BAD FLAVOR IN BUTTER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 71, 29 July 1913, Page 7

BAD FLAVOR IN BUTTER.

TURXIP-FEEDYtfG BLXMEI)

At the meeting "of' shareholders 'of the Midhirst dairy factory yesterday som 3 .'time was spent' ! in I <li*ou»»J6n' on : turnip flavour jA liutfer. i . : "

;•;■ jyk.'.Cuthbert moved that; no milk tainted' with turnips bei'-takeri at the factory.. He idid riot -see 1 -the'iiie' of making a fcifcrorig: tfeistd 6f turnips, for; which the.'top'price could not,.b!o obtained He thought the best' scheme jj waaLlfcoorefusejj to''take milk iii-Qln, .were : ,nips,i!. "'; ;;■ r)iij ... . rdv.nl ;. •

J Mr .motion',' '■ and said the mover should ;hav» included water-cress, Scotch thistle, and pennyroyal in his motion. V..

Mr Christiansen said that 1 if oowtf were properly' fed on turnips there would be no complaint. The trouble w«fcahat'W%#^re r turilla|iii on tur•tipV 'and ; allowed* to overfeed them-; selves.,,., Hen Had thirty cowi ! anti'-'hV :;ai'tcd..out.a...load.of turnips tb'theih' morn injf.j;lJ ~■ j ■ ' '*' ''"',''• Mr Kenrick asked what ooniplaihti ,the clirect|Qriß,,had. reoeivoXlf.y [... , Tlia. chairman> H |aid( thei-e* 1 had been, ■x complaint. ..regarding ; fejpree butter, but nothing was said to» indicate, that turnips,, had.,caused the : tr/OiiUle. .Mr G. Sangster said it would be a mistake to pass the_.mption. • At the .Stratford factory milk had to be refund because the cows' had' been turned on fresh clover pasture. The manager of the factory should have instructions to h&, careful to refuse milk tainted in any manner.

Mr Baskin at thin point said ha had only seconded, the motion on condition that the mover < included the other articles.he had mentioned.

Mr Cuth'bert agreed and the motion was made to read "turnips, watercress, and other weeds." '., ~ .

Mr Pederaon moved as an amendment that no turnip-fed milk be received between September Ist and April Ist. He thought the company had gone back. The flavor of the butter had suffered through turnips. The butter graded well, but a turnip flavor developed after storage, and shipment. Shareholders were always looking for top price and they could, not get that unless they turned ;out the best 'article. He thought the company "w*as not doing as well a* it might. He knew of people who had acres of turnips left, which .were, being kept for- "oife* tHing 1 dnly—to start feeding on when the factory opened. Because there was water-cress and other things which tainted the milk, they should not allow the chief trouble (turnips) to continue.

Mr Kenrick said that Mr Pedersen had said that other coinpanies were going ahead of Midhirst, but did the other companies not feed on turnipr.to the same extent? He advised that other things (water-supply, for instanced should be inquired into to find the cause of the loss in quality.

Mr Witt thought that the seat'of the troub'le lay in the fact that people did riot take sufficient care in feeding their cows. .He had known of hay tainting milk. Mr Baskin said he had fed on for many years and had never had a complaint a» to flavour. On the other hand he had known one cow which ate water-cress and which spoilt the milk, if fixty cows. The 'amendment was lost, and a like fate overtook the Original motion.