The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-24
DAIRY TOPICS OF THE SEASON

A Paper Read Before tho Vermont Dairymens
Association at Rutland, by 7. D. Curtis, Of
Syracuse, Y.
Your worthy secretary indicated to me,
at Rome, last week, that be would like to
have me prepare sort of resume or review
of the leading topics of discussion thus far
brought before the several dairymen's con-
ventions which have attended. accept
ed, but can, of couse, only touch briefly
upon few. These ! shall compare and en-
deavor to draw ont, as far as l can, what Is
new, instructive and practicable.
BUTTER MAKING.
The discussions, this winter, have taken
wide range, and have been more than or
dinarily pointed and interesting. The sub
ject of butter making has very properly re-
celved large share of attention. One
could not fail to be struck with the extreme
and even opposite methods presented, and
the positive conclusions reached by those
presenting them, each seeming to think
that perfection is to be attained only in the
direction which he is pursuing, and each
declaring that he could not be induced to
adopt any other method. And it must be
admitted that all appear to have attained
to comparative excellence, and the puzzle
to an outsider is to determine who has got
the best method. Let us make a general
survey and see what the situation is.
MIR. HARDINs METHOD.
First, we had Mr.. L. S. Hardin, of Ken
lucky, with his modification of the Swed-
ish method of setting milk for butter max.
ing. AS soon as it is drawn from the COW,
he strains the milk into cans 90 inches deep
and inches in dameter-or only 10 inches
deep, if women are to handle the pals.
These cans are covered with tight-fitting
covers that almost wholly exclude the all
and most officially exclude the light. The
cans are then set on the bottom of refrig,
orator large enough to hold one milking OF
an ordinary herd, and the refrigerator
| tightly closed, without ventilation. The
ice is placed in the refrigerator on shell
or rack above the cans and the water pro
| duced by its melting is allowed to drip
| down over them. Hourly about one pound
of ice to each 100 pounds of mill
is thus disposed of. The water &C
| cumulates around the bottoms of the cam
to the depth OF about four inches, at which
height there is an opening provided TO
| ri, 10 r,lacaA around thl
bottom of each can, which project
| downward like the chime to a barrel, ant
prevents the bottom of the can from resting
directly on the bottom of the refrigerator
This projection is perforated with half
inch holes, to permit the circulation o
the water. A very rapid cooling of thu
milk is thus secured, and its temperature l
run down to forty-nine degrees. Possibly
there may be correspondingly rapid ris
ing of the cream, as Prof Arnold tells u
that cream rises fastest and best with
falling temperature. At all events, MI
Hardin obtains fair results as to yield, an
the good quality of his butter is not dii
puted. The main fault found with hi
method is that it sets at naught nearly al
our preconceved notions and philosoph
about the necessity of airing milk to g
rii of the oioIs,snd of admitting some ligl
to the cream, ia order to give good colo
But, Notwithstanding our objections, M
Hardin makes yellow butter and is nj
troubled with taints and bad odors. Son
argue that this is because his feed is 8
sweet and his management and SURROUND
ings are SO clean. He, however, AYERS tn
his cows are kept shut up in stable al
fed soiling crops, and his help are ignora
and slovenly negroes, whose habits al
odors are not conducive to the productit
of sweet smelling and fine favored butte
But there is one fact connected with b
operations which is worthy of our caref
consideration. Whether there are or a
not offensive gases to be condensed in h
milk, to subsequently, expand and becon
injurious, his method to great extent G
cludes the odors and fungus germs fioatiI
in the atmosphere, reducing 10 minimu
the quantity that gets into the milk and
may be that If he. could device meth,
II whereby the milk could be transferred {
rectly from the COW 10 the tightly cover
can, without exposure to the atmospheI
he would secure even better results. ls u
this hint to us to not only milk In Gle
atmosphere, but TO use such a recepta'
Il. III -.