The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-29

| WrlCne alOnc unQef ueI punishment.
TO MAKE BUTTER IN WINTER.
We made a social call upon Mrs. Bennett
the other afternoon, and found her much
occupied. "Oh, dear - she exclaimed,
aswe entered the room: 9 I've been churn
ing ever since nine o'clock this morning,
and the butter will not come. I never
vas so weary | have q mind to
throw it all to the pigs. Mary and
have taken turns at the dasher,
until We are exhausted; but all in vain
| When Mr.. Bennett returned home to din
ner he tried his hand at it. He knew he
could bring it. All said be, let's have
~ few turns can bring it in a jiffy But
he churned half an hour after he had
eaten dinner, and at last called out, Here,
Sara, take your stuff to another market
I'll have noue of it? and away he ran.
How wish | could do the same but no,
good butter is treasure In these days,
and our pet Alderney, Jessie, does make
such delicious butter and Mary fashions
it into such lovely cakes, all stamped with
graceful sman, that could not be con
tent to give it up. When you rang I was
still churning, wearied with the monOton-
Gus exercise, and disheartened with its
effects" t..
Did you warm your cream before you
began the tiresOme work ?" we asked.
Oh, no my cream don't freeze. | keep
the milk IN warm pantry, very near the
stove, and it is warm enough at all times
don't think that's the trouble"
We knew it must be, and asked per
mission to see the cream so our friend
showed us into the kitchen, where a nea;
looking girl was YEARLY turning the dash
er of a Blanchard churn," certainly the
best kind that ever was made, and we
had never known it to fail with us, in
producing butter in ten minutes, if the
temperature of the milk was right.
Pulling off a glove, we dipped a finger
into the cream, and felt it's chilliness to
far exceed the proper mean and told Mrs
Bennett that further churning was no
use, until the cream was warmed. The day
was very cold the mercury had not risen
but six above zero, and in the morning
had Indicated twenty below the all i'm
portaut cipher upon the face of the Their
mometer. In spite of good fire, and
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become too chilled to produce butter.
We asked permission to aid in the op,
Grafton of warming it; so divesting our.
selves of sack and cloud" we turned the
five or six quarts of cream into tin pan !;
then placed it upon wire toaster over
che hot stove, and stirred it constantly
until it marked about sixty. three degrees
Of heat, as near as we could Judge by the
finger. If the hand possesses it's usual
warmth, the finger will do as well as a
thermometer, to tell the correct amount
of heat essential to producing butter II
there is no sensation of chill, but a
pleasant warmth-for instance what one
calls warmish." the cream is at the right
point if 1t feels warmer than this, it. is
too hot, and must be cooled before at.
tempting to churn it. ...-
There is thermometer manufactured
with the Blanchard churn, which obViates
all trials with the finger, and it IS very
desirable addition to every milk room.
Iadeed, we deem it indispensable. 4
We talked and stirred the cream until
at the right point; then turned it into the
ehurn, which had been washed out and
scalded, and in five minutes by the, clock
the welcome splash was heard which an
nounced the presence of butter "Ohr'
exclaimed Mrs Bennett, " how thankful
am If you had not come in, we never
should have made it come. Last week
we churned five hours, and to-day it has
taken over seven hours-more than an
hour for good pound of butter! see
now that the temperature is the all i'm
portant point" sa
i So we left our friend rejoicing over her
success, yet weary and worn with the pro
: tracted labor which might have been
! avoided if she had only known the science
of, making, and had not taken il
for granted that becaus, the milk did moi
] freeze nor the cream, it must be warm
enough to churn readily. MA 8mf4T 8.
y We keep two or three half bricks upor
!, our stove, upon which to set various uten
t sils which we do not wish to have come
in direct contact with the stove. Upol
these bricks the milk pans are set twelv,
7 hours after they have been filled witt
milk, and allowed to remain there INIT