The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-23
FARM AND GRANGE
Butter.Making.


several of the diaries of Chester county re
a. renresentatives of an inclplent organs - -
~o.;on the :. American Jersey Cattle r.
Club designed to facilitate the WORK Oh G.
.,h1,sb;no such record of importatlons b
and nure breeding as should secure the =
;nteoritv of this famous dairy breed. r
The following extracts from their re- a
mort written by George E. Warlng, )r'' p"
commence with description OF the ua''y
of Samuel J. Sharpless, of Street hoao =
station, in Chester county, whose 'o"' t
are all thoroughbred Jerseys:
The milking house is llgn5 wuo and
structure. with SO many open than ,
windows that it IS haro!y i aaa m ond ,
shed. In the winter 1t IS cloa 1' IT. r. s;ze
used as a stable for young o ~. row If
/. 10 e on each side, and with man
s. "nn ~ which a little bran is put az eacn
time Each cow has her own
ainna with her name, age ana pedlgree
Ph ar manoer, and she always goes
ove. ne, thnuoh she could read. Their
..,,as have been put up IN the oroer ~
na thav come from the pasture, the
wn.on cow entering first, and the
10' Tha milking is done by women the
.ome one always attending to eacn cow
snd It IS done rapidly and quietly. no I'M
,aoessarv talking and no skylarklnS De.
49, aUowed We measured "Nlooes
r;s,d and found it to be II quarts 3sae
ga1e q the next morning-makinS IL ~
for the two milkings,) not bad Tor a pun
ter-making Jersey cow Inc otners
esauo lossothe smallest not more thah
Quarts at two milkings-but the whoie
tId of "a COWS could not have gwen
ioss than 200 quarts day, ana lhis oi
Iii flat Yields over 20 per cent. OF
cream. .,..; ho,sa 10 the
s,,,r;no- honse. y the institution OF this re-
ION .hout "a feet long and Is ieet
S;do bn;lt of stone, with its foundatlon
s " deenly in the hillside, and its moor
~ Io,'t to1r feet below the level OF the
500 ouud at the down hillside. The site
8 that of a plentiful spring, which Is al.
ionad RI spread over the whole OF the
no"I area to a depth Of about three
:ahos ahove the floor of oak lald on
ln aua or Gravel. At this hight there Is
sn overflow bv which the water passes
"a tank in an open she'd at the DOWN
ts;,I md IF the house. On the moor o
the spriug-house there are raiseu pa.
cf or walks to be used in moving
nha,,, the room, but probably three
uorters Of the space is occupied ny Tn
99iowlv. flowing spring water. Inc wall
arc about 10 feet high, and at the Top Q
each side are long, low windows cfose
o,1,, with a wire cloth, which gives Gu
onlst;on of air ut the upper part Oh III
room The milk is strained INTO uee
Mans Of small diameter. that are hei
Well painted on the outside. ana are pr
v;dcd with balls, by " hlch they are h''
aled The depth OF the milk IN the PAL
ia about three inches, and they are >
d;rectlv upon the oak hoor, the wave
which maintains 4 temperature oi ano
20 degrees Fahrenheit, SURROUNDING 'ne
to abou, the night OF the mix
The cream is taken of after - hou'
and is kept in deep vessels until n Ia,
a ranacity of about II gallons. 1ne
vsssals are not covered. and as tie TO.
= Scarcely warmer than the water
cream is kept at about % degrees VI
Sagrees until it is put in the cnurh.
GuuRNlNG.- churn IS large .
rel (bulging only enough TO MAKE
hoops drive well.) with journal
h.aring in the center OF eacn heau'
that il may be revolved by horse pow
This barrel has stationary SNORT arms
tached to the inside of the slaves, 50
ranved as TO cause the greatest u's'u
ance of the milk as 1t passes 'niS "
them in the turning OF the cnu1n: ~
il is a hole less than an men 70 ulale
for testing the state Oh the Gnu: m' "r Th; :
for drawing off buttermlk. Inns
closed with wooden plug.
The churning lasted about an hour
the end ct when UNIV IN.
necessary to add a tittle COW A' -
cause the butter to gatner, 1ns y
secured, and the butterhiiin 49,.
being given each time " .ie , en" =
when the last water Was Nav" =,
came nearly tree OF milklness = ~
was then put on to an arm " :, ~. . -.
,ha horse.nower thrown out OF gear
90. ~ hs collected on the lower side
~aot,v over the small hole-thr'
which the remaining water escaped
was Lett in this condition about two n
After breakfast We retufheu ~
working OF the butter.
Tur RrrrrK-woRKER.-l one C
Of the spring-house stands the 0,
worker, revolving table aooa.
fact in diameter The center OF Tn
a diameter of u inches. is an iron
with row OF cogs on the upper 81
its rim. From this rim to the
onter edge, the table (made of v
slopes downward, 50 that ! the butte as'
as worked out is passed into = sh
groove and is carried away thro,
pipe which discharges into pail
Ing below. Over the sloping part
tas,e there works corrugated w
roller. revolving on shalt that i
ported over the center Of the table
has a small og-wheel that works
cogged rim Of the center wheel a
causes the table to revoive und
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