Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-25
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Buttermilk is one Of the best drinks
In the world-nutritious, palatable
and full Of zest and vim. The man
who drinks buttermilk regularly and
coptously is doing a good turn for
himself. That is one Of the purposes
OF proclaiming NATIONAL Buttermilk
Day. The other is that the dairy in
dustry in the United States will be
encouraged.
Buttermilk Day. it is hoped will
remind many people Of this drink, in
troduce it to others. and be the be-
ginning OF a greater consumption Of
buttermilk that will contribute to the
health and happiness of the con-
sumers and. at the same time, help
dairy farmers to develop production.
To insure an ample supply of but
termilk. both for homes and for ho-
: tells and restaurants on. July l, the
Department Of Agriculture requests
creameries. milk plants. and other
dairy establishments to cooperate in
the plan to popularize the drink.
1t is pointed out that, while
straight buttermilk is an excellent
drink. there are number Of delicious
combinations. Buttermilk lemonade
il obtained by adding the Juice Of
two or three lemons to a quart Of
buttermilk. with sugar to taste
Buttermilk may be combined with
lemon juice, orange juice or eggs and
sugar for making frozen dainties.
Aside from its food and beverage
qualities. buttermilk is said to pos
sess medical qualities. Many physi-
clans prescribe it in the treatment Of
certain intestinal disorders. The bac-
terra that brings about the chemical
change by which buttermilk is pro-
duced is believed by many physicians
and psychologists to destroy certain
other organisms that, in the human
body. tend to hasten senility. Many
prominent men drink buttermilk
regularly as a tonic. One Of the
most widely known lecturers and
writer's in the United States drinks
buttermilk as regularly as he brushes
his teeth-and declares that he feels
himself younger with every glassful.
Federal Department Of Agriculture.
And. aside from the good things it
does do. there are many bad things
which buttermilk does not do. For
instance, buttermilk has never in
duced man to put his umbrella to
bed and stand himself behind the
door. It has never taken food from
the mouths Of innocent children or
kept shoes from the feet Of patient
wives and mothers.
OF course in buttermilk there is no
delicious sense of oncoming ire
sponsibility and idiocy. It never
causes the head Of a devotee to feel
like woodpecker's hole. There is
no record Of buttermilk putting a
man in a state Of mind in which he
would blow his last cent on q
drunken thug while his children
were crying for bread.
In these attributes buttermilk il
weak and will be shifted at by those
who have to acquire a stage Of fee
blemindedness In order to be men
tally bright. socially attractive or
physically brave:
So we shall never expect butter.
milk to sell for 50 a pint, to be
stored in the cellars Of the wealthy,
or to become the slogan mo Butter
mink No Work."
p, Buttermilk may inspire the keep
ms Of family cows, but never tho de-.
stro to aghf for personal liberty to
raise he'll.
Buttermilk win never be the rec.
osnised emblem Of the white slave
traMe brotherhood.
No great organization Of creed win
promote buttermilk ~ liquid bread"
or the poor mans solace."
Buttermilk IL not nasty enough nor
does 1t taste badly enough to ever at
tract perverted thirsts. nor will it be
popular as . social fad because 1t re-.