The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

AMERICAN CHURN.

(Front the Former's elegasiec)
Sir.—Yoa are aware that the first esterase] show
of the Liwer Aoneadale Agrieultural Society took plies
at Anima en the 4th curt., tad that is seder to themes
the interest of it I procured for exhibitiom ore of the
Patent Asterism Churns, of the mutes of wekh we have
bad very easiistiog accounts; and that le of
to give
effect to the wish expretud by the judges of implements I
announced my intonate of having • competition with it
and two other chums on the lii oulig day. This t.:ok
plate sceoroingly.
The competition was attended by Mr. Smith, of Black-
wood House; Mr. Elliot, lierigrave ; sod Mr. Jesus
Mafia, Kirtlebridge, members el the *feisty, the awe
latter gentlemen each keeping notes of the different par-
ticulara Me bad also the advantage of the possess el
several ladies who attended in the dairy during the whole
thee, tad who afterwards very matioially masted in our
coming to what we considered a cured sad Oispeasioaste
jodgmeet as to the suits of the American or AsthoWe
than.
The churns with which i: was compared were, let, the
common Lox churn of thit district, used at Bleck eroed
house; end, god, as atmosphere. churn, made by Robin-
son, near Belles', which ski en was also exhibited at An.
man, and has bass used at Newland) for some yeses.
Every reiterate preliminary erraegement saving bees pre-
violably made by my directtcn, 10 quarts of cream were
put Into the Belfast chute, and 5 quarts of wars
water added to rviae the tetnperature of the cream to
62 degrees Fakes.. thermometer. The cream was
thee mtnutely mixed by tuning the beadle of the
than several times mod, ead 12 quarts of the mixture
were pet tree tee Auserieen than, 12 into the common box
dare, sad the reseatnieg 71 were lett in the Belfast churn,
the temperiture ot then all being kept at 62 deg. The two
antelier churn. were Ailed up within • little of the utletree,
beteg the limit thought best for them, end the three charm
were 'Meant d to be twined at the ordinary rate, actordthe
to the sise of the handle—the Blackwood liaise 90 revolu-
tions in a nsiuute, the American 80, and Belfast ers. The
Ant nude the butter is 20, the sectond in 26, and the last is
48 Limits* ; the first producing 61 the. of butter, the
American the same quaetity ot 81 lbs., and the
Belfast, from 71 quarts, produciog 39 lbs. 11 cc,
or a fraci in above 6 7.10. he lbs. to the 12 gouts.
The►
butter wet then made
each and
brought thes
the hell a pound of each on three diffeteut
*floured plus*, sad nuked betides No, 1,2. 3. by my farm
servant, who alone wu cognisant ot the .application of the
numbers to tle different chores. Eva p idiots was then
tsand in venous ways by the whole of the large pert, pre.
mat, who neasimously decided teat the better made by
bo. 3e. was very good, that try No. I ratht r better, sad that
N 2 the but. Oa reference to my servant's private
note No. I was from the 81-ckwood Howie aura, No. 2
from the American, lied No. 3 from the Belfast one ; No. 2
being at least equal la point of Savour, sod decidedly
superior ia ilessess, eya.
A dismissive was thou instituted es to the relative
quality cf the different auras for use, woes it was
again unanimously *greed that the superiority of the
butter made by the American churn would more than
comp caste for the pester quality made by the Bel-
fast churn, provided • market could be obtained for it,
where • price would be given steadies to its quality ; bet
that, is a toiletry district, when little difference of price
elated, perhaps the Belfast MS might he thundered pre-
!treble. Toe buttermilk was also tutted under similar
preestitioet, when it wee again unestmoully agreed that No.
2 was the richest and beet, No. 1 the nest, toed No. 3 the
lest. The, cost of the American churn, which was kindly
forwarded to me by Mesas, R. tiny and Son, lidding-
stone, Glasgow, is 24. ; bet He. Elliot seemed to think that
if mute of common wood, and (tedium, workmanthip, it
could be Made at little more than half that sum.
Oa Tuesday, the Bth, there being oily enough of
Wane fur one e.huro, ead the dairywomen being again
glistens to use its Americas chum, the put 13 quarts
of cream is, Joshed of 12, with 2 quarts of warm enter,
which brought it to • temperature of about 611; the mixture
she, however, considered richer then as the former trial.
She did not churn quite a fast, it requiring 36 minutes to
produce the butter, which submitted to 7 lbs., extremely
wet, amazed, Lad remarkably then. The dairymaid Hess
to consider that, on the chide, the churning oa the sth was
e little above their usual speed, sod th-.t, from the Belfast
chute beteg so meek larger, end the time allowed for its
butter to berate scarcely eoneme aa with the stn
quantity, its being a very little softer teas the others nut
be easily accounted fur, as she never knew it to happen
before at thee seams of the year when ,burring at
their etedinaty spied, taking often from one to hearty
two hum. She, however, 'umlaut up all 1 y saying
that if she hid a small dairy of her owe she would un-
doubtedly nu • than epos the principle of the American.
la as tar as this sompetitien west, it is obvious that the
palm of victory meet he awarded to the Americas churn;
but at is quite evident to me that, notwithstanding all that
has bees written upon this very Important *object (the
manageseat el daisy predate), due attention ii by no means
paid to the various details seceseary to ho attended to
is ',tette to produce the moot brae hcial results, and par.
tandasly wits Fiord to experinesotieg auk meant et mu
rents teepees et temperature ; fcre I am well swam that is
some dairies of 15 sows and upwards, • the rasoeveter hems
so put eel the pleeithieg of the dairy, thus,: ia charge Ns-
tow use rassasslssa, in is. Inge "canna-be kilted" style,
with feeling satisfied that they can aye geese eye sear the
bit." 1 um, sir, yours Isi.10•11V.
?towheads, Oat. 10, IMO. NORMAN LOCKHART.
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