Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-09
WE WANT GOOD BUTTER.

The dairying season is now at full tide
the milk pals overflow with their foaming
treasures, the pans are crowned with rich
cream, and golden nuggets of butter are
ready for transportation to the market,
there to be minted into solid coin. The
quantity Of dairy products brought to this
market alone, would surprise a novice !;
tic quality of much of it is still more as
founding. An average of 100000 lbs. of
lutter per week is consumed in Phila.
and vicinity; 100000 lbs. would be full
estimate of the prime article to be found
Al the whole quantity The price paid for
the best sorts, over the inferior, would
suom to be inducement enough to furnish a
good article in abundance, but, when pur-
c:la'ing family supplies, we have often
sampled and tasted large lots-smelling
vas enough in many cases-without find
ing single desirable frkin. Scarce
country housekeeper would allow such
trash TO appear on her table; indeed, .,
visitors from the country find the poor
butter here, one of the greatest draw
hacks to their pleasure at the table. Why
tIen is such butter sent here From
some sections, no doubt, because it IS poor
\ neglected churning is found unfit for
iAmily use, and is "sent to the store in
barter for other neoessaries the mer.
chant pays one price to all customers,
packs it all, yellow and pale, pure and
poor, waxy aud greasy, in one frkin the
better quality is soon corrupted by evil
communication, and when opened il mar
ket, all is thoroughly vile. Ii country
dealers would fix the price according to the
quality, much of this would be remedied.
Housekeepers have little encouragement
to do their best, when a pound of grease,
tit only for the soap'maker, buys as much
sugar as pound Of good table butter.
Dairymen who produce really supc-
rior article, are often surprised at the
small returns received from the distant
market. Their neighbors exuIt in two OF
three cents more per lb. obtained for the
same quality, and sold by the same COM
mission merchant--there must be a mis-
take somewhere. The mistake is at the
dairyman's door. His neighbor procured
new frkins Or tubs in the Spring, has kept
them neatly painted, with his name plainly
marked in full upon the cover. A grocer
or hotel keeper was attracted by the prom
ising look of the package, tried it, found
it good, and engaged it for the season
the brand was established, and will always
sell while it keeps its reputation. Our less
fortunate friend made the old pail answer,
marked it with cross or notch which he
would know, and sent it along. The
weathcrworn and rusty pail was over
looked by the best customers; it was set
with the second sorts, and sol d for second
prices, to the joy of the purchaser, and the
loss Of the economical dairyman. Three
cents per pound on thirty weight of butter
would pay for new pail every week
But the great drawback in the quality
of our butter is the want of eIboa0 grease.
1t is not sufficiently worked. 1t leaves the
dairy apparently sweet and fresh, aud is
so for the time, but the ladle or the roller
were sparingly used, the buttermilk and
sour milk soon become rancid, and five to
ten cents per pound loss is the penalty
1t would be thought hard law that in-
ficted fine of that amount for every
pound of poorly worked butter, but the
inexorable laws Of trade do impose lust
such fine; no excuses are received, no
penalties remitted, and there is no appeal.
But on the other hand, good butter, nicely
packed, and carefully forwarded to honest
dealers, invariably receives a premium,
which we wish all our dairymen would
compete for, and part of which xo will
cheerfully pay.