Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-11-04

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spring, vii answer the purpose. II
should be shaded with trees or arbors
Of grape vines. All mouIdy or decay
ing wood work, boards. boxes, barrels,
&c, mus be kept out 0 fit-also all for
e'gn substances, a. meats FISH and veg
etables The air OF my spring house
was ruined for a week or more merely
by placing in it q few mackerei
At approach Of auUmn, a cool and
well ventilated oultery, shaded well
and kept clear Of all foreign substances
that csn impau a bad favor, is preteH
bic to a spring honse, as the latter be-
comes too damp, Al nat season, 10 allow
the cream to form we'll.
9lh-StraiHing The Miik.
This should be attended to without
delay AFTER milking. The new fashion,
ed tin stralner Ia TN PAL Vith q wire
gauze srraiaer) Is lar preferable 10 the
old fsshione6 cloth slrainer Either
TN pans or stone crooks may he used Tor
holding The milk-l know Of no prefer
ence. except the tia work is liable 10
rust ia q damp spring'hoUss. Earlhen
crooks should never be used. ~ the
lead 10 glazing may act chemically with
the cream or butter 80 As I 0 poison It.
lO;b-SkimmiHg IF The MIR.
In hot weather the mix may be al
lowed 10 curdIe before this operation is
performed, bur il i, be DELAYED any long
er.a thin, watery fluid will form b.
tween The milk nd The cream. alter
which The good qlsIuies are ineViIabV
destroyed. 1t is necessary, 10 m dunn
mer, to skim The mix every morning
and night. This point must receive the
slrlcDest attention Neglect Of it often
gives a slreaked or moDlled appearance
to butter, as well as lmpal's lis flavor.
llrh-C Cream.
As o as it ia collected it should be-
placed in q lone crock, which should he
either hung into a well or set up to the
btm in the spring within the milk
house.
1t has been thought BY some that the
cream improves or natures. by expo
sure to the air. alter ii IL collected, and
tina, placing II in a situation rs cool as a
welt. or spring. is u]nfavorable for thai
change TINS view NAV be correct ate
IN aulumu, when it becomes sOme'jme'
necessary 10 mature II by artificial heat
but durlrg our IN, and dry summers We
ht lieve The course recommended, is Il
be preferred.
Charming.
THE opera. jon must be resoried 10 a.
soon as a supply OF cream rs obtained
ana 10 hot weather cannot safely be dc
Iayed beyond the third day,
i variety of patent churns have beer
palmed upon the public, none Of which
We believe, is TO be preferred 10 lhe OF
fashioned, upright Dasher, or the Bar
rel "" al present employ the former
and by the AID Of a well adjusted spr0t
poe, connected wnh the top Of tn,
dasber rod, can fetch twelve or frtrel
pounds Of butter, in from fuern II
tw"nry five minutes, without any VIC
Tents efforts
The Barrel.churn is not as easily
clcansed.
18th Working Of Butter,
This aust be repeated until every
drop o(lhe burlermjIk is expelled. twice
or three Tines viii he no
must it be DELAYED too Iong,riil a change
begins to take place 10 the bUttermik
as that will impair the favor of the
butter, which no subsequent treatment
can restore.
The operation must be done in
bowl, by The AID ola wooden spatUla. OF
paddle, II IN 10 instance should the ham
come in contact nth the butter, if il cat
be avoided. as the warmth Of the indlvi
dual renders the butter oily aud had
favored.
Some persons destroy its swpplnes,
nd richness nv washing out the butte r
nj k by means OF cold watsr-a praclic,
always to 1e avoided.
I4th Sailing,
The salt should be- add"d At the com
mencement OF the first working. Nuct
OF our western butter Is Iuj1rned bv rhf
EMPLOY manl Of the common New York
salt. The finest ground article >houlc
be used II can now be- obtained, il
sacks, of our merchants, at a reasonable
price
I5'h- Preserving Butter.
That made in spring and summer
may BE- laid down in stone crooks. and
the surface covered with brine u
strength sufficient TO bear up ar egg,
10 winter THIS wrII answer all the pur
poses for cookery. and even for labIe
will he sweeter than much that finds its
way there.
]. P. KIRKLAND.