Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-11-06
Butter Making, No. 3.
T, the En,or CT the Independent.

week 20 mention that = very import
ant teiug about a spring or MIX
house. is to have az enclosed she'd
adjoining the honsc, when II WOULD
he convenient to use the w,s;e water
of the spring. IN this house should
he placed 4 stove with large boiler
ca it, say 80 gallon boiler such as
ne made for farming. This is nee
ossary for washing purposes, the hoor
orthis house should be made to sl1p"
toward the waste way Of the spring
SO that the water will drain oil that
WY. Then see to il that everything
ntoutihe spriue house. is kept par
frctly clean and sweet. To do this
j: mus, be remembered that neither
warm nor hot water viii dc; it take,
scalding water Nothing else will dc
Now TO the furniture Of the spring
house. Glass milk pans are very
highly recommended as being NOR
easily kept clean &c. than Others, Ou
W. have always used the old fashion
ed large tin pan abOnt 8 inches deep
and - inches diameter at the bottom
firiog, to the top, with a handle or
each side. Those pans should hsy,
two coats Of paint on the outside ;
common venetian red or sparisb
brown. mixed nth boiled oil, and
plenty drying 10 il is asgeOd as any
thug else. aud cheap, Thee they
mus. be washed out with sealding
water crery tine they are emptiei,
ard set up 70 dry, so that no waite,
remains in them TO rust holes in The
touoni
To addition to the mix psOs, We
r-u.t have deep cream pots, 10 which
20 keep the cream until ready to
churu. There should be covers for
these po'', which should exclude the
dust aud flies. bu; not the air, and as
good as anything else, is the old
fashion hair sive. Then W. wac;
,4e OF tso skiUuer'; plain, slightly
c1cvcx tio s,ucers, with tin ring
handle on ore side, aud soue small
holes in the bottom, to lei the milk
1un Of.
While We o5e abOu, it, | will men
ton some other things very uccessa-
~ about spring house, 1t We are
going 10 make butter. The FIRST is a
butter worker; this is a very simpl,
article. but is almost invaluable. The
bottom Of it should be two inch,
white pine plank, clear Of knots l.
should be triangular 10 shape about
30 inches the longest way, and 20
inches wide at the point, there sLOul.
be plain fllet projecting about
hall inch above the surface, at each
side. The lever is a piece Of white
pine, about > Dy ,, rounded on the
lower side, aud enough longer tbau
the board to leave a handle on the
outer end, by which to work it; the
handle should be made snail enough
60 work conveniently in the hand
This should lie huag to the point
Of The triangle by q wooden pin pass
Ing through both levers, and board
so as 20 alloE the lever to work free
j. back and forth on the board
There should be two sleats across,
the board underneath, the front one
about an Inch higher than the back
o0c, so that in working the butter
the milk will all Tuo to the points
under which bucket should be set,
10 catch the driPpings Then there
must be one or two large sponges.
These spoOges should be as large as 4
small baby's head. They need not
oe very fine, but must be nice, tough
spopges, add well cleaned Each
sponge must be seWed up, in apiece
ofuobleaehed muslin, not very thick,
completely covering it.
Then you should have a long pad
die or wooden spoon for suriiug free
qdent.y the cream in the cream pot
ard your s?riog house is almoss
finished
As for milk buckets aud sirainers,
We use the old fashioned tin ones
The strainer 10 hold as much as the
largest bucket, has a 3ou', with brass
wire gauze 10 il. Remember never
70 milk 10 the strainer, because the
SPOUT will get full Of hairs &c.
! will write next week about cows.
WAYNE.