The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-11-10
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economy; and as upon its quality depends
very much tn profits af the farmer, as we'll
as the comfort of the consumer, send YOU,
MIR. Editor, a few hints on the process of
making and preserving it.
The art Of making butter consists in sen.
arating, with skill and neatncss the oil from
the serum and curd with which is combined
in the milk, and of seasoning it to suit the
palate. The art of preserving good butter
lies in keeping it as 10 have it retain its
rich sweet flavor. The best method |
know of effectiny these objects, is embraced
in the following rules:
l. In the first place, see that your COWS
are supplied with plenty of nutritious food
This is the raw material from which butter
is made; and unless this is good and abund-
ant, the manufactured article will be scanty
and poor.
9. Let The milk be set in shallow, broad
pans, of wooden, tin, or stone earthenware.
to facilitate the separation Of the cream, in
cool, clean apartment Red. glazed earth.
enware is bad and lead is often poisonous.
l think the best temperature is abou. fifty
degrees of Fahrenheit
g. Let the cream or milk lie churncd be.
fore it has become rancid or bitter, as at this
stage it has lost its fines, qualities for but
ter.
4. The operation of churning should be
moderately and regularly performed. Iftoo
slow and at intervals only, the separation is
tedious and uncertain. Ii violent, the cream
is too much heated, and yields white ins-
pid butter.
S. Put no water with your cream nor
with your milk. The favor, / may say ar
oma, which gives the butter its high value,
Is extremity volatile, is discngagcd by heat
and materially dissipated by water. Work
the butter thoroughly with the buucr-ladle
in wooden bowl, which may be set in wa
ter to cool the mass; and while this opc-
llon Is being completed, mix pure, fine salt
enough with the butter to season it for the
table, and set it by in the bowl in cool Gel
lar till next tay-at which time the salt
will be completely dissolved, when it is TO
be thoroughly Incorporated by again work.
ing the butter with the wooden ladlc until
every particle Of liquid is expelled
The making process is completed. To
preserve the rich flavor which this process
secures, pack the butter nicely down in
perfectly tight, sweet vessel, and none is
better than a stone earthcn jar, acittout q
particle OF additional salt, smooth the sur
face, and cover the top two inches with a
strong cold brine, which has been made by
boiling and sLimming the materials. Ii a
pellicle or scum is seen to rise upon the
pickle, turn Off the liquid and replace it by
fresh picle.
am accustomed to eat butter of Nav,
June and October, made and preserved in
this way, when it is from six to twelve
months old, without perceiving any mate
rial difference between it and that which is
fresh made.
KEEPING FARM. ACCOUNTS any
farmer make the experiment, and he will
find it an interesting as it is useful, to know
from year to year the actual produce ofhis
farm. Let everything therefore which can
be measured and weighed and let that
which cannot be brought TO an exact stand
ard, be estimated as if he himself were
about to sell Or purchase it. Let him also
as near as he can, measure the ground
which he plants, the quantity Of seed he
uses, and the manner in which he applies
it. The labor fdoing this is nothing com.
pared with the satisfaction of having it, and
the benefits which must arise from it. Con-
lecture, in these cases, is perfectly wild and
uncertain, varying often with different indi-
viduals, almost a hundred per cent. Exact
ness enables n man to form conclusions
which may most essentially and innumer-
able ways; avail to his Advantage 1t is that
alone which can give any value to his ex-
perience. 1t is that which will make his
experience the sure basis Of improvement
it will put it in his power to give safe coun-
sci to his friends; and it is the only ground
on which he can securely place cogfidence
in hlmself.-Norristoaon Herald.
Suic1DE.-We ar informed that on Sum-
day last. a Mr.. Mason, who rnsided in the
lower part of Pickens District, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head with rife the ball entering under
the lower jaw, and coming out at the back
part Of the head. Insanity produced by
intemperance, is supposed to have been the
exciting cause Of this rash act. .
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