The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-07-29
STATE DAIRY DIVISIONS Chief RAPS
HELENA Paper FOR ATTACK upon Law
G.. A.. Norris Tells Why Montana Butter Should Be Used in
Montana Institutions, as Required Under New
Statute; Scores OleO Interests

of the bad results obtained through
the use Of o~lemargarine in preference
to butter with its life-giving vita
mines which are so essential to the
life of any nation.
objection is made to the mislead-
ing statement in the editorial refer
red to, relative to the comparative
number of germs in Oleomargarine as
compared to butter. If margarine is
very free from germs, it is not be-
cause of a lack of original contsmina-
ton. One well known brand is COM
posed Of the following:
"Cocoanut oil .--..---76 per cent.
Peanut oil -~- 5 per cent.
Milk solids ----- Is per cent.
Salt 2.5 per cent.
Moisture .--14 per cent.
"CocOanut oil, the main constituent
Of this article, is produced under IN
sanitary conditions unheard Of in the
present day dairy industry, according
to A. Farmilo, president of the Ed
monitor Trades and Labor council,
Edmonton, Alberta, who made a de-
tailed study Of this question. Copra,
from which the ~cocoanut oil is pro-
duced, is made by breaking open
cocoanuts and allowing them to dry
in the sun. After several days Of
this treatment, the meat of the nut
dries sufficiently to break away from
the shell, when it is gathered and
shipped. During this stage, accord
: ing to the above authority, the copra
is literally alive with maggots,
. Worse than this he continues, fully
/; so per cent of the natives handling
4 the product are affected with a dis
T. ease that m~anifests itself by an ul.
r cerOus condition Of the individual
] Syphilis is also very prevalent Oh
: course after the oil has been extracted
e from the copra by the use of boiling
r water and super-heated steam, thli
S germ condition is greatly reduced
The writer has seen results. of bacteri
illogical analyses Of butter manufac
6 tured by several Of the creameries o
Montana during the present season
and the germ content in all cases ha
4 been practically nil. The writer 0
q the editorial in question evidently ha
ideas of the condition of the presen
g day butter. industry that r severa
! centuries old.
SIT is stated in the article referre
e to, that the fight is carried on by tn
q selfish and narrow dairy interests
% who themselves do not make suff
II Gent butter to feed our own people
" Think Of it. Of the editor of the II
dependent was as well informed aboU
w a home product as he appears to b
with regard to the product Of II
!, south, he would not make so rider
lous a statement as the n above.)
MOntana's Production.
calling attention to this fact, j
1924 the production Of butter by MOI
tana creameries alone amounted I
14,2OO,OOO pounds Of good butter, nj
adulterated by cotton seed oil {
ham fats, as is referred to in h
editorial. The consumption Of BUTTE
by Montana people in 1924 vas al
proximately 100000 pounds,
& against a production Of 14,2OO,0C
a pounds, or the placing on outside ma
d kets by Montana creameries Of 1900
900 pounds in 1924. Better than so p
= cent Of this product was exported
Il Montana creameries. These figur'
lr do not include the large amount
e butter made and sold by farm dairie
"The danger pointed out in tn
"a article relative to retaliation by L
N southern states in so far as our a
r~icultural and economic life is co
= cerned, appears to the writer to be
=. huge joke. Il is admitted that {
By Helena Independent win be depriv
nd Of the prospective oleomargarine .
vertising subsidy, but the attend
Of the Independent is called % I