New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-31
Butter Making.

The State of Texas could, with proper manage.
ment, supply the Confederate States with butter
we have the cows, and for the climate it ia ali
nonsense TO say that cold climate is required for
me purpose particularly as the best butter made
IN New York is that made in june and July when
the sun is as hot as it is in Texas
The trouble is, that the people have not as gen.
eral thing, paid that attention to the dairy which
they should. We know of people who have fortv
and htty cows, and yet scarcely make buttsr
enough for white family of ten persons: whereas.
WIN proper management, one cow could furnish
butter for three persons the year round,
We find the following suggestions in n exchana4a
which are as applicable to this State as any. We
COPY them for the benefit of our readers:
|. WITH regard to abundance of supply. There
Is radical defect in the management Of the COW.
that Is almost universal at the South A servant
with tin cup in one hand, draws with the other
as much M OF the milk as she thinks the calf can
spare, rms process, besides its injurious influence
upon the animal, leaves behind large portion of
the very richest milk. The proper plan is to take
the cal away from the cow entirely as soon a. ID
IS old enough to be fed. In milking, let the ser,
want squat beside the COW, steadying the pail be-
tween her knees, and then with both hands, STRIP
the mix until not drop is left in the bag This
simple plan universally adopted, will increase the
supply, g,!9 Of butter at least 20 per cent.
z. with regard to its collection and manufactures
Ihe mlE, as soon after 1t is drawn as NAV he
should be placed away in shallow pans in a cellar
or dfy wei, deep enough to prevent the milk from
sonrlhg, before the cream rises in the summer or
be SO arranged that it may at proper intervals. he
perfectly ventilated. The cream alone shonld be
c1urned. Still it will answer to churn both milk
and cream if it is sour enough to clabbar. But
sweet milk never should be put into the chnrn
Follow. this simple direction, and the butter will
come in one solid mass, and not be djffused in
| ffothy particles throughout the churn. It will he
OF good color, winter or summer, green fead or
dry, The butter should be dipped out with a
wooden spoon into wooden bowl, when it should
be well salted with fine salts (neyer with coaysel
and worked Qet me again add, without the addi
ti9n OF particle Of water) until it is a uniform
seld mass 1t is then fit for any suvereign,s Bic.
Ii it is desired to preserve it for future use put Il
AVA away IN glazed crooks or water frkins Pack in
tight, leaving no room for air and cover it with
layer OF fine salt The next deposit of bntter
should be on top of this salt, and covered in a like
manner. = i.sf AS
II these directions are followed, butter of good
colol@and that it will be well favored and solid At
the end OF twelve months, may be made, and our
own farmers, wives who milk q dozen cows NAV
realize from it $3.50 to $500 annually, according to
the richness of their feed.
% much stress be laid upon the necessity of sn
say freely aud using fine salt The object is not to flavor liz
be nut 10 dry H. Salt sbsorhs moisture rapidly and opnd
pc Ihe very best chemical carrying off every ce
Oh mix from the butter Houston eegrfph.