Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-04-26
AGRICU L I u R E.
MILKING-BUr TIER MAKING.

MILklNG-BU rTEh MAklNG.
The judcious farmer will commence the
dairy season with his cows In good heart, suf-
6.iently provided with flesh to me. easily the 4
drafts which the milking season will make T.
upon them. Where this precaution has been ?
neglected, the result will os All indifferent 7
yield of milk, now, and an early drying up in
autumn. While the calves permitted to 4
feed freely from the udder there s little trouble
in extracting all the milk from il but when
the weaving time comes, many cows are Wis
ciously retentive. greatly to the annoyance of
the mixer and to the detriment of the dairy
products. In these cases it is poor policy to
get into passion involving club law; on the
contrary, mildness should be used and friend
| " relation established between the animal and
| the mixer, ss soon as may be. This orce
done, no mere trouble need be apprehended
| on this score
| In milking, cleanliness should be a prime
| consideration. rnis Involves proper personal
ablution, as we'll as a suitable preparation of
the COW tor the milking process. We have
known persons 10 milk cows in condition 80 |
filthy as to render the contents OF the milk |
pail scarcely fit to throw before swine. Such |
persons have conception of the luxury OF
pure milk good m lker will not be 10 such
a hurry to finish as to lose the better and most
productive portion. 1t is estimated that the
last put taken from cow well stripped, 10
equal 10 at least FIVE OF the first ones. Clean
or close milking has another advantage: it pro-
tracts the period during which milk may he
obtained.
Some make practice of milking cows three
, times during the day--claining an Increased
+ product from the practice. This may be so
i where cows are kept under shelter all tho time,
but when suffered 20 run at large, involving
, driving up of the herd at mid-dayt the effect
cannot be otherwise than doleterious Milking
twice II day--early in tho morning nld In the
4, | cool of the evening--will be found the better
I plan; certainly the castor one, and probably
on the whole. quite 40 productive.
a Wooden vessels should be used for putting
n down bu, Z, with hoops of the same material.
"a as iron o,.es rrode-the rust striking through
4, the slaves SUI edectins the outer porionof the
IL butter. Beol, heiugput down, the milk should
At be thoroughly worked out, else the butter Will
es soon spot, or 81 far effected as to be rendered
Ia uumarketable. This should be done by free
use of the butter ladle instead OF the hand; for
II il no better, the use of the ladle has u more
in ceanly look. The tub, TO be used in packing
an dowH, should be well cleaned by n tree use
Ia scaldiug water. Wheu properly prepared II
p this respeact, the inside should be thoroughly
p rubbed over with fine salt aud the bottom Gov
We cred over with thin coating OF melted but ter
IA To preserve the batter simple rock salt II
ar. usually relied upon, bun composition made o
A. pulverzed sugar one part saltpetre one psr'
IN and rock salt two patts-the whole beaten lut
no fine powder-wil preserve the butter quit
re AS well pure rock salt, besides giving 1t
mt better favor.
IA If a richer tinge than is natural, be desired
ss it can be supplied, without injury, BY the nS
mr. of carrot ju,,. Take clean carrots, fresh frol
ad the garden +; IN season, crate them line an
I'm press out the mice through coarse linen clot
tn and mix with tne cream before churning. In
cir improves the pqear ance OF the butter wit1o'
nd iujlriousy affecting the taste of it. When
L k.a n1.l ~
lry with melted butter, well sprinkled with Iii
/ i salt and the cover he tightly placed over it TIL
r the air may I've, as far ms possible, exclude
md from the mass within Thus carefally ma
ai. and packed, butter may be relied upol TO ke
nat fresh and palltable during maay months.
~ AYRsHIkE AND JERSEY CUw5.-hr. SaNio
80 Howard, Secretary VI tue Michigan State Boa
'Y vi AgriUuitur", uni well posted On tho mer
iL | Of cattle, writes to tho Massachusetts Ploug
re. man rs follows:
ibe A lew years aince, Mr.. Teller Of Ayrsh
.;na Scotland, kept dairy OF twenty nine or tn 4
y no cows IL. production OF butter They VI
'',oi kept wn3.ty on the soiling system, and W
p, he always sheltered, except when in the yard
IA exercise aud change of air: Tue herd v
i,nr mainly Ayrshirts, bred IN the ntiE hboghs
.c,er TfiA.s were, however, ia lde with ths Guam
e., leland COWS, uulet which name those IT
'aH, Guernsey, Atderney nnd Jersey are known
~ Blitain. Tne chief OBJECT in their iutroduct
r. was to impArt more richness 10 the milk Il
H. higher culor aud favor TO III. butter, sad TIL
'n objects were 'tslaed - a certain extent
80 While the triais It'll the ull bioods from I
~ Islands were going on, crosses were made
1naI, tween them and the Ayrshire bread, and
,,, females of this cross ware reared, lnd At pioI
trpo age took their places il the DAIRY. saw
az, herd several times, III diherelt seasons a
'o,I4 the trials with the full. ojds and Gro ses
Nv, teen carried some years. Tue proprit
,ha told me he should not continue me trials,
~ shorld discard the Chanue! Island cows
a. their progeny, To- tile reason that they had
la SD much constitution as ihe Syrshires, We
ne not last AS long, aud required iaore food
80, proportion to their returns in milk and but
- ! The conclusion OF Professor Low and oth
In., that the moiera Ayrshire breed owes its p'
! I, liar characteristics u part to an admx
- so with TIE dairy breed ri Aldernsy," ma
~, ~ correct, but experiments III to have sh
rs H. further infusion OF jersey or similar bl
- a., docs render the Ayrshire moro vAlu
unJer the circumstances in Scotland. Ii
oJ IL, rot necessarily FOLEY tina! the same re
,nast w1uld eusus i. Ill cuses, especially wLsre
X. - harGiGess of Constitution ~ repaired.