Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-11

the market C6linans Ruol H'old has the
following observation upon this important
subject:
There ia no use in attempting to make
good butter unless your vessels are clean
not washed OF secured merely-but kept
clean from odors. Butter is a powerful
absorber-and whatever odor Of any kind
is present in the vessel, whether pail, pan
or churn, il will surely be taken in and tell
IN the butter.
Another very important thing; theatmOs.
phere If not perfectly pure, will faint your
butter. Hence, fresh air and clean room
or cellar are necessary.
We know this is all known; but we shall
continue 70 remind our readers q il, so
Iong as the sloven practice IF bad air and
impure vessels prevails-in word, as long
as bad butter is made.
t. IN addition 10 cleanliness, sweet pas
lures and pure water are provided, another
requisite will have been secured-not an
advantage, but a necessity -Ht
There Is still another indispensable thing
and that is the quality Of the COW. Some
COWS will make soft butter, so soft in sum-
meI that Il cannot be used, cannot well be
gathered in the chuTn. This is in the COW.
Some cows viii also make whittier butter
than others; these are generally. those that
make soft butter. The Attorney or JERSEY
breed is known for the hard, yellow butter
itlnakes,, even in midsummer A few Al
de-neys in dairy will improve the whole
| quantity Of butter, dispense with aggraYa-
ton at chuning, etc. There is some Of
this blood running through the native cat
| tie Of this country; il is however but
| trihe and found only in somclocalities; it is
not observable la all
To secuFe tie fight thing here, get a pure
| blood male, and put 10 the best native or
| other HilkcTs. Get the Attorney or Ayr
shire bull, orthe Short-hon, il these cannot
be secured, or even the Devon. DO not
raise stock promiscuously and trust to luck.
There is luck, bat the chances are greatly
4 against you.
Pure pastures, then. free from weeds /;
/ pure water; clean vessels and the right
/ blood these are the great requisites. Draw
your cream at about 81 or 60 degrees, uni
form temperature. DO not let stand till
the milk souTs; and do not let the cream
stand, especially, till it sours. Cream
should be churncd as soon rs it is gathered.
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| always but mildly the butter, as that will
keep intact the globules which form its
grain. Wash out all the milk-and you
need not be told that pure water, as well as
cold, is indispensable to this. Work your
salt uniformly into the mass, avoiding all
| Jumps, however small Then pack away
from the air else your butter viii not save
with it, Il viii save during the hottest sum-
mer-Will save a year and be sweet
| Earthen or glass lara are best then come
oaken or ash tabs, well-soaked beforehand
any way 10 deprive them of the wood
scent, which, if strong, viii spoil your but
ter. Avoid a contact with all odors, from
the drawing Of the milk from the COW Il
the use of il on the table-more, to its
reaching the mouth-for il makes a great
difference whether you set your plate in q
| clean place clean air-or in place where
il takes on OdOrs.
twill thus be seen how delicate a thing
butter Is. This accounts for the little really
good butter we have
A few more observations: packing butter
in old jars is spelling your butter; the cold
earthen" viii be tasted. Butter, it must be
remembered, is apowerlul absorber.
If the atmosphere Of yonr cellar or milk
room is dry, there viii q scale form on the
surface Of your cream. This you cannot con
vert into butter; but 1t viii float in the
butter-milb. Not only this, the evapora.
ton which forms the scale will take away
from the freshness and flavor Of the cream
let the atmosphere, therefore, be neithei
too dry nor too damp if damp, there vii
be mold; this must he avoided rs one woulC
avoid pestilence
In packing away, which must be done a
soon as the butter is ready-no moment {,
lose-cover the top with brine. This, in
tight, clean vessel, viii secure your butter
it will secure it almost any length Of TIM
you wish. A mere wet cloth covered will
i salL will NOT do it-nnt nrriecflv