110 THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



organs, whose office it is to secrete milk, not to remove 

 useless matters from the organism. Even if an infinitely 

 small amount of alcohol could get into the milk (which is 

 absurd), and if it had the power to disintegrate or " cut" 

 (in a measure) butter (which it would not) , I fail to see 

 how it could injure the flavor (and every thing but the 

 pure alcohol would be there anyway) . Why, alcohol is 

 the vehicle in which the most delicate flavors are pre- 

 served, while the sweetest odors of the roses of June are 

 saved by incorporating them into alcohol. 



I think I have demonstrated, first, that if the pure 

 alcohol gets into the milk it could do no harm to the 

 flavor of the butter ; second, that it would be infinitely 

 diluted, so as to be powerless to affect the texture ; 

 third, that the amount would be infinitesimally small, 

 that it could not be detected ; and, fourth, that none 

 could get there at all. 



Now, my friend Rice, let us prove this thing by actual 

 experiment. Give to each of your cows daily a table- 

 spoonful of alcohol (which is more than there is in a 

 cow's daily ration of Ensilage) ; sprinkle it upon their 

 food ; examine the butter critically which is made while 

 the alcohol is being administered : if it is injured in 

 flavor or texture in the least, the professor is right, 

 and I am wrong ; if, on the other hand, it is uninjured, 

 why, for once he is mistaken. 



