The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-04-30
From the New England Farmer.
BUTTER-How MADE.

DO 4 En-hOW MADE
The daily house shsuld be kept neat, should
never front the south, south.sast or south
west. II should DO situated near good spring
or eunen, Of water. The proper receplscles
Tor milk are esrtherD pans, not lined or glsz.
| ed With lead or wooden trays In warm
/ weather milk should remain ill nearly cool
before il 10 strained but in frosty weather, it
should be strained Immediately. and q small
quantity Vi boiling water may be mixed with
u, which will Cause it to produce cream 10
great abundance, and the moro 80, il the pans
or vsts have large surface.
In hot weather, the cream should be skim.
med from the milk, at or before sunrise, be.
lore The dairy gets warm; nor should the
milk, in hot weather stand in it's rece ptscles
longer than twenty four hours. In winter
milk may remain un.kimmed thiuy-siz or
forty eight houts. Tho c'esm should be de.
posted in deep pan, kept in summer in a
cool place where free cir Is admitted. Un.
less churniDg !, performed every other day,
the cream should DO shifted daily into clean
pans but churDing should be performed At
least twice a week in hot weathet aud tbs
should be done in the morning before sun-tise,
taking care TO FIX thochurn where there is q
good d. aught OF air. IL a pump churn is Us.
ed, i, msy be plunged foot deep 10 cold wa,
tor, and remain iD that situation during he
whole imo Of chu'ning, which will much hsr.
den the butter. A strong rancid Favor will
be given the butter, lf we chuin SO near Tho
6Ie as to heat the wood in the winter season.
After the butter is chu'ned, it should i'm.
mediately be washed in many different wa
tefs, I'll il is perfectly cleansed from tho milk;
and h should bo worked by two pieces Of
wood for a warn hand will sofle n il, and make
II appear gfeasy,
Butter will require and endure moro work.
ing in winter, than in summer.
Those who use pump churn, mus, keep
irregular stroke nor should they permit any
person TO sssist them unless they keep near.
ly tho same stroke +; for If they churn more
slowly, tho buUet will 20 back, as IL is called
snd il tho stoke be mote quick, it will cause
a termenta alton, by which means the butter
will acqn,;e a very dissgreeable favor.
Cows should never DO su ered TO dtink i'm
proper water. Stagnaied pools, water where.
in frogs spsvn, common sewers, and ponds
that resolve tho DRAWINGS OF stables, are i'm
proper.
The operation in churning may be very
much shortened by mixing little distilled
vinegar with the cream in the churn.--The
butter beiog afterwards we'll washed in Two or
tbrse changes Of water, the whole Of tho acid
will be carried off; or if any remain, II will
not be perceived by tho taste. a table
spoontul or two Ut the vinegar to gsllon OF
cream.
To take agvay tie ydneid tdsfe Of Bnper.
When fresh butter has not been salted in
proper time, or when salt butter has become
| rancid or mu,,y, sfer mclting and simmeting
il, dip 10 q crust Of bread we'll toasted on both
| sides snd IN q lew minutes tho bultst will
lose its dissg,eesb!o taste.
Butter made from sealded Cream.
As soou as tho milk is token from the cow,
let i, be placed upon steady wood Ore, free
| as possible from smoke, and scsIded for 90
ninu,es--pas,icui uisr caro- must be taken not
10 le, il boii Il must then be placed in a
cool situation, and on the following day thick
'ich cream will appear on tho surface Of tho
milk, which 10 excellent also for dessert pu,.
peses; this may be taken OF aud made into
butter IN the CON mon way. This metsod is
pracused in England aod it 10 said, q great.
er quantity Of butter, aod better qualify can
be made by this, than by the common mode.
Receipt Jor curing Butter.
Tsle two parts of tho best common salt,
one part OF sugar, and one part salPe,Te put
them together so ss TO blend tho whole com.
pleteIy take one ounce of this composition
for eveiy 10 ounces Of butter, work is veil
in.o the mass, end close 1t rp for use.
DANDELIONS have always been cousd.
| cred peculiarly useful in visceral obstruclious,
| particularly those Of the liyor, when eaten Ell
thet as g. reens, salad, or sken 10 pusans.
They seem calculated, from their stimulsnt
diabs,ruent powers, to promote bilious discbsr.
ge,, and. from long experience, have been
found highly eficscious 10 all hillary introe.
lions cf the liver. They are also good 10
keep tbe body open, and are diuretie and at.
| 'enuant. 10 the dropsy, tho dandelion hss
been known for ages to be Of grea, utility.
The ancIeots, says Which, were better &C.
qusin,ed with the properties Of this excellent
vegetable, than those modern practitioner .
who sppear to be more anxious to introduce
\ exoties, imported from distant countries, than
~ asraftain he ouaiities If thsos ourn