Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-28

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shaped edges adhering to the sides of the
pans in an admirable manner to accomplish
this purpose; but as the opposite condition
Is required, we should adopt an opposite
practice.
The old way not Labor-savIng.
Another very important objection to the
common practice is that while attended with
many evils, il has not the redeeming quality
OF being labor saving. On the contrary it is
attended with great amount Of unnecessary
aud unpleasant labor The large number Of
pans which it requires must be filed with
mix, lifted with much care or stopping upon
the shelves, (these often high up in the milk
room,) lifted and returned again to the shelf
where hlled, SKINNED, again lifted and empt-
led washed, scalded, dried and returned to
the dalry-room In this process the milk is
handled unnecessarily three times. six times
the necessary amount of surface must be gone
over in the process of skimming, much need.
less vexation, spattering and filth results,
causing greatly increased amount Of work to
be required in the care of the ROOM Aud
too often for want Of such care, causing that
soar, musty smell in the air Of some milk.
rooms which have visited, so ruiuous to the
delicate flavor of the butter manufactured in
them.
That feature OF this subject which gives it
its greatest Importance, is the fact that this
needless labor almost invariably devolves up
on our already overtasked wives and mothers
Fully appreciating these evils, and desir-
ing to establish butter dairy, [ some FIVE
or six years ago commenced the investigation
of this subject, determined to overcome these
obstacles to success, and adopt a more ra-
tional system of butter manufacture Vari-
GUS plans were devised, considered, and
abandoned as impracticable.
ChurnIng the whole MIX.
Among these, was the idea of churning
the whole milk. Alter consulting those who
had pructiced this method and gaining such
information az could from all other avail
able sources, short of actual trial. | reluc.
family abandoned the project for the follow
ing reasons:
l. | found that the cost of mechanical
power, in the absence of easily available wa
ter power, would be so great as to render the
execution Of it Improbable
2 That the cost of the necessary fixtures
with which to apply this power, aud accom-
plsh the object, would be much greater than
by any other process.
3. That while as much butter might be
obtained it would be of an inferior quality,
owing to the imperfect separation caused by
churning the cream with the entire mass of
caselne.
T. That by this process it would be nec-
essary to churn every day, and the extra
time and labor required for this woud alone
be equal to all of the time and labor requir-
ed in the skmming aud care of the milk,
and churning the entire cream by the pro-
cess of deep setting which | finally decided
to adopt.
The Orange County Idea.
With this Orange county idea, as basis,
have established system for my own use,
description of which will present for your
consideration.
| do not claim that it is theoretically bet.
ter than that from which the idea of deep
setting was copied. hold that the Orange
county theory ofraising cream is the best
yet devised for that purpose. The change
which have introduced is in the form Of
the pals by which they are made much more
convenient to handle and wash, and the skim
ming of the milk which they contain is more
easily accomplished. 1t is thus improved il
Its practical application without perceptibly
affecting its results.
In giving you this description of my sys
TEN of butter-making | have no "ax tC
grind no patent to advertise, no untried
theory to present. shall endeavor to give
you in plain words the deductions of my owl
experience and personal observations in it
prosecution.
Implements.
The details of my system do not differ il
some particulars from those in common prac
tce, and the implements used are, many o
them, the same. They consist Of a strainel
pail fifty large pals Tor setting the milk anC
storing the cream OF twenty-five cows, foul
water watts, skinner, barrel churn, but
ter.worker, two thermometers, a refrigerator
, platform scales, salt sieve, butter FOUNDER
and adla. A good supply of pure dairy
salt and well prepared spruce packing tub
are kept constantly on hand.
| will describe only such as are peculiar tC
this system, aud such as believe are supe
rior in some particulars to those in common
, use
The straining of the milk into the larg,
pals used can be accomplished much more
rapidly than into the common pan. L have q
pail for this purpose, somewhat larger thar
those in common use, with strainer much
larger in proportion through which the mill
will pass nearly as readily as we would ord
narily pour it from one pail to another, anC
yet so fine as to retain any specks which may
chance to have fallen into it. The pals useC
for setting the milk and storing the cream
are thirteen inches in depth and the same il
+ diameter at the top, and taperIng two inchei
towards the bottom for convenience in pack
ing together. They will hold when illeC
about twenty five qts. each, They are smooth
ly made of the best of stock and supplied witt
balls the ears for which are placed wei
9 down on the sides, that they may not inter
7 fere with the washing, aud tip more easily
. when their contents are to be poured from
them.
/ Cooling Watts.
| have four water vats which will eacl
r hold twelve Of these pals. They are thir
teen inches in depth, two feet wide at th
( bottom, and two feet four inches at the top
inside measurement. They are constructed
: of the best Michigan pine plank, one an'
/, one-half inches in thickness, well painted up
Gu the outside aud protected within by thu
| application of melted resin and tallow, il
: the proportion of one part talIow to three o
I resin, aud applied while hot, that 1t may pen
. citrate the joints and grain of the wood
D Metallic watts will not answer the purpose
5 on account of the condensation of vapor up
3 on their outer surfaces, and the unpleasant
a dripping aud moisture which it produces, an,
, also the great facility which it, by this mean
= affords for the absorption Of heat from the at
J mosphere, by the water which they contain
Cold spring water should be conducted t
u these watts if practicable, through pipes dis
{ charging into each vat, aud supplied will