Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
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q. just what IL butter7 What /
want to know is, is there any official
definition OF or standard for buttcr7
G. r.. v.
A. On August 2, 1886. Congress de-
fined butter az follows: That for tho
purpose OF this act tho word butter
shall be understood to mean the food
product usually known as butter. and
which is made exclusively from milk
or cream, or both, with or without
common salt, and with or without ad-
diNonal cooring matter" On February
II. 1898, Congress paesed law cf-
fective In the District OF Columbia
establishing a standard OF butter OF
SO per cent milk fat and IL per cent
water On June O. 1906, under an act
OF Congress approved March 3. 1908.
the Secretary OF Agriculture defined
butter as follows: Butter rs the clean
non-rancld product made by gather
| ing In any manner the fat OF fresh or
ripened milk or cream into mass.
which also contains small portion of
the other milk constituents. with or
without salt. and contains not less
than S25 per cent of milk fat" On
May Ia. 1919. tho Secretary OF Agri-
culture reafIlrmed and reannounced
the butter standard of 1906. On June
16,1922, n bill was introduced in Con-
gress defining butter as follows: That
butter shall be understood 20 mean the
food product usually known az butter
and which Ia made exclusively from
milk or cream. or both, with or with
out common salt, and with or without
additional coloring matter. and con-
tanning not less than so per cent OF
milk fat and not moro than ls pei
cent of water" This bill has not yet
become a law.
q. IL former Senator Sutherland oil
Utah. the new Associate Justice OF the
United States Supreme Court, a Nor.
mon? @. r
A. lie is not a Mormon, and is no
affiliated with any church. He wn
born in Buckinghamshire. England. II
1862, and came to America in hi
youth.
O. How much milk is used in New
York City? T. J. N
A. About So 900 quarts Of raw mill
and 2,245,O00 quarts OF pasteurize
milk are consumed in New York Cit
daily. OF this amount. approximate,
"A per cent is retaied in bottles.
O. When do leaves drop of mapl
and oak trees? Z. w. N
A. Trees leave and defoiiate at DIFF
/ ferent periods in different sections c
|, the country. Generally speakin,
4 maple and oak trees defoliate in Oc
90 tober and November.
= Q. When is Blue Monday? r.
O A. This name is sometimes give
- to the Monday before Lent
6 Q. What IS the origin of the syin
n Queer as Dicks hatband?" r. VI. }
n A. We have traced It az far back q
e 1885 when the expression was 70
o queer at Dicks hatband that went
z times round and wouldn't meet" TT
y origin OF the phrase was not known.
y Q. Are gifts sent from abroad sui
n tect TO duty? T. J.
d A Tho Customs HOUSE says tn,
s gifts coming from abroad are take
Q. What proportion of the aut,
Is mobiles made, are closed cars7 A.
lie A The output of open care in 10
l. was 1.179,0o0 and Of closed cars, 80;
n 900. This was about % per cent of q
lie total output.
g. .. What is a tiger in Poker? J.
Il. A. This is a poker hand which
Al sever. high and deuce low; without
lie pair. sequence. or flush. Such a hal
ut beats q straight but loses to a flush.
es Q. Does the Coca-Cola Compal
es manufacture anything besides I
In drink of that name? 2. r. !
r. A. This company also manufa
lures carbonic acid gas and Epsc
he salts at It's main plant in Allan
r Georgia.