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THE DAIRY iEPARTM T
THE OLEOMARGARINE CHEESE WAR.
Now that the American Grocer has becoime
convinced that its "battle cry " and warfutre
:aainst the improvement of skinm milk
chlee-se by the use of oleomargarine were
hua;ty and inconsiderate, what have those
journal, who took their key not; fronl the
Groccr in denouncing this improvement, got
to say? The Grocer, on learning all the facts
concerning oleomargarine cheese at the fae
tory at, 3McLean, under charge of Captain
(,ardner, has the good sense, honesty and
respect for fair dealing, to say that " from
all the weight of testimony adduced we are
prepared to admit that Captain G-artner's
(>ompany makes a fair, honest, and tlialata
ble product of which they need not be
ashamed."
This admission is creditable to the Grocer,
a.nd is in quite as strong language as any we
have given in our account of oleomargarine
cheese. We are sorry, of course, to have
been held up in the columns of the Grocer
to the prejudice of its readers in this matter
-sorry to see our friends, Professor Cald
well, Professor Wickson and others, stigma
tized for stating substantially what we
stated. Still the acknowledgment at this
late day in the discussion of its error goes far
to ameliorate its farther language.
We were satisfied from the first that this
war on the improvement of skimmed cheese
was uncalled for-was a wrong against pro
gress in dairy manufacture which would in
time be discovered an righted. It is not the
first time we have been denounced for stand
ing squarely up for progress in dairy manu
factures, but we have had the satisfaction to
ree our ground maintained in the practice of
dairymen.
In conclusion, we heartily agree with
Professor Wickson, when he says: t' We
are glad the end has come of talking in the
dark and misrepresenting a thing that is not
understood. The thing is now a matter of
business, and the advantage which will come
to it from the fact that those who were once
its most bitter foes are now compelled, by
their own candor and sense of truth, to call
it fair and honest, will, perhaps, atone for
all the misrepresentation which has unwit
tingly been poured upon it. As we looked
Iupon the rush and tumult of uninformed
combatants we called upon them to show us
any fact of evil in it, and we would hit it
harder than any one else. But they only
answered us with cries that gained no war
rant in the facts as we knew them, and the
result is their acknowledgment that no evil
exists."
As the matter now stands to-day the im
provement of sldm cheese with oleomarga
rine is " fair, honest and palatable." When
it ceases to be fairly, honestly and palatably
made, then we shall lead it that lively dance,
tuned to types, which we mentioned recent
ly, and which a contemporary called "the
tune of which the old cow died," and the
prospect of which set another contemporary
to brushing up his his terpsichoristers.
Peace to oleomargarine. - Rral New
Yorker.
MILK SUGAR.
A correspondent writes us to know if
milk-sugar is manufactured to any extent
in this country, and. whether whey from
cheese factories could not be employed for
this purpose.
Of the solid constituents of whey, the su
gar of milk is in the largest proportion, be
ing nearly in the same amount that it is in
the milk. Good milk contains about five
per cent. of milk-sugar, and the aaalysis of
whey shows that it yields about four and
one-half per cent., or half as much weight
of the sugar as the combined weight of the
butter and caseine in the milk, We do not
hear of any manufacturies of milk-sugar in
the United States, and' we know of no effort
that has been made to establish its manufac
ture.
The milk-sugar that we find in the shops
is, for the most part, imported from Switzer
land, and is often retailed at one dollar per
pound. In Switzerland it is made by allow
ing the sweet whey to trickle down wooden
gutters or troughs, placed on the sides of
the mountains. Threads are placed in
the gutters, or troughs, upon which
the sugar contained in the whey adheres as
the watery portions pass of in the evapora
tlon.
I h:as been suggested that milk-sugar can
lbe made by evaporating the clean whey by
boiling in pans, in the samue way that sugar I
is Imadle from the sap of the malle or juice
of the sugar-cane. The whey must be sweet 1
and free frollr albumen and oil, and. this is
easily effected, as these impurities rise to
the surface on bringing it to boiling heat,
when they may be skimmed off. An esti- 1
mate has been made of the annual yield of
sugar from thirty factories, averaging 400
cows each, andl it amounts to the enormous
quantity of two million pounds. This, at
the low price of ten cents a pound, would 1
come to $200,000. It must be evident that
the source of income from the dairy would
be very much increased was some practical
and inexpensive method invented to take
this article from the whey. Whether evap
orating pans can be constructed, and heat
used economically ip securing this object, is
a question for investigation.
There is another importantant question
connected with the subject; and that is,
whether there is a market demand for large
quantities of milk-sugar. Doubtless, there
are other uses to which it could be put than
those now employed. It would be well, it
seems to us, if some of our inventive gen
ius was turned in this direction ; for it
may be possible that there are "millions in
it."-Rural Nrew Yorker.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
VALUABLE RECIPE.--Hot alum water is a
recent suggestion as an insecticide. It will
destroy red and black ants, cock roaches,
chinch bugs, and all the crawling pests
which infest our houses. Take two pounds
of alum and desolve it in three or four quarts
of boiling water; let it stand on the fire
till the alum disappears, then apply it with
a brush, while nearly boiling hot, to every
joint and crevice in your closets, bedsteads,
pantry shelves and the like. Brush the crev
ices in the floor of the skirting, or mop
boards, if you expect that they harber ver
min.
If in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty of
alum is added to the lime, it will also serve
to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches
will flee the place which has been washed in
cool aluin water. , Sugar barrels and boxes
can be, freed from ants by drawing a chalk
mark around the edge of the top of them.
The mark must be unbroken or they will
creep over it; but a continuous chalk mark
half an inch in width will set their depreda
tions at naught. Powdered alum or borax will
keep the chinch bugs at a respectable distance,
and travlers should always carry a package
in thelr hand bags, to scatter over and under
theirpillows in places where they have rea
son to suspect the presence of such bedfel
lows.-Journal of Chemistry.
WASHING MiADE EAsy.-In these days of
washing machines, no doubt you will all
laugh at the idea of the old pounding barrel
being the easiest and best way of doing Qur
family washing, but it is no less a fact foun
ded on exprience, and we all know that
pounding does not wear clothes in the lest.
I now recall one family in particular thtat, to
my knowledge, has as good a washing ma
chine as any in use, also the pounding barrel
and the latter is frequently used in preference
to the former, as being much easier and
washing the clothes cleaner in a shorter
space of time. The way to proceed is this :
On the day previous to washing put your
clothes to soak in warm, soft water, to which
a little sal. soda has been added, soaping the
soiled spots well, letting them'remain in this
water over night. Next morning pound them
well and you will find them nearly clean;
wring out and again soap them that are not
clean; put clean, hot water in the barrel, put
in your clothes, pound again, and as you
wring them out of this water, observeif there
are any soiled spots remaining (such as wrist
bands, collars, etc. ;) if so, rub them through
the hands slightly, and they are ready for the
rinse water. Your clothes need no boil
ing (which process only yellows them).
They are not rubbed to rags on the board.
We hear of no back-aches, no sore fingers
nor blisters, and we claim it will do all, and
even more than any washing macdine ever
f inventoJ.
l Therefore we say to all farmers' wives and
daughters, Don't moan and bewail your hard
g lot because you have not the loose change
- to buy a washing machine. Take one of
your musty, old pork barrels from the cellar,
llean it thoroughly, saw the top down to the
second row of hoops then nail the the top hoop
firmly ; send to the village for a good,
wooden pounder, and you have a washing
machine that will not cost you three dollars
and will last you a lifetime with good care.
Then get at your washing early, and ii'
you have a kind husband, brother, son or
hired man about you, 'they will often, I
when work is slack, pound them out for you'
and you will find your washing indeed made
easy.--Rural New Yorker.
To COOK BEETS.-The true way to cook a
beet is to bake not boil it. Thus treated,
and sliced either in vinegar or in butter,it is
excedinglypalatable and nutritious. Boiling
extracts the most valuable part of this vege
table.
WEDDING PUDDING.-One cup of molasses
1 cup of choped raisins, 1 cup of milk, j cup
of butter, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 dessert
spoonful of mixed spices, 1 egg, 4 cups of
flour. Steam 3 hours.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
We take the following items from the
Deer Lodg ecorrespondence of the Indepen
dent: "A furious chinook began blowing
Sunday night about 7 o'clock, and continues
with unabaed power. The snow has dis
appeared ripidly, and in many places the
ground is bare. The stroets are sloppy and
streams ri4ng. The only changes noticed
in marketsjare: Flour has advanced to $5
@5.50, retthl; sugar, from 15 to 18c ; butter,
but little i market and selling at 40@75c,
according to supply; oats, but little on
hand, andetailling at 4c. Freighters have
rolled out on the Missoula road, and the
prospect nw is that supplies of flour and
oats will b brought in at from 11 to 2 cents
per poundfreight. Edwards & Cowan ar
rived flom he railroad last night on their
way to M/soula. They drove their cattle
to Eva ist 1, Wy. T., and sold out at rates
ranging Oom $18.50 to $20.50 per head.
They wo ld no doubt, done better, could
they have, secured stock cars in which to
ship. The regular rates per car, carrying
18 head, to Chicago are $280, but they
were unable to engage transportation with
in any reasonable time."
Charly Buck's pack train pulled out on re
turn trip for Walla Walla Saturday. It is a
trip ithat very few people want to attempt
at this season of the year. They will try the
Mullan road, and if they can not get through
will try the route by Pen d'Orelle lake.
Mlissoulian.
Mr. John B. Wilson, of Blackfoot, was in
town thisweek, having finished up at Nevada
creek fon the season. The yield this year
was onlg about $0,000-much-below the av
erage, o ing to the scarcity of water. Mr.
W. will 'next season put on 200 or 300 feet
pressurgand better appliances. He still con
templa desirously that 100-mile ditch from
the Bla oot which would cost $200,000, but
enable im to take out $60,000 to 70,000 a
year. r. W. is building a fine dwelling in
Blackf 4t.-New North West.
The *ospectus of the " Rocky Mountain
Christhi Advocate" is out. The paper will
be pub tied at Salt Lake City, in the inter
est of cky Mountain Methodism and Evan
gelical bhristianity. It will be an eight-page
month journal. Rev. G. M. Pierce, is an
nounc as editor and publisher, assisted by
all the Methodist ministers located in the
Territn 'es of Utah, Mohtana, Idaho, and
Wyo g. The first number will commence
Janu 1st, 1876. Price, per year, 1.00.
Rev. t0I. Ilif will receive subscriptions for
the ne paper which will be issued at such a
low p r that all interested in the dissemina
tion of bhristianity will be able to take it-
Madia ian.
Mr. enry Fulton, the best shot in the
Amerl n Team, whose Creedmoor tally
has n er been equaled, in a recent letter to
Gran e Stewart, of Deer Lodge, reconm
mends the Remington as the best gun
madeq
It is reported that a mighty Nimrod, living
at Benton, while out hunting one day last
week: killed 29 antelope inside of two hours.
He hadl one of Henry's breech-loaders.
"Epizoo" has taken hold of numbers of
the stage horses South, and the mails are de
layed in consequence. The same disease se
riously troubles the Idaho line, and in Call
fornia the horses fare no better.
The Masonic Hall of Harrisburg, Pa., as
been sold by the she ril
ILBERT ECKER,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Custom made Boots and Shoes
DIAMOND CITY, MONTANA.
Keeps a good Stock of
BOYS BOOTS, ARCTIC OVERSHOES,
BUFFALO BOOTS AND SHOES.
n-IIIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR IIIDES..
December 2, 1875-6m.
{AYN & IIEITM.AN,
GR O CERiS,
And Dealers in
TOBACCO, CIGARS AND LIQUORS,
Oppositeo Travis's Stable,
LOWER MAIN STREET, HELENA, MI. T.
PAY HIGHEST PRICE FOR FRODUCE.
December2, 1875-6m.
NEW FARMERS' HAY AND FEED
STABLE.
JOSEPH HOSHY, Proprietor,
LOWER MAIN STREET, HELENA.
Accommodations for
ALL KINDS AND ANY NUMBER OF STO80.
Is prepared to
COMPETE WITH ANY STABLE IN THE CITY
HAXS FAIRBAWSK' HAY SCALES.
Ihave OO acres of the best hay land in Prickley
Pear Valley, six nmiles from town, from which I geo
all my hay.
December 2, 1875-6m.
"HELENA AND DIAMOND CITY,
STAGE LINE.
UNITED STATES MAIL,
P. B. CLARK, - Proprietor,
Coaches leave Helena Monday, Wed.yday, and
Friday, at 7 o'clock a. inm.
Leave Diamond City Tuesday, Thursday) aui
Saturday, at 7 o'clock, as m.
HELENA AND 3(ZEEI AN.
Coaches leave Hlnsia overy amorig, (8"nda4s
excepted ) at4 o'cla 1, a. 1n.
Leave oean morning. (Sua4.yasuept
'iasseng and t carried at moderate atar
*OFICE :
iLzRnA--x a & Wallace's, Main Street.
BoxxxAX ýwon & l h'a, cor. Eala and Boses
man 8 n',i,.
BOrMN AND VIEGUlf A •
47ndJ'ta , 404%W , " M.
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