Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-08-02
AGRICULTURAL.
From The Maine Farmer.
CuEESE MAKING

MEssRs. EDITuRs - Communications e.
casionaIy made through your paper, giving the
hest method of making cheese from practical ex-
periments As your journal is designed for me
dium through which farmers can interchange their
views upon the various subjects connected with
their high calling, submit the following, il you
think it worthy OF occupying a corner OF your
Farmer.
Tie plan generally proposed by your cores
pondents, is, to strain the milk in the tub over
night, and warm it in the morning. carefully stir
ring in the cream Mr. Is. f. Bill, in the October
number of the New Genesee Farmer says: Z" In
the morning take off the cream with skinner,
and put it in a vessel by itself then warm the
milk or part OF it, over slow fire ill about
blood heat (; then pour in the cream, and stir it
moderately ill there are no particles TO lie seen
floating upon the surface"
1t seems to me evident, that when the cream is
once separated from the milk, it can never he SO
thoroughly Incorporated with it again, as it was
when taken from the COW.
Our method is this Immediately after the COWS
nre MIXED at night (and the quicker the operation
is performed, the better) we strain it into the
cheese tub and put in the rennel-as the milk
when it first comes from the COW is in precisely
the right temperature to sell II the rennet is good,
and properly prepared, large table spoonful is
sufficient for pan full of milk. The tub should
then be covered with cloth, and allowed to stand
undisturbed-in about 40 minutes it will coagu-
late. Ii is then carefully cut the tub again cover
ed, and left TO stand till morning When the tub
is wanted for the mornings milk, the nights curd
is dipped into the cheese basket, or cheese sink,
to drain, and the mornings milk strained into the
same tub. The rennet is then put on, going
through the same process ms with the nights milk.
When sufficiently drained, the two curds are put
together, scadetl and sailed according to the dis
cretion of the maker
Those who have had the least experience in the
management of milk, must know that warming
nj ipr I'm cODlpu n IN
the quicker. Any person who will take the troub-
lie to try the experiment, will find that curd made
from milk, warm from the COW, will keep sweet
much longer than that which has been warmed
the fire and, besides this, it saves the time
and trouble OF skimming and warming. Nothing
will make good cheese maker assume n belg.
erent attitude so quick, 10 the skinner
flourish over the chees tub.
From long experience in a moderate sized dali
ry, am persuaded that in no way much,
cheese of good quality be made, as to set the
milk while warm from the COW.
Yours, l.. BISHOP.
Africa, Genesee Co., April, 1s4l.
IS. While upon The subject connected with
cows, let me suggest to your correspondents who
occasionally send you the quantity OF milk given
by particular COW, TO give il in pounds, and not
in quarts. 1t can be done much easier, and with
grea;er accuracy; and not only so, but in the lat -
ter case it is too often guessed at, or measured,
froh and all, in bruised and battered quart meas
ures.
Silk. DR.. White, of Mount Pleasant, Jcffer-
son Co. Ohio, passed through this city yesterday,
on his return from Nashville, Tenn, where he has
established silk Factory with two looms, now
in constant and successful operation. There has
been large amount of cocoons raised in Tonnes
see, and although this factory purchases all rs fast
their means of manufacturing them permit,
there still 1000 bushels ready Tor the manu-
aclurer which sell generally for S4 per b,ishel,
according TO quality.
DR.. w has made some important improvements
in his machinery for preparing silk and proposes
to locate himself in Cincinnati, and establish the
business here, should he meet with any encour-
agement. We hope he will, as the legitimate silk
business has enriched every community that has
taken hold of it. Dr.. W., by the way, was clad
in a complete suit Of silk, rock coat, vest, and
pantaIoons, which weeks, ago, was in the Null
berry leaf-Cin Gazette.
a Big Poiaioe Business.-New England, with
territory scarcely as large as our country of APP
ping, produces according to the late census, "a,
435, 1871 bushels "lrsl" polatoes annually
Where do they find room in that little country, to
pile them on? Thirty-lour millions? Only
think! At twenty cents bushrl, (ihey are worth
here dollar and half) the poialoe crop of New
England amounts 10 over seven million OF dol .
lars Probably more than the entire cotton OF
Georgia for last year, at Ten cents pound Be
sides this, the sanle New England makes one year
and lS, 1914 ,929 bushels of other grain-whic al
fifty cents IL bnshel amounts TO upwards of ten
millions Of dollars !-.H1con Georgia. telegraph.
AMERICAN WooL PRoDUCT. To those who
have paid the subject but little attention the A.
mount ofmoney invested in the production OF WOO
within lie United States will seUm surprising. ]
is very generally believed that this is quite sec
ondary branch of our general interest, instead Of
one Oi The most fruitful source of our wealth, and
hest deserving the cherishing protection of our
Government. As shownby the returns oilhe late
census we lave in this country, exclusive of North
Carolina, Michigan and Kentucky, l9,0S5,962
sheep; and taking ten dollars as the average val
ne OF land necessary 10 sustain sheep and make
fair lowanre Tor the price of the animals them
selves for the labor necessary for their proper SUI
pernendence with that required to prepare their
prodnct for its first market, which are us much
part of the investment as the land which suslains
them, the nggregae amount OF the capital invested
in this branch OF industry will he nj ieast two hun
dred millions Of dollars. This is certainly an I'M
nense sum- and well deserves the attention of the
General Government. AT present England sup.
plies us annually with some ten millions worth of
broadclolhs and after NIL chooses TO import her
wool from the Continent to the entire exclusion of
our own In 1899 her entire import of this article
was 57,395,944 pounds and while we Ind some
40,000000 pounds of wool remnng at home,
nearly two-fillhs Of the whole wooden manufac-
lures of Greut Britain came TO the United States
And yet we have only 100000 invested in
WOODEN manufactures OF the aggregate amount
of wool grown in the United Suites in 1889, New
York produced 4,0l2, 40 pounds Ohio g. 65O,97O ;
Vermont 2,257705 which in proportion to her pop.
ulaton, is much the largest amount grown in any
State Pennsylvan 30767e3 Virginia 9 672, O4i /;
Maine ,465,55l New Hampshire l,260,9ss; In
diana 100000; Massachusetts ,055, 59l Ten
nesee ,029, SIG and the other States various
mounts betweenthe 800, 675pounds of Connecticut
and the 1854 Of Louisana.--W y. Tribune.