The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-06
Farm, Garden and Household,
Care OF Dairy Utensils.

cheese must be kept scrupulously clean,
but Judging by the letters often published
on the subject, all are not fully familiar
with the philosophy of cleaning or OF
keeping them so. Wood, tin, stone, earth
en- ware, porcelain and glass are all used
more or less in the dairy, for different
purposes, but wood, TIN, and stone ware
are most common. Glass would be our
choice for packing butter for family use,
If it We're less costly, and less liable to
break, but these objections are sufficient
to prevent it from coming into general
use at present.
For milking, for setting milk, and for
heeping cream, we have adopted good,
heavy tin, as, Oh the whole, the most
practicable Of anything we have ever
used When buying tin ware for dairy
use, 1t pays Wei to select the heaviest and
best that can be found A good stout
milk pail. with heavy wire in the rim. and
strong bail, will, if carefully handled,
outlast two light and cheap ones, while it
viii cost but little more Every tin uten-
4iI used for milk or cream should have the
Joints filled as smoothly as possible, with
solder, so there shall be no crevices in
which Particles of milk will lodge, max
ing them very difficult to cleanse by or
binary washing. This preeauton is par
teularly important in the case OF pals or
pans used for heating milk. If the seams
are left open, the milk collects in them,
and when cooked as it frequently is by
..ie i.'''1'iis process 1t neeolileS very dii-
hcult to separate from the tin, and il left
on is liable to produce bad tlavors in the
milk or cream which is afterwards put in
-' lhenl, III Woui" pay TO soak all TN
pans ana pans lor snort llnle III cold wa
lFf prlore Washih9. II one had water botn
Peniy ana CONVENIENT but lew OF us are
80 DieSSed' IoIu or warm water only
-houId be used iof the lifSt Washing when
rEei Inc lnilk IS sour enough to curdle IN
oglIing water bolling water on steam
VIII klI the germs OF tant ana putrelac-
non nor the time beng pnt 1t Will not re-
move the particles ol sour milk as readily
US moderately warm or even coId water
Ailei me ult1slIs 4fF washed as clean rs
possible 'caldlnG IN polIlh@ water MAKES
purity sure put II tity were aosolutely
lean, Scaidih9 would ne unnecessary,
tna q superllous operation put It was OF
Wooden utensils we lhtehded particularly
SPEAK IL thlS liine.
Many people sun use wooden milk
Q Il
-4'E coaiu De kept perfectly sweet ana
5-tah' Woulu Hol pe very oDjectlohaole
0Ut u Is so nearly Impossible to keep them
@Wtet lhai we loh3 ago dlscardcd them
rHtlIely, anu nave adopted TN instead.
III ware usually fuSI7 ol,t before IL wears
"at, put Il I'm mlIk pan seldom II ever
.usls, ana a good one VIII last many years
inc Objection 10 wood Is that 1t shrlnks
ana SWellS every une IL Is dfled or wash
'd Clean wood, with the pores all filled
with clean water would probably absorb
nuL Ilttie miik auIIhS the hall hour 1t was
IA use pat II ihe material Is dry, the milk
- apSofDed lito lhe pores, Whetc II IS
soon locked up by the swelling OF the
WOOD hen me WOOD drles a9ain. the
9'"er ol the llIIk drleS out, but the con-
a.' l@5t0 mix, III Inc form OF lat and curd.
y heIa IN lhe substance ol thc wood, and
alter u short exposure to the atmosphere
becomes rancid ana putrld. We have all
smiled AT the innocence OF the boy who
sat patiently waiting IN the sun with gud-
geon grease on has clothes, that he might
ruD II OH when 1t got dry, bEt we 90 little
oettef When we expose wooden mix pals
a the sun to dry. Grease once inside OF
board VIII stay there, and, like grease on
4' ," 80 oiii1 81 NNNl'Ni, stlit VIC i4iol0
uIuused through the material, by heating
IN The sun. lhe unlltness OF wood Tor
holding milk OF cream was well llustrat-
eli, III otll own DAIRY, by the examination
"l wooden cream stIrrer which had been
IN use a long Whlie
III was made OF good sound, clean ma
pie, ana alter beng properly shaped ana
'lno"lheu was kept III lAe cream al lhc
,tme' eNcePt on cnufnlng DAYS When, Wlth
me rest OF tlle GaIry utensils, IL was WASH
rl' scalded ana put out III the sun 10 dry
ana s"eelen- Oae oaY we lhou9ht we
"oula take IL 10 the WORK ShoP' ana piahe
lt over TO take OIL me STAINS "hlch mas ae-
euhlulaled near lne me "hefe me cream
was most exposed 10 the ar " nat was
"ur surprise 70 una the '''I'!e OIL the WOOD
extremely oHensiNe on oelhS exposed
"hlle lhe OUTSIDE was apparently SOUND
and sweet That piece OF wood dld not