Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-06
Farm, Garden and Household.

EaInt NlINtu anu ANAHNAeA@s
oSroxa-TAs Gsv England Ha5assis1d
Is authority for the statement that II
parked dry in tight barrels, and all in
terstices filed with chat, onions may be
kept in barn, or where they viii freeze
onite hard, and not beinjured, provided
the barrels are closed tight and not
opened until the onions are again thawed.
SrKAM PLOws.-At South Orange, NJ
j., recently. there was trial OF road
engines OF English manufacture, They
were ten horsepower nominal, solidly
and very neatly constructed, and were
handled with facility. They were
turned in O circle of 80 feet diameter out
side of the wheel-trneks, and one OF
them hitched TO train Of ten loaded
wagons, weighing altogether 27i tons,
went of in a very lively manner up
hill with grade Of one foot in thirty.
CLKLEss CoSnurTKE.-We find this
paragraph in The Boston CaltipatoF A
man was awarded n premium at the late
cattle show and fair in Northampton for
a two-year-colt, when the animal he
entered was a horse eight years old.
, The owner had colt. in pasture. and
sent man to bring him to the show
the man made mistake and took the
eight-year-old horse, which was in the
same pasture, and the committee "put
him through" This reminds us OF an
other country fair where the same COW
took the prize at one fair as an Ayrshire,
( and at the same country fair the next
year as Shorthorn. Also of prizes
awarded to q pen of heifers when one
of the animals entered was bull and
three parcels of butter from the same
churning that took the first, second and
third premiums.
The SECRET OF Coon BUrTER.-Many
have been the attempts to account for
the superior reputation OF Philadelphia
butter. Perhaps the most popular no
ton was that it was due to the prevalence
in our pastures and hay fields of the
''sweet vernal grass, which often gives
so peculiar fragrance to meadow hay.
Bat it needed very little reason to de.
molish such q theory as this. This grass
is one of the poorest for hay or pasture
purposes, and scarcely exists, except on
cold clay lands, in partially shady places
near groves or low woods. We owe
to tho abundance of springs and spring
houses in our State than to anything
peculiar which grows in our pastures.
Milk has particular affinity for any
odors in the atmosphere, and water has
some: hence whatever impurities may
get into the atmosphere of the spring
house are drawn out by running water,
and the very best security is provided
against their being absorbed by the
reconsideration Telegraph.
WINTER BUTTER MAKING. - Having
read an article in the Rural Nsv YoI ker
inquiring the best way to make winter
butter, am willing to give some of my
experience OF twenty-five years: Com
mence to heat the milk when the COWS
are first given corn fodder, which man.
age in this way: Strain the milk in tin
pans, filling only half full-a little more
or less will make no difference; then, as
soon as convenient, set the pans of milk
on the stove, where let them remain
until roughness or wrinkled appear
ance on the top of the milk is noticed
(if the milk gets too hot the only harm
will be less cream), then take it in the
milk room or cellar, in a cool place until
next morning, when bring it ND in n
warm room, and let it stand until the
next day, when it is generally ready to
skim. When treated in this way it will
not do to skim much under forty-eight
hours. My plan is to skim morning and
nights milking both at the same time in
winter, 1t does not hurt butter for the
cream to sour-rather aids in churnine,
making butter come sooner The cream
kettle keep in the cellar until the day
or evening before wish to churn; then,
If convenient, set near coal stove OF
one that fire is kept in all night. In the
morning, before churning, try with Q
thermometer; it should be at the tenn
% perature of $40. If not convenient to sci
the cream near warm stove, setting the
Kettle In hot water will answer ever,
purpose. Many persons object to heat
ing the milk, because the milk some
times burns to the bottom of the mans
To avoid this set pans with water on tn,
stove and place the pans with milk i,
these, and the difficulty is at once avoid
~ ed. If butter needs coloring, 1 woul,
prefer carrot, which is prepared by scrap
ing OIL the outside and washing; thel
o7lgrate into small portion of the cream
and strain this into the whole. For
churn Spaine's is a good one, with larg
opening for putting in the cream an
taking out the butter; also can take th
dashers out, wash and clean more easily
| would say never wash butter; use a
little water about butter as possible
Il This is my experience, having washe
butter to my satisfaction, always havin
it gostrong in few days after. hay
tried many ways to avoid heating mil
in winter, but have found nothing q
satisfactory as what I have given.