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May 27, 1871
Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
A milk dealer sells his route to a novice and shares a recipe for adulterating milk by mixing molasses, saleratus, water, and milk to extend supply for customers, presented as a cheap home manufacture method.
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Domestic Milk Manufacture.
"Every man his own cow." is a very short treatise in the art of producing milk, published by the Springfield Republican as follows:
A milk dealer in this city lately sold out his route to a green hand in the business, for some $700. But the new man soon found that his milk would not go round to all the old circle of customers, and applied to the seller for relief, who gave him the following recipe for making milk, assuring him that with this he would be all right: Take three table spoonfuls of molasses, one and a half tea-spoonfuls of saleratus, and three quarts of milk, to twenty-two quarts of water. Add three pints of this mixture to each twelve quart can of milk. This "milk" can be made at home so much cheaper than it can be bought of the milkmen that we give the recipe for the use of those who would like to undertake the manufacture.
"Every man his own cow." is a very short treatise in the art of producing milk, published by the Springfield Republican as follows:
A milk dealer in this city lately sold out his route to a green hand in the business, for some $700. But the new man soon found that his milk would not go round to all the old circle of customers, and applied to the seller for relief, who gave him the following recipe for making milk, assuring him that with this he would be all right: Take three table spoonfuls of molasses, one and a half tea-spoonfuls of saleratus, and three quarts of milk, to twenty-two quarts of water. Add three pints of this mixture to each twelve quart can of milk. This "milk" can be made at home so much cheaper than it can be bought of the milkmen that we give the recipe for the use of those who would like to undertake the manufacture.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Milk Adulteration
Fake Milk Recipe
Dairy Deception
Where did it happen?
This City
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This City
Story Details
A novice milk dealer buys a route but lacks enough milk; the seller provides a recipe to dilute milk with water, molasses, and saleratus to serve more customers.