Mysteries of the Butter Trade.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 15 October 1884, Page 4

Mysteries of the Butter Trade.

The United States Commissioner ;of Agriculture has supplied lo the British Minister at Washington the following statement on the- aubjecL of 'ON'Omsit'gjirine, which, he says, has lioi;n jjiepiircd from various ugiicultfttjil publications, received at the J iiip.irtuu'Ut of Agriculture: — II is reliably fctafct-d that out of 100,U0U,000 lbs of hufcter sold m New York City, ''jhe.tween ip'.O'Oo'.OOO lbs and 00,000,' "'OOO' ll>s ait .bogiirj. Oleouiaigai-ine \uiA cut 'down the price of average butter ten cents 'per pound, involving a loss of 4,ooo,ooo' duls annually to fanners. Onehulf co two-third's of i he receipts at^JSf*^" York of brjtfcer is clashed as biittcrine, pn articlejpro,(luceu• by, the* admixture of i fercl ja&i* : go;od' .1 jittey, • l)rtl;f and ; half. ;< Suine comes under the head of butterino, *aodh^ siifiSlayly made;, poly having a larger proportion of lard. Oleoniiirgfcride iJji'h'oweve.V m.mufact ured from »rease of any and all kinds-, F»r this;jmrp<)se ' tallow,.'} aid, icotr |-oi*seed,-|ieanut, and 6t,her oils are , -.fipyghb t'pr iinri o.Utained from, all f^t^j.gje depdorjsed and neutralised b"y treatpie^w^tji, nitric acid, mixed . with \vilk,;Cr ( eamj,or, uooj- butrtor, land . 'churned* the acid ia this composition is, or course:, ver^r deleterious, and, , m proportion ' to its quantity, is t'li'e resultant 1 injury. Many of Liese , ''products' 1 can ' scar'cf-ly be told trorn_ ' 'genuine butter,' ev'eil 'by experts, jand tests by microscope and sulphuric ' acid ' are* essential lo detei'm-iirfr their^ tiwre"char.ictw. Laws are m forcje m m ;iny States requiring* the manujfac- ! jt.urfirs.co: brand i such articles ii6cord•fiug to t,heii\c«Qhtii:upatß>; but importunately, when ithoy reach the p'pinb I of, distribution,,, the, : ro^io,v^vlj fit i t ' 1 « , brandy subjects the consumer to j deception. The almost universal 'decrial vt , these bogus jn'oduc&lnujy ■ is 5 having its'effect allovcr the country, and stringent measures will doubtless ' be 'inaugurated to detect and -jpunNh 'tn'ose' engage' 1 .! m these deceptions. f WhilKtlh{rf coiintry maY very prujperly charged with the odium of . sending out these/a rticles, their nia'ntiiuclure % i* extending to lua'ny countries, -and it will be well ior^ others to guard • 'against 'the Kfiread! of the fivi}.' It is . -as'serbed tbatH'istrtkeii are driven into the stwers at London, from which stake" a fatty deposit, left by the iuurvifeni, is sem'ped 1 - eyery day, and ajflor. prpper treatment this ( fatty deposit becomes dairy ijitLer." The mauufao'tu'r. 6f olfeonlat^'mne cheese' 1 Has; al-, !; ra'o^t cea!sed, oWing to 'the 1 greater '■'pronii for the bleo oil when' oni ployed -iv r tbe makiiig of artificial ' butter, Lard cheese is to some extent 'tmidp., but only to ihe amount of half a - »Kbii poau'ds' : p<* A\M : twßi' ? ?Fhi^ jtop,, is, " disliuptly, branded, ou the $ox, ' arid \ 'on'' " the' , bnnulige, '''imitation, cheese^ and soils 'on its' niorits.'"'!^ ere , has r , been no complaint from abijoad - ii)ith iaft^WVM th^^'ifoveluilucb. more could be made and exported^ as at^mate^wl^ lessen*; ita, ©■^ense; m, those ' countries w here cheese^con.sliitutes so, ;Wge f a^i ijiem- of diet. The chief complaint' coming from abijoad j is that we furnish too much sjciin • -m'ii'k-iiheeMti. tw>d>uiU«d»>4.liHt-ia-wh(»le milk cheese is often ho characierise(b,,.l

. j ,/^l ilrtily ;feiiigiilar Sne|lif|d -pi proser^ ' •ing : hf«tf»ticai ruin- ba^ been discovered m Ireland. On the Cave Hill, near Belfast, there was a short tfiite' ago an ancient castle. In order f.o j)i-oteCfc.fthe'i-iii'j|AS:iVoiii the ravages of time** and of passing' vandals, some local antiquaiiaDS determined to surround it with a wall, and employed a i K^)|io:^L(jttfr|to e£qßfce o^ | c ' wall was finished m due course, wiieri tin; a.nti^uariuns came Lo admire ; thv? ! Cdstleiib wa-4 p(onei. Tfaf. contraqtoihad used the ruins ibi bnildSrig' ma teriaJ'i '"' ai»fl ■! 'noii •''_;. of the 1 ca.-tle remained ! I ; . v * \ \Hfiereiiwas a^dV^ful'.^^hetin the. Melbourne , Police Court the other. tiay,' ! 'when a yoiiilg ' laUovinc nian named- Ey tin Mills; Ipa,inl pa,ine < to the i)ar under' the iufliience of alooli<j>lic poisoning. ■Hw imagined tliut he vj/as "oing t;) be hanged, and that his fyist [liio^aeuts lj^l «i i clvie(l-;.djjithdic4ffuld. he sbiieked for mercy and beaouglu the services - of -a clergyman or jlie Salvation Army. He next seemed, to' "iniagliie' that the " cevein'ony I? hsid 1 ' 'Ve^ii p'eifoytiied rfrid' that all wasfiover} ' '■'foV'bVbiirst intb- stidots 'of !profa'ntty 1; dhd ! dbSdenity which " rriade' :! altaio»t ' ' "t^erybno m Cburt uhiidder. ' He thoii ' ' t,Hed f iti 'i\\ n g himself ' ftH'o 1 aud' roll ' ! ahion^ !il the ilanias." Ariyi'MD^'m^re' • 'hovribte'-w'rts nevers'cen m :i cWVi-t of ' j u 's't'i cc. : . : ' Tn c ; w1 c tfcli ed hi ah J \vn Ai hint/ved for medical tmittdent, 1 sjc'rieaU' ing with all his might. J (.Avthur J; Ot,tK?n, "^O6; Glaiui4uL,"j is now oouiiued m Cpnvtc,t. Pri-^ sjn, but will be released on Ocfe. 24. ' H&'has annomifced 1 ' bfe does nor mtLn 'to '* slutnher '*' 'when' lie eome-'outlof prison, because tlie proceed i u g4 t a kjeu •ih Sydney m connection witli -«i>he ivJease of. .William Cresswull tjbe Pm-vaOiiitta Lunatic Asv hi m indiciii^r . t.Q hin niiml that the, lmperial Gjoy^rftmeut inuHt ; Jjjvve .known, tliat Arthur Oiton \vn« iv that Asyltim when they prosecuted him (" tjhe Claimant r? ) lor being that ye) y nuj,u. Tbo grea.te.sfc;'' whispering galVrj " m the wtirld is that of the Grrand Canon, Gofdrado. For years this qliaani has boon a nuiAler oi! groat, sin'- ' pi'i.so to tl le prospectors and miner's i.>n' ! account of 1 its- wonderful trinismi^sirliis'' of sound, and it linn #nly been sitice tho ailVfent 'j)f thp\ railroad that a{ny' definite idea has been entortainedUif the great, distance it travels within jits xyults. A traip.iot cars, cros.^ng the |iridge l at thq Needle* can be plainly *UearH"6n 'a qiiiet' day aL Cottr>n\vood Island* -a\disians_\vo'f\ 84 miles. The fife and drum band at Fort ,M»jovo is , d.i^tiuptl.y.b^J'ii siD.RullV iIL^U,,a distanco ot cH:mi]es. jThi' report, of the sunrise, gun at. For I. Majovp, can! I.e. h-(jav»l ;il,J3l'Dorndo CJhuou, a distanc^j, of %- miles. • i ■ , ■ ■