The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-10-11
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A Chester County Butter Dairy.

the queries of valued western cores
pondent, who desires to know how No
1 Philadelphia butter is made, we paid
visit to the dairy of our friend Isaac
Morgan, in Pennsburg, Chester county,
knowing, from the reputation of the
dairy, that in so doing we would find a
satisfactory answer to the question.
The cows, seventeen in number, are,
with few exceptions, thoroughbred
Attorneys, and, taken as whole, are a
fine specimen of an Attorney herd
Nearly all were raised by the proprietor,
and their fondness for him shows the
nature of the treatment which they
have received at his hands Some of
them were two and three years old, and
seven were but yearlings. One beauti-
full animal, only seventeen months old,
was, and had been, milking for more
than month, and, though small, was
fine specimen of perfectly shaped
dairy COW. A young male, which friend
Morgan is raising for the purpose of
still further increasing his stock Gas deep
milkers) is fine shaped animal, with
good marks, and if there is anything in
this in connection with good ancestry,
we may look for decided improvement
in the milking qualities of the herd.
While we do not think the Attorney
cows are absolutely essential to the
production of "No. Philadelphia but
ter" vet we do think that an infusion
of the blood, even in dairy of common
cows, is a great advantage, for there
are some peculiarities about Attorney
milk which, if used in connection with
milk from other cows, will affect the
whole Particular care is taken to pre-
vent the cows from eating anything
which will impart bad taste to the
product. This we consider to be one
of the essential points in the manufac-
ture of fancy article" There is no
doubt but that improper feed will affect
the milk, and through it the butter also
Passing into the milk-room, we found
the large Jewett pans no longer an ex-
pertinent, but decided success. The
cold spring water is raised from it's
source, by water-wheel and pump, and
the pans and pipes are SO arranged as
to permit of constant flow of cold
water underneath the milk. This, at
once, reduces its temperature, and the
cream rises so quickly, that the milk is
skinned every twenty-four hours
Even in warm weather the raising of
the cream is slightly fastened by the
addition of souring material. At the
time of our visit, the milk of each morn
ing just filled one of these pans, but
friend Morgan prefers to have at least
one extra pan, and, as one will not hold
all the milk, early in the season, we
notice he has four, and thus he is pro-
vided against contingencies. The milk
room is so arranged that it may be ven
tilated, and it is closely partitioned off
from an adjoining room, where the but
ter is churned, worked and printed
The working is done with one of EN-
bree's workers, which is found to do
we'll" Skimmings from the Dairy,
Mos and a." to the contrary notwith-
standing Care is taken not to work
the butter SO much as to injure its grain,
and is sailed by careful proportions of
butter and salt.
The printing is done by an ingeniously
contrived machine, which does away
with nearly all the labor necessary in
the old hand method. The butter is
printed in halfpounds just twice as long
as wide, and marked across the middle
so that it may be divided by one smooth
cut of knife, and be in square cube,
printed and ready for the table. Two
of these halfpounds, laid together, make
o square, which is one-half as deep as it
is in length. There are many adyaut-
ages attending this form, and, we think,
they are so apparent, to both producer
and consumer, that it will soon super
cede the old form of round prints
For the square form, used by this
dairy, it is justly claimed that it is q
saving in the size of the tubs, as the
square pounds and halfpounds will
occupy much less space than the old
fashioned round ones. This involves
the use of much less ice, and saves
freight, which, as friend Morgan ships a
portion of his product to the Delaware
Water Gap, is an important item.
In addition to making up the product
of his own dairy, friend Morgan is also
trying an experiment in cooperation,
which, we are glad to hear, is likely to
prove an entire success, His superior
skill in the manufacture, enables him to
obtain remunerative prices, SO that be
can purchase the milk of some of his
equally careful neighbors, at a price
which will pay them quite as well as
making it into butter, at market rates,
and, at the same time, yield him a fair
profit, when made into his fancy article
This is the true plan of cooperation, for
friend Morgan, with little, if any, in
crease in his outlay for machinery, can
make up the milk of five or six of his
neighbors, and, at the same time, pro-
duce an article which will command a
price sufficiently above common market
rates to give him fair remuneration
for his labor and supervision
Throughout the whole process, from
the food of the cows to the delivery of
the full tub at the station, the most
scrupulous neatness is enforced by both
example and precept. No odor is allow
ed to enter either the milk-room or the
one adjoining it. This is one of the
greatest secrets in the production of
"No l Philadelphia butter" and one
which is too often neglected by those
who attempt to make the article, and
fail to see why their efforts are not
appreciated.
In our dairy experience we had found
that the operation of straining the cream
from twenty cows, was one of the hard
tasks incident to the care of dairy.
1t was bad enough with thin cream, in
summer but much worse in winter
Our friend Morgan makes this an easy
task by the introduction of an imple-
ment which robs the operator of all of
the hard work, and brings it within the
ability of child ten or twelve years old.
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