ON BUTTER AND WATER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 10

ON BUTTER AND WATER.

i;f ;-;-: : plain; ; English. i-,x- : - :: ■■;■'•:,. g'^:^.-':':'NeTt'-Z,eßland,'diury,':faTmers' : inll be inV 0 : : : ; : ,ierested; r ;in'_. tho "I dilbwing(criticisin of. the : ,';?V .vibutterimoisturo questioh!by '.'The Grocer , ' , \is '\G\--- . ! 'A.;"i '"■=■ nipon': the; annnal< ■- ro-; £i;33P or i A of-;y!Professor : < 'Thorpe, :■;; p rinoipai- ];•;'■■: in' July Jast, wo •: pointed /but! ..'tha^;. '■ the kS;'; 'only: sign; of retrogression' in regcH-. to' |vji>.";tutter';'was'found : in;the: statenieni: that, f.vvi-r-.certain;:colbnial,;bnttcrs,:• which .for ; yearsV iv9?"'l''ihad.the.reputation'-'of being./'ilry/showed Ky. : ;^a- : marked tbridehcyVto'an'increase in the ;.?;•'/..omount.i of ■■■ water.;:-.. Such' ..-'dxy':f:. butter, , .;":'Cy,which,L;according ..to -Professiirh:Thorpe, I'-yr,' 'was peculiarly. useful to ..the' fraudulent' fe'-".V- , -.vtrad»/-'oth'ermse" i tte';b,utter..;Mmr,VhW .;.. •;;'. te?n shoiving unmistakable.indications of ■-;«>; influence, of .the.'.operations . of;; the V.-Jvr'/faker'.onithe; practices of .the" producers, .C:v^%'fto;;'avCTige-':percehtago>;'of;vTiWer : 'ift','tliq; S:Vv-';samples of what : weroopreviously. . irecop;- , S-iifJiiscd as- 'dry , ''butters 'haying Ken'i'lS-in 1 ■SrvJf.ithe.'yeai'endedvMarch 31,-/1908,,a5 -agninst: ;? ; :'--;ilO;.or 11 : "'p'er; cbni two or.three years he-. :'»;;<^. : ioM^'. : -''New..-'toland\biitter.'!.Tfas'.-ibrni.eTly: ";-... ; ,of. '■ ; '.'imoisturb, , jind was' thoreforc?: '.'peculiarly' ■■■.■V;-.' 'nseful.. to:.the fraudulent trader ;.'it. was■ y. : >, ]one:of the most popular; butters 'with, the >:■:' ■ • j-'fakers,'. who■ 'made,.large'profits:by,theiri S;; ■;; .!milk-blending ■ operations, : by ' they; ~:; V;Vs!increised''iits . ; ihoisttrp''content I'l-i-lthing' like Si'ppr cen't.^:'-;":^. , .-'' ; . '/:' : 'Sv. '-■" ■ "-"The;'results of this : pop'hlaniy-'. dembn-: : J:--A Jetrate'tfiat'.'.evil' examples,:like;evil. com-. {JS'\jmuiuc^pns,V;c'o'rrQst---good\ ; 'maiiiiers!, It. ■'':&■■ was Vnatnral;.that when -'the-: New Zea-. ; r '{ ! ; (land, producers }i onnd- that .their ' butter i'.';^'iwasv : being: 'watedogged,'-^^.':and^il e ? rne 4 S'v. : g./s',- J ■Hrerb -■■'!. inaking ohuge-•'■ ; proflts-'Aby,'»;;theit.'. ■?ji : j'\|inetli^'.'bf.-bleiidlng;^thoy v ;stoiil.d;"seel£: , .to- , Uti' possible; advantages--that ; , v;- ;lthey considered..wero : '.tovbo". gained;, by ; *;; : working^;'. : up '.-tdSsdmowhere ;;n«ar ?':■;'lßtandard fixed' in this -..conntry.for'mois-. y..!; ture ':p : '-: at'-lG;,perccent. : by^theVprdetiissued by,: ■i-■<■'. Agriculture 'as 'May' £-:'? !ls;^l9o2, : ;:whichO. 'tHat/; Tjutter W'i 1 containing a more J than.,l6 .■, : per ; :cent.:'qf :;¥'■■ hfater is: presumed'.tojbe! adnltcrated'until .f.:.';.-'!the'i 'cbiitrary.', is'. -'-'provedi" :v.and:Vwas-- de%'Z (finitelyßetained in::the.!Butter M (secure^immediate "gainsi vopUo vprevent ' :? >.Yothers;-;,frbm •;: securingji illegitimate' gains 'rvi;;.at therr-expense,'.the New:Zealand,buttar-. ;.^A^loiiial!r'p > radncCT l >-;MTe > y:.s';.,p:aising'tne, amount of 'moisture in l; their" ~j-£ i;,ibutters:',untilr ; at': present;-;tim'e'Ssamples : ; -£-.-';i.which._fair- appreciably,.below..the. 1C per ;.limitypromise;.;to.bo : :■:•■■/jiatherHhari. the'"-'inle:': .The"."marked ten-. :.-:y;.f;luded; : 'is "being\'conyerted'intoCa'comhibn' i>S: jpractice;.many .producers: , apjpeaf'.'to' have Sf'S-jgbn'e; from'one,; extreme i.to -.the'.other:--;; »;ift i ::t.-"Complainls fanio'ng; in;;'this, country; s ; in\;respect ;.of moisture -in-'New-;f;■■;:.■■ Zealand:butter:.hayeitbeeh>frequ'erit and , :w'v severe-of .latei .-. We : : quite- agree! with ''our; I,i; ; ;:• contempdrary',":;". : : ''The;- ; .-.New:•',Zealand: ■%,*"-' Dairyman: and Farmers'-.'Tlnion' Journal;*. S!?ji'thal,;^l2, ; ; 13,, orsevett'iU ~>;' ianpistare';is;: perfectly .'safei ; -honest, 'and ".factory vthat r ( .i'j r -;O'tTies-to put : bn-the:; inaifat.'.a' butter de'-; f;s^M l P;erately....-waterldßged';.;need Veipect.'-'-'lio'F are" < .f; : -;;f,;tnatpa:;.putor.--.:'contain^''; ,; -lp'-r-per : .;cent.-'. ;beii.bf ;as- ?gqbd; quality, iY-; : ',asVa : :bnTOr'-.;ranfeiningV IS ;iper';cent;\as r ; ! ';i''he ..conditions, whichi obtain -to : produce {cent. /mpisture :buttervare : su'ch ; • y*;)imate^the:: ; mbisturb:::with ; 'the^fattyo com-' : ISii':3>onenis,-y.and-' Eo'ljwb:.,h^ve•..thb'.'conditidns ; : i ; ;S.:;;-.:ofigraders.ri:;vIt .isUn ". :'i^ f Wt,^:scimtificaUy^^-- , J an"d : i:p'raotiially,v'.that. '! ■:-i'3 a ..putter..containing. 13 per cent. -' s ; ;i;: a' finer- - v.vyand ;better-keeping; article than : 'a:.,bntter'» 0 per-cent.'riotrprppefly '' ! ;;' '£S DMter. -a i;.Be ■; that" as ••■ itVniay; "; ; the: point' ' : -^:,\rah;;to f emphaase,.is-that,:>hile no' ; t.".iV'.ohjection-iTCpuld '.or^couldab'e-,raise'd! to 14'. ': iiv' o i Hri-fi'^^f l^ 'vfriends: I i-v-;';,standard;.:any: attempts'to work close up : cent.: limit-" are'-not. unat> -' Ji'^->fe'd«i;;Jby,.nA;i^...will': , iibt. ; :-ii:.tlie''-.long ' %':'-jruii '"■'prombte,".the-' and ;: pros-; ' ; i