The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24

Butter Book" presents all the argue
ments pro and con on the subject o
deep and shallow setting, and while
emitting to express a decided opinion
upon the subject, seems to think the
weight of evidence in America Is that
deep-setting produces shade less but
ter, but of a shade better quality, while
he bears specific testimony to the fact
that in London, where the best quality
of butter is fully appreciated, the butter
from Sweden, where they set milk
deep and cool brings the highest prices.
He says 81 know from personal OBJ
servaton and experience how fastidi-
Gus the better classes of London are in
regard to their selection of fine grades
of butter, and American dealers know
to their cost how difficult it is to realize
high prices on butter in England with
out it possesses the highest excellence
in attributes that go to make up fine
quality. Swedish butter has been quot
ed in the London market during the
past year 1s74) from 16O to 10 shillings
sterling, and upward, per cwt., while
the best American and Canadian in
that market has brought only from 80
to 10 shillings." He then speaks of
the prevailing custom in London as
follows "By long and careful expert
ments it has been ascertained that the
more speedily the milk is cooled down,
the more completely is the cream sep
arated from it. The consequence is
that not only is much colder water now
used for cooling the milk, but the pals
for setting it have also been reduced to
the smallest diameter consistent with
the other management of the milk,
namely, about nine inches with a depth
of twenty inches, holding about ola
imperial gallons"
He then speaks of the Swedes ADAM
doning such warm water as APO and 44o
and substituting chopped ice so as to
bring the temperature down to $50 and
360, Col Waring, in his Ogden Farm
practice in Sweden
In the June number of the American
Agriculturist, is this suggestive state
ment of deep and cold setting. Mr..
William Spicer, of West Hallock, ILL.,,
reports the following experiments,
showing the number of pounds of milk
required to make one pound of butter
all skinned at forty-eight hours:
l. Temperature, so deg. deep cans, 2l,s lbs.
2 d" As to so deg. deep cans, 1913 "
Shallow, 22.2"
3 So to GO deg. deep cans, 22.l "
Shallow, 2l.3
These experiments were repeated sew
eral times without material alteration in
the results. 1t will be seen the best re-
sult-a pound of butter from 1913
pounds of milk-was produced in the
second experiment from deep cans at
the lowest temperature, 450 to 500.
In several articles in the Practical
Farmer, / have expressed the opinion
that 490 was the best temperature for
procuring the most cream and in the
light of the above evidence, / am now
inclined to the opinion that more and
better butter can be made with deep
cans at low temperature than with
shallow pans at high tenn
perature. ] know deep cans are in
finitely more convenient than shallow
pans, and it is my opinion that they
produce more and better butter: and
approaching the Importance of this
subject to the dairy interest of the
whole country, | now challenge Messrs.
Bliss, Reeder and others, to a full,
elaborate and satisfactory solution of
this question.
| would suggest that committee be
agreed upon to meet in Albany, n. Y,
and give the matter full trial The
matter of challenge is this: Ifthe COM
mttee report in favor of shallow setting
at high temperature, then am to pay
the cost of the trial; and should they
report in favor of deep, cold setting,
then the party accepting the challenge
is to pay the cost. Now, Messrs. Bliss
& Reeder, if you really feel as strongly
upon this milk question as your articles
lead us to believe, let us hear from you.
II ii is fact that deep-setting is
humbug, and that parties using it are
losing one-fourth of their butter, it
general information upon these SUBJ
jects, and acknowledged intellect of
Mr., Y. A. Willard, has not found it
QUITO say nothing of the benighted
ignorance of those barbarous Swedes,
whose butter sells in the best market
in the world for nearly double the price
of our finest goods. l.. S. HARDIN.
Louisville, Ky.