The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-19
Deep Setting of Milk.


communication from Mr.. Hardin OF
KY, to the Country Gentleman, til,
trial of the two methods of deep set
ting and shallow setting at Elmira
during the time of the New York stat,
fair, was as nearly draw game as well
could he. with the smallest possible
fraction in favor of deep setting. IL
conceded generally hy the advocates oi
shallow setting, that if an equal
amount of butter of as good qualit.
CAN lie ob,aincd ty the deep settin,
that tie practice must he preferable u,
1t makes much less work and econ.
mixes space. If further experiments.
practically made, should result as Il,
one at Elmira seems 10 have done, III,
position taken 10y Douglas. Warinl.
Hardin and others will be sustained.
and their theory in rerart. to the fail
ure of so many to obtain as large al
amount of butter from deep, as fron
shallow setting Will also he stistain,,
some of the proper conditions for TIC
b9st results in deep setting not having
been observed.
EDITORS COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.-
At the suggestion of Mr.. o. S. Bliss.
tie corresponding secretary of tn,
Western New York Dairymen's Asso-
citation invited me to come to CHATEAU
Y"a county ~ uianr test SET
ting milk deep and shallow. Upon re-
ceipt of the invitation, l Immediately
wrote the secretary to invite Mr..
Reeder of Philadelphia to meet me in
Chatauqua. Unfortunately, Mr.. Reed
er had business engagements that pre-
vented his attendance.
Upon my arrival at Chatauqua,
found no means for setting milk afteI
mJ own peculiar fashion but 10y mean.
OF little ingenuity, we improvise,
the materials for setting the milk dee,
In water, after the Swedish fashion
We procured three cans twenty inches
deep AID about eight inches in diane.
ter. Mr.. Martin Bailey of Stockton.
was selected to conduct the shallow
side of the experiment, with Mr.. o.
Z. ssae9Gxlt- az experienced butter
maker, to assist linn.
Mr.. Bailey Is man who has bought
his furm with his cows, and last wear
made over two hundred pounds of but.
ter'to The COW. He has always been ali
earnest advocate Of shallow setting.
We took the nights milk from his
aeEi Of fifteen COWS (ahout ls5 pounds
: pfhiiik), mixed it thoroughly, put one
hundred pounds in my deep cans MIR.
Bailey putting his share of milk in one
of his large shallow pans (Mr Bliss
favorite). put my three cans in u
barrel, filling with water nearly to TIE
tops of my cans and then put in ice.
left my cans in care of Mr.. Bailey and
In order not to let me get into his fem.
perature, he kept the water that sur.
rounded the cans at tenlreraiurt
ranging between $50 and 45o, mostly
3s'. BY accident two of my cans 90,
considerable water in them. | skim
med the cans al 4S hours, and churned
the cream when it was barely sour.
Mr. Bailey made a pound of butter
from 2l.5S pounds of milk with his
shallow pan. made II pound OF hut
ter from 2l.5l pounds of milk in my
deep cans. 1t will he seen the deen
CANS were small victory even amonp
the shallow setting hills of Ci.atauuua.
l could not stay long enough to make
another experiment. Mr.. Bailey has
promised TO repeat the experiment.
This time lie promises to he particular
and Keep the wafer out of my cans. He
Will let the milk stand seventy-two
hours, as it appears to lake longer for
the cream to rise in the milk of native
cows than of Jerseys. He will also
add sour milk to the cream to more
thoroughly ripen it. / have hopes of
even better results. 1t will be remem-
bered Mr.. Reeder and I were handling
the milk of Jerseys when we took but
fraction over nineteen and seventeen
pounds respectively to make a pound
of butter. The above experiment was
with ls5 pounds of mixed milk, from
fifteen native cows, taken from them
enc evening offs very hot day.
No wonder they are shallow setters
In ChataTqua county, $50 feet above
Lake Ellie, with an atmos .1here so dry
and pure they can make delicious hut
ter under the shade of tree-in fact II
lie hard 10 spill milk III such an atmos.
phere. wns Informed there are over
$4,000 COWS in the county. The milk
of between 40O0 and &, 1000 of them Is
used in making cheese at about o dog.
Ell factories The milk of most of the
others Is used In making butter In the
innumerable private butter dalries that
meet you at every turn. The butter 10
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