Vermont farmer. [volume], December 09, 1870, Page 5, Image 5

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VERMONT FARMER.
BUTTER'MAKINU IN THE BLUE QRASS
BEOION.
At tlio reecnt Now York Stnto Fair wo mot
Mr. W. W. Ingrnm, wcll known as an ex
perienccd cheeso manufacturer of this State,
but who for tho past two years lm.s been
mauaging ft buttcr factory nt Winchester,
Kontucky. IIo givcs us lnueh informatiou
concernlng Kcntuuky n's a iluiry region, iiiul
speaks Jn tho highcst tcrins of bluo grass for
mnking n superior qimlity of iliiiry product.
Tho country about Winclicstn is wull wn
terod, nnil tho climatc favorablo for dairyiug,
tho t horiuoincter rangirig lowor on an nverago
in summcr in that section than in Xow York.
Tlio bluo grass, ho says, not only all'ortls an
nbundnnt llow of milk, but yields inilk of
good llavor and of excellent ntiality. Upon
tho bluo grass pastures of Kcntucky tho eows
llnd an herbago that is peculiarly adapted to
tho production of " fancy grades ' of btittor.
At tho Winchester factory :i very superior
artiele is mado. It is put np in paekagcs on
tho Philadelphia plan, tho lmtter balls rcsting
on shohes anl tho cnds of tho lmtter box be.
ing packod with ico, which insuros its trans
port in as porfect condition as whcn it lenves
tho hanls of tho buttcr maker.
Mr. Iugrnni says there aro sonio nico points
alxmt buttcr making which should bo moro
gcnerally known, and whieh, if praeticed by
lmtter makers, would tcnd to tho improve
ment of this prodnct. Presumlng that tho
feed of tho eows is of tho bost character, nnd
that milk is all right and has boen kept at
th proper tempcrature forgetting tho cream,
tho first thing to bc nttended to Is
Stralnhiff the Crcmn
for tho chu.ru. The cream should bo of uni
form consistoncy when it gocs into tho churn,
as it is dinicnlt to mako a fancy product
whcn thin, thiokand lnmpy particles of crcani
aro placed all together in tho churn. Tho
proper way is to strain tho cream into tho
churn by passing it through a straincr, so as
to rednco it to an cvcn or uniform consistcn
cy. For this purposo a pan, the bottom per
foratcd with holes, is cmployed, and by thor
oughly mixing tho cream and passing it
through this straincr, the cream is mado all
alike. Then, unless tho cream is miito thin,
Water In Aililcil,
in proportion of ono-foiirth tho bulk of cream
The tcmpcraturo is raised or lowcred mitil
tho thormometor indlcatcs from 00 to 02,
Then, when tho churns aro ready to bo start
ed, two quarts of warm water, having a
tcmpcraturo of 00 to 100 but not abovo
100 aro ailded for cvery sixteen galloris
of cream. Now wo aro roady for
SlnrtiiiK the Cliiimn,
aud the dashcrs should not bo mado to go
too fast nor too slow. Mr. Ingram thinks
thero is no clmrn yot invonted (that ho has
seen) that wul do as good work as tho oll
fashioned barrel dash-churn. IIo prefers this
stylo of churn, and itt churning, tho stroko of
dash should bo regulated so ils to inake fifty
strokcs pcr minuto. This is another point ofj
importnnco in niaking n fancy grado of but
tor. A grcat many lmtter makers spoil thcir
buttcr in churning, and havo no delinite idea
how tho churning should bo done. From
rcpcated and long continucd cxpcrimcnts it
has been dcmonstrated that tho stroko of
dash shoiild not booftener than fifty pcr min
uto, in order to produco tho best rcsults. It
is desimblo that all tho cream
.llakca Hutter nt the Same Tlme.
If it como unovenly, or particles of cream
get mixed up with tho buttcr whon it is
ready to work, tho butterwill bo injured and
wlll not kcep. Aftcr tho buttcr begins to
coinc, add cold water frcely, rinsing down
tho sldcs of tho churn. Then whcn tho
churning is ilnished, mke oitt tho lmtter from
the churn nnd morcly
IUnne ofTtlir Iluttermllk
with cold water, using tlio ladle, and not al
lowing tho hands to como in oontact with tho
buttcr, cvcn though thoy bo " clean as clean
can bo." Of courso it is undcrstood that no
que with dlrty hands should havo anything
to do In tho manufacturo of buttcr. Wo do
not wnnt a dlrty hand or a dlrty foot within
ten rods of our "golden bnlo" of buttcr.
Now the rinsing having been attendcd to,
the buttcr niny bo saltcd at tho rate of
An Ouncr of Hnlt to llie I'ottiul of Iluttrr,
and bo partieular that your salt is pure. The
factory fillcd salt, whcn obtained of the Syr
acuse Salt Co., or thcir acercdited agents, is
as good as the best. Work tho salt in thor-
oughly nnd ovenly, and do tho working of
your buttcr at this time. TWm set asidn m
a cool placc, and lot it stand twenty-four
hours, whcn it may bo taken up, nicrely
working out "tho looo brinc," and it is
ready to pack.
At tho Winchester factory tho milk is set
in tho pails surrounded by cold spring water
so that an miiform tcinperaturo of from 56
to G0 is maintaitied. It stands in the pools
of water for twenty-four hours, whcn the
cream is romoved. Tho cream is doposited
in pails, which go to tho pools, standing oth
er twenty-four hours, or until it ncquires a
pleasant aciil tasto. It is then ready to bo
churncd.
The annual buttcr product of tho country
is not far from 700,000,000 of lbs. A largo
sharo of this product is infcrior, and much of
it nothing bctter than a miserablo greasc
Tha,numloi ,of good buttcr makers in tlia
country is comparativcly small. Thcy nccd
advice and suggestion, and so wo havo givcn
tho substanco of Mr. Ingram's talk, wcll
knowing that ho has practical cxpcrienco
whereof ho spcaks. X. A. Wii.LAiti), in
Iiural -Vcw Yorkcr,
TO PTOIFY DAIRY UTENSILS.
Stand on cnd, inaconvenicntpluco foruso,
an open cndcd vessel of suitablo dlmen'
sions for tho sizo of tho dairy, say from n
lialf barrel to a hogshcad. In this slake
some good quicklime, enough to mako u thin
whitewash when full of water, and cover to
kecp out dust and dirt. Tho limu will settlc,
leaving a siiturated solution of limo ovcr it,
as clear as spring water. After uslng tho
milk pans, &c, wnsh thcm as other utcnsils
aro washcd and rinscd ; then dip thcm in tho
udjoiuing cask of clcar limo water, giving
a quick turn, so that uvory part becomcs
imnierecd thcrein: sct thcm to drain and
dry, and tho purification is comjileto, without
any scalding process, from tho now pan to
tho old worn out nno. Tho limo in tho water
instantly ncutralizcs tho aclility of tho milk
yct rcmaining in tho cracks or scanis, &o
of tho milk vessels, to dcstroy which tho proc
ess of scalding has been porformed. In tho
caso of a very small dairy, or of ono cow
tho clear water may, if preferred, bo dipped
out for the timo bcing and pourcd gcntly
back agaln, tho limo purifying tho water,
and kceping it good all sumnicr. Of eounse
thero will bo a little wasto and ovaporation,
which will bo mado up by ndding clean wa
ter as necded, tho limo seltled irt tho bottom
of tho cask kceping up tho strength of tho
saturatcd Solution. Let any ono who reads
and doubts its cflicacy.simply tryitthorongh
ly, and ho Wlll cfTect a great saving in tlmo
and eost. Cor. Country Gcuthman.
(Scircntl lcms.
lodge of colorcd Masons has b(ien organ-
izcd at Dcs Molnes, Iowa.
Of tho ten oll-cloth factories in tho United
States fivo aro in Mainc.
Tho next Congrcss will contain fivo or six
colored men fivo at lcast.
Tho populatlou of tho Dominion of Canada
is estimated to bo 4,300,000.
Maino is sending largo supplies of wild
gamo to tho New York market.
Nine of the eleveu mcmbcrs of Congi'ess
electcd from Indiaua aro lawyers.
Tho manufacturing cstablishmcuts of Au-
burn, X. Y., paid for labor hist ycar 1,200-000.
Tho wholo town of St. Cloud, Minn., rc-
cently turned out to hunt tho only rat cver
sccn north of Minucnpolis.
Tho town of Wcsley (Mo.) has paid boun-
ty on thirty Itears killcd within tho town
liniits during the prcsent year.
The amouut of inoney paid to tho oinployos
of vnrioiw manufacturing corporations in
Tauuton Mass., is estimated to excced 81,700
000 pcr ycar.
Tho Westcrn Union Telcgraph Compar.y
employs seven regimcnts of men in its work,
most of thcm as opcrators and in tho highcr
grades of service.
Thero is a colorcd man in the Michigan
Pcnitontiary, who has been thero ten years
for rnurdcr, and ho now insists that Lincoln's
pi'oclamation set him frcc, nnd he asks the
authoritics to let him out.
It is expccted that next season a now
stcamboat will bo placed upon Moosehead
Iikc, Maine, larger and faster than anything
that has ever run thero yet; a part of tho
mmbcr has nlrcady been got out for her.
Tho co-operativo shoo manufactory at
Viissalboro, Jle. held thcir semi-annual mcct
ing a fcw days ago and rc-elected tho old
board of ofilcers. Tho rcsult of tho first half
year nas exceeiieii tne expectatlons ol tho
stockholders, and openitions on a moro cx-
tensive scalo will bo resumcd in a few days
t San Bcrnardino, Cal., a Chinawoman
who had committed a pctty robbcry among
her pcoplc, was scizcd by tho Chinameii,
tied to a stake, a firobuilt under her, and
burned to death. Tho perpetrators havo
been arrcsted. All tho Chineso havo been
ordered to lcavo San Bcrnardino.
At tho lato term of court at Ilelfast JIo.,
Frank Sylvestor of Lincolnvillo, aged ubout 10
years, whoplead giiilty to larcenyofclothing,
was sentenced to two years in Stato Prison,
Wliat is singuhir nbout tho caso is, that ho
actually stolo tho olothing in order to bo sont
to SUito Prison that ho might lcarn a trado.
From tho boginning of .Tuly to tho prcsent
timo, tho iniports at New York amount to
8100,500,000, against 871,500,000, for tho same
pcriodoflast ycar; whilo tho oxports havo
been 800,000,000 against $97, 100,000 in 1809.
Wo havo thus incrcased our iniports 8 12,000
000, whilo our oxports havo dcclined 811,000,
000, making tho movemcnt 823,100,000
ngainst us, asconipared with tho samo weoks
of last year.
David Stilcs of Prcseott, Wisconsin, Is
probably tho oldest Mason in tho world. Ho
says "i was horn m liitcimeui uounty,
Connecticut, Jlay 21, 1770. I was mado a
Master Mason at Toronto, Ont., Deo. 27,
1797. xVt this timo Wm. .Tarvis was Grand
Master of that jurisdiction. I am now a
mcmbcr of Ilazol Grcon Iodge, No. 43. 1
havo been a Koyal Arch Mason 70 years and
a Mnster Mason almost 4 moro, which makcs
my masonie ago almost 74 years."
Sixtcen young gontlemen graduatcd at the
medlcal school at Dartmouth College, lately.
Oneofthoabovonamed giwluates, Mr. Parm,
is a native African and was cuucatctl partly
at tho oxpense of tho American Colonization
Socicty, IIo passed acreditable cxamination,
and has alrcady been nppointcd surgcon of
a Liberia emigrnnt stcamer.
The Skowhegan Mo. liciorter has seen a
sample of gold dust tvken by S. D. Greenleaf
of Starks from a bar in Sandy Klvcr, near
Davls' Ferry, in that town. Mr. G. with
threo of his nclghbors, ono of whom had had
oxpcricnco in C'alifornia, workcd a little ovcr
four days with tho usual sluice arningements,
and got six ounces, worth about815an ouneo.
Trcasurcr Spinuur is prcparing a circular
to bo addresscd to banks and bankcrs, calling
upon thcm to scnd in all govcrnnient grcen
backs of issues provious to 1809, and havo
thcm rcdeomcd by issues of tho series of
1869, as ho desires to retirc old ktitus, therc-
by faeilitatiug trado and IkiIIUiil, counterfcit-ers.
FARMER UOROAN STUUPED.
Xotwithstanding our old stylo farmers cry
out against hook-farniiug, still theyencourago
it byprecept and cxample, although.perhaps,
unwittingly. Ilcm-y Morgan was ono of your
plain, practical men, who was continually
crying out ngainst tho many innovations mado
by book-farmers ; and yct, stcp by stcp, he
aecepted the iinprovcmcuts, although hc still
bcratcd tho book-farni(!rs. He was ono of
thoso who, in his youth, wcnt to mill with
grain in ono cnd of the saek and a stone in
tho other. He reapcd his grain with a sicklc
long aftcr oradles eamo into use, and held on
to tho cradlo long aftcr reapers had provcd
sci'viceablo. Ilut, as wo said, ho had, stcp
by stcp, aecepted the difiercnt improvcnicnts ;
iudeed, ho had gono so far as to ndvocato
tho l'otation of corn, wheat and dover; but
not until after long years of fruitless search
after crops among his worn-ont fields, and
vain cndcavor to bring thcm too, as his
fathers had dono beforo him, by " turning
thcm out."
It so happened that our friend.Morgan had
threo bright, promising boys, young men
grown at this timo, who assistcd tho father
on his farm. Ono day tho old fellow was
pitching into an ngent for an agricultural
papcr jiretty roughly, telling him ho had no
uso for books to farm by, nor for thoso who
used thcm. Tho agont was uuiet whilo tho
old man applicd his invoctivo to nll tho class
ofpersons which tho agont represented ; but
at last ho said : " Mr. Morgan, here you havo
threo boys, who will doubtless follow in your
footsteps and become farmers. Now aro you
willing thcy should go back and com
lnenco whero you didP You aroacknowledged
to bo a good farmer, and consemiently havo
learned many facts in relation thercto ; and
yet, judging from your conversation, you
wnnt your boys tocommence whero you did,
and learn for themselves." " No, no, I don't
mean that! I mean books, man books!"
''Very wcll 5 I understand that; but in this
case you aro tho book, and theso boys havo
been reading you for tho Hst ton years, just
as much as if you had written out your cxpc
rienco and had it published. Tho only dif
ferenco I can seo is, that had you published a
book, dctnlling your practical oxperienco,
and giving tho facts you havo Icarned, you
would havo an audienco of thousands, inslcad
of your boys and a few of your Immedinto
neighbors only." " Wcll, woll," said fricnd
Morgan, "it is barcly possiblo I havo mado
a mistakc." Kansas Farmer.
Tlio barley crop of Scott Co., Iowa,
rcach 600,000 bushol;
wlll