Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-10

MODH OF PACKINa BUTTER. "A correspond
ent Of the Homestead says that to be able
TO make good butter is an acquisition worth
much study and practice; but unless we
acquaint ourselves with a knowledge Of how
to hayeh Keep, also our labor in the dairy
will fall far short Of its just remuneration.
Packing has probably about ceased for the
present season, yet we have few hints
which we wish to commit to paper at this
time, and which may serve some one in the
future. -i taI
Butter in late autumn and winter invaria-
bly, commands good price, and If properly
put down in the spring and summer, will
well repay the additional trouble. An i'm
portant particular in endeavoring to secure
good butter is the employment Of clean Ues-
sells. Without this precaution the butter
can not possibly come forth sweet and this,
of course, suggests the necessity of scald-
ing such vessels before they are used, and
sometimes IL may be essential to their puri-
hcation to employ chloride Of lime.
Another very important requisite is, that
every particle of buttermilk be removed
from the butter. This may be ascertsined
by working until it entirely ceases to flow.
A thorough working is what is isabsolutely
necessary; and il may be hinted that this is
better done by taking the butter in the hand
in Jumps of three or four pounds each, and
slapping il against q hard surface, than by
using a ladle, as is generally practiced in
New England dairies. Then, when it is
salted just right (and bear in mind that taste
is to determine thatl il should be packed
down in q pot sufficiently strong to endure
the pounding down of the butter, a strong
brine poured over it, and set away in the
coolest part of the cellar. f.
The above precautions being observed
together with some minor particulars that
are supposed to be familiar to every dairy
woman, 1t can not be otherwise than that
you will have good butter, worth the highest
market price for sale, when the winter comes
round.
PREPARATION OF BONE MANURE.-Almost
every farmer, says Moore'S Rural Nev-
Yorker, has on hand. or could have, a col
lection of bones. Every body has an idea
that bones are q valuable manure, but the
difficulty is how to prepare them for use
without too much trouble and cost. The
Irish Farmers Gazette recommends that
they be broken up as small as possible with
heavy hammers, and placed in tubs, or on the
barn floor, and saturated with water. Then
add fifty pounds of sulphuric acid to every
100 pounds of dry bones, and stir the
mass frequently, as in making mortar. In
about a week it will. be fit for use. Before
using it should be mixed with dry earth and
charcoal dust, until it becomes so dry that it
can be conveniently distributed.
CURE OF LoCKJAw IN A HoRsE.- Wilkes's
Spirit states that a recent case of lockiaw in
the horse is reported in the English sporting
papers, which was cured by eight ounces Of
choroform. The subject was Stamfords
yearling illy by "Orlando.r Mr.. Barrow;
V. s., was called in, and administered the
above prescription. The 6lly lay prostrate
under the effects of the medicine for nearly
four hours, when the effects of the powerful
potion passed off, and the malady went with
it. She promised soon to entirely recover.