Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1918 — The Butter Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Butter Tree.

A tree, known as the shea, or butter tree, is beginning to attract commercial attention. It supplies not only nuts, but also butter that may become an article of commercial Importance, says the San Francisco Argonaut. It Is already exported to Europe, where .makers of artificial butter find use for it Almost two-thirds of the nut is vegetable butter. The tree begins to bear when it is fifteen years old, and reaches its prime in twenty-five years. Chocolate manufacturers could easily utilise the product. It might also be ad use In making candles and soap.