May
Come in Different HueS
Hereafter
PIGMENTS THE
CAUSE OF CHANGE
By The united Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5-Lavender
scarlet, red, white and blue, and, in
fact any color or combination of col
ors of butter may grace the Ameri-
can dinner table soon. This is hint
ed at in an official bulletin by De-
partment Of Agriculture experts
That the color of "Bossy's' butter
may be regulated and changed by the
food given mich COWS is asserted as
scientific fact. If as much pro-
gress in determining the color of
cows butter by the feel given them Is
made during the next decade, scien-
lists think II not beyond the realms |
o. hope to feed COWS so that butter OF |
the hues Of Josephs coat may ma
turally result.
Color pigments found in cows fod-
der are responsible for the assertion I
that the color of the butter is de-
termined largely by the provender !
Many color pigments are found in
green plants.
That yellow will be the standard
color. however, is assured by the
fact that the pigment known as caro-
tin, which is yellowish in hue, is
found to predominant in green stun.
They make yellow pigments in milk
known as "xanthophylls." These
pigments pass directly from the feed
into the milk. explaining the fact
that fresh grass and carrots, largely
impregnated with carotin increase
the yellOwishness of butter.
Green corn will produce a highly
yellow butter, the department eX-
perts declare. Bleached clover hay
and yellow corn are devoid Of yellow
colorng and. when fed COWS, pro-
duce a pale colored butter.
1T is indsputably true the De-
partment declares. that the breed
of COWS, also. influences the color of
milk fat. but vary the rations and
there will be corresponding vari-
alton in the color of The milk fat in
each breed" Jersey ana Guernsey
COWS give the yellowest milk fat. de-
rartment experts declare, even to the
| extent Of causing the buying public
tc look with suspicion upon their
/ product because of its being appar-
emily too yellow.
President Harrison Of the Southern
Railway has made public the result
OF tests conducted by the North Caro-
lima agricultural experiment station
| in marketing 920 head Of cattle ship
ped from western North Carolina to
the eastern part Of the State for feed
ing. The report shows that the aver
age margin Of profit on all Of the
cattle was S1.32 per hundredweight
President Harrison declares that the
results clearly indicate that cattle
raising in North Carolina can be
made a profitable industry.
As a direct commentary upon tn
high cost Of living, the Department o
Commerce is publishing a report o
investigations by special agent re
garding cattle feeding in Europe
Feeds and feeding methods are dis
cussed, in an investigation to deter
mine feeds and feeding methods in
vogue.
Enormous consumption in Europe
of oil meals of various kinds was re-
ported. Besides the cotton seed meal
imported from the United States and
Russia, much meal is made from lin
seed, sunflower seed, rape seed
sesame, soya beans and even palm
kernels. Denmark. which is called
the greatest butter country in the
world" an abstract of the Depart
! mental reports states. feeds more
than 200 pounds of cottonseed cake
! per head Of cattle a year. This dem
Onstrates its great value and makes
. an object lesson for America"
The Department OF Agriculture
quarantine against foreign cottoI
seed and cotton seed hulls, declared
! to prevent American cotton from th'
pink boil weevil. has been amended
8 by an order permitting Importation
from three more northern states o
Mexico-Cohuila, Durango and Chi
huahua. Importations have beer
formerly admitted only from Nuev'
Leon and Tamaulipas. No inspection
of seeds and bulls will be made at thu
border.
Demand for veal has increased ra
pidly and not only surplus dair!
calves. but thousands Of beef calves
as well are being slaughtered. unit
the price per head has reached So an,
So a head when the calves are onl!
two to three months old, according Il
the Department Of Agriculture.
An indication of how much meat i
eaten in the United States is given b.
statistics announced by the De
. partment of Agriculture. II show
that in February. 1914. there wer
49S.991 head of cattle, 99S65 calve.
e 1.112,5OO sheep. 1925 goats. and 2
r 722,765 hogs slaughtered under fed
e eral meat inspection establishment
m The report shows also that 4,344,56
v pounds of beef we're imported frol
10 Argentine TO the United States /
If February, 1914.
!. WOMAN IS Object OF
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