Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-05-13
How TO Have Better Batter.

The Toronto Globe, in an article on
spring work in the dairy, gives the
following hints on improving the quail
ity of butter
The necessity Of perfect cleanliness
in every department OF butter making,
cannot be too often urged. The want
of it is the great cause of 40 large a
proportion OF inferior butter being
brought to market; and to such an ex,
tent is carclossness shown in this re
spcct, by many of even the better class
| Of farmers wives, that even when really
good butter is brought to market, It
will not command an extra price. IN
less the seller has IN established rep.
utation to- furnishing an article OF
perfect purity, The weather. classes
are getting to be very dainty in regard
to the butter they consume, and pay
very high prices for an article that they
know to be good We have seen it
stated that there are farmers near
some of the large cities in the States,
who have for years obtained dollar
for every pound of butter they have
made, simply because they have cot a
reputation for making an article that
can be depended on for its perfect
cleanliness and purity. Now that
there Is glass manutactory at Hamil
ton and another at Montreal, there is
no reason why glass milk pans should
not come into general use They can
be made nearly as cheap as pottery,
are no more liable to break, and though
not equal perhaps, to timed iron, for
durability, they are more easily kept
clean. and being perfectly smooth,
without any joints, do not imblbe or
retain any stale milk or other matter
that can impart an i'll favor to cream.
THE point as to whether cream
should be churnel while sweet, or al
lowed to become sour first, we do not
intend to discuss; but we may remark
that when on visit to Devonshirc,
England. some years ago, we found
the general practice was to churn
while sweet, and it Is pretty well known
that the Devonshire butter is consid-
cred the best III England
We believe that, after all the care in
the way of cleanliness in the manage
ment Of the milk and cream, the state
OF the churn often mars the prospect
OF obtaining first-rate butter. a really
good churn has yet to be invented
They are generally made of wood
which, as we all know, is porous, and
; wooden churn lmblbcs and retains
some OF the buttermik or particles Of
| butter, which soon become rancid. and
| impart flavor to the next churninr
notwithstanding all efforts, by means
OF boiling water to get rid OF them
Glazed stoneware, which is used in
England for the purpose, would be
better than wood; and churns OF glass,
we think. might be made and used with
great advantage. Cream should be
gathered as free from milk as possible,
when it is put in the cream-pot, and
the strippings should not be added to
the cream, but be placed in pan by
themselves, and the cream gathered
from them, the same as with the rest
Of the milk.
"Ncver churn whole milk if you want
to have good butter; that is an Irish
invention to obtain buttermilk in plen-
ty, and gives a disagrecable, cheesy
flavor to the butter, though it may
produce more of it, by reason OF the
cascin in the milk being added to the
butter
SuoEING Horseshoe person should
ever allow his horse to be shod by a
tarricr who employs or keeps in his
shop the knife used in cutting away
the hoof, shaped like a small shovel,
and usually braced against the shout
der when used in shoyeling away the
| horn.
The Almighty designed the frog as
all elastic, insensible cushion, on which
the horse should walk, as does the
fowl ard other animals yet black
smiths delight in cutting away the
most useful part, and thereby expose
that which is sensitive to contact with
the. hard road. No greater folly can
be imagined; and, to reasonable man
it only requires to be noticed to make
the error selfapparcnt. The black
smith will argue that he must ''cut
away the rags and some are SO igno-
rant as to declare they cut away the
frog "to prevent pressure on it, that
is to say, they cut it away to prevent
the very object Of it's creation. The
frog should never be cut, or any por.
ton: if allowed to take its natural
course, it becomes a perfect safety.
stand and protection to the foot In
colts the frog may be seen in its full
vigor and usefulness; but at the frs,
shooing the knife goes to work, and So
it continues while there is any frog
to cut.