Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06

ouSH DO "ci'iiS tne COW . tedts Win Hilh, anu
permitting it to drop into the pal-milking in
the morning without washing the hands, &c.
s. Min Louses and Buticry.-Tn hot wea-
ther good spring house is necessary for the
making OF butter. 1t mnst be constructed of
either brick or stone, and in no instance wood,
as that article never fails, in such situation
to become moudy, and impair the flavor of but
ter 1t must be built go that it can be thorough
ly ventilated. window should be placed on
the north, east and west sides, which must be
furnished on the outside with wire gauze
screens, and on he inside with tight shutters.
During the day, the shutters mus, Le closed, and
at light must be raised.
spring may be dispensed with--and it is
even problematical whether it does not upon
the whole. do as much injury by imparting
dampness as it does good by lowering the
out the spring, will answer the purpose. 1t
| should be shaded with trees, or arbors Of grape
vines. All mouldy and decayed wood work,
boards, boxes, barrels, &C., must be kept out of
it--also all foreign substances, as meats, fish
and vegetables. The air OF my spring-house
was ruined for week or more, merely by
placing in it few mackerel.
At the approach Of autumn, cool and well
ventilated buttery, shaded well without and
kept clear of all foreign substances that can i'm
part bad flavor, is preferable to a spring house
as the latter becomes too damp, at that season,
to allow the cream to form we'll
9. Straining the Milk-This should be at.
tended to without delay, after milking. The
new fashioned tin straincr "a tin pail with a
wire gauze strainer) is far preferable to the old
fashioned cloth s,raincr. Either Tin pans or
stone crooks may be used for holding the milk ;
know of no preference, except, the tin is la
bic to rust in a damp spring-house. Earlhen
crooks should never be used, as the lead in glaz.
ing may act chemically with the cream or but
ter, so as to poison it.
10. Shimming the Mk.--Tn hot weather
the milk may be allowed TO crude before this
operation is performed, but if it be delayed any
longer, thin, watery fluid will form between
the milk and the cream, after which the good
qualities are inevitably destroyed. 1t is neces-
sary in midsummer, to skim the milk every
morning and night. This point must receive
| the strictest attenton.-Ncgect of it often
gives streuked or no,tled appearance 10 butter,
as well as impar5 its flavor.
IL. Crcam-As soon as it is collected it
should be placed in a stone crock, which should
be either hung into well, or set up 10 the
brim in the spring within the milk-house.
1t has been thought by some that the cream
improves, or natures, by exposure to the air
after il is collected, and that placing it in a
situation as cold as a well, or spring, is unfavor-
able for that change. This view may be cor
rect late in antumn, when it becomes some.
times necessary to mature it by artificial heat,
but during our hot and dry summers, we be-
leye the course recommended is to be prefer
red.
l2. Churning operation must be re.
sorted to as soon as supply of cream is obtain.
ed, and in hot weather cannot safely be delay
ed beyond the third day.
A variety of patent churns have been palm
ed upon the public, none of which, we believe
is to be preferred to the old fashioned upright
dasher, or the barrel. We at present employ
the former, and by the aid ofa well adjusted
spring pole, connected with the top dasher rod
can fetch 10 to Is pounds of butter, in from Ct
teen TO twenty-five minutes, without any vlo
lent efforts. The barrel churn is not as easily
ceansed
I3 Working Of Bmter-This must he re
peated until every drop of the huttermilk i
expelled twice or three times will be nPces
sary nor must it be delayed too long, till
change begins to take place in the remaining
butter milk. as that will impair the flavor o
the butter, which no subsequent treatment cal
restore
The operation must be done in bowl, by th'
aid of a wooden spatula, or paddle, and in n
instance should the hand come in contact wit
the butter, ift can be avoided, as the warmt
ofthe individual renders the butter oily and ba
, favored.
: Some persons destroy itssweetness and rich
: ness by washing out the buttermk, by mean
: of cold water, practice always to be avoided
: II. Sailing salt should be added q
G the commencement of the first working. Niue
e of our western butter is injured by the en-
r ployment of the common New York salt. Th
II finest ground article should be used 1t ca
T, now be obtained in sacks, of our merchants, {