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THK Transactions Of the Hampshire Mass
Agricultural Society for 1856, contain Report
on Butter, from the 0ommitIee having that sub
jeet in charge, which gives some valuable sug
gestons to ell who would make prime article
~ eoudense the part referring 10 the requisite
Qualifications for premium butter.
The FIRST requisite should be cleanliness
this is necessary through the whole process, ,frum
the mllkingof tie COW to the finishing stroke Of
the tu ter pandled Any suspicion Of uniaith,
funess, here, clogs the appetite at once and
makes one perfectly willing to eat bis bread
alone, rather than entertain doubt whether
he is taking into his mouth what properly be-
iloncs 70 the bsInyard or the scavenger.
Closely connected with this, is the absence OF
all foreign taste in butter. Many housewives
not Justly chargeabls with want Of nestness,
suffer il TO go from under their hands, sadly in.
termixed with substances quite foreign to The
pure article, Salt is one oi these. and though
necessary IN certain proportions, there can be
too macE of a good thing. We believe that one
grand defect, here, is that cream is kept toe
long, especially 10 the summer season, before
It is chulned. Few are aware, perhaps, how
soon putriisction takes place in milk, in the
hottest weather ia summer. Undoubtedly the
most satisfactory results are obtained, where
the churning is performed every day. This il
not practicable in many OF our small daries; but
where a tolerable article is expected, it shoulC
he done as often as two or three times a week
Butter seems possess, in remarkable degree
the power of approPriating to itself the favor o
substances with which IL is in near contract
One of the committee, anxious 10 protect hi
butter from the fine dust, which is apt to set
lie upon it while on exhibition. procured box
which was TO be covered with glass. The box
for want of other material, was made of som'
sort of pine wood, In order to test the inter
and ascertain wheather the butter would taxi
any taste from the wood, small lump was pu
upon a plate and placed in the box. Ii
twelve hours, it had imbed so much of the fla
vor Of the wood, as 10 become strong and acid
even to the tase. In the examination made By
the committee to-day, the importance Of thi
matter was amply illustrated; much too large
proportion of the lots exhibited, having tain
Of some fsreign substance. While on this
point, il may be well to say, that the quality Oi
cream is sometimes materially damaged BY be-
ing kept in close vessel. This is probably in
consequence of the confinement Of cgtain gas
es, which operate iDjuriously, aud which would
escape if there were opportunity.
Another Of o r requisites is color and densl'
sity. The color, common consent declarele
should be yellow. 1t is granted, that this is
not matter wholly within the dairywoman' 5
power; but then, if she has husband and
knows how TO manage him, she may not 6ud it
80 very difficult to induce him to make a trial
Of his COWS and keep only such as shall, by the
aid Of her iaCile hands, crown his board with q
production as pleasing TO the eye,ss it is tempt
ing to The appetite,