The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-08-18
AMONG tho FARMER;
Mn King butter in Summer.

AlHhlN4 Butter in Sulnrler.
The first thing requisite to maxim
good butter is to have good COW:
good pastures. good water and sa:
!or the COWS twice a week. Next
good management Of the milk. III,
milk >h"Hld hr cooled irlnr.lia,c,
after milking, that it may keep swct!
longer and yield molr cream. The
pals used in nIiikin. should he o,
TN, us it is Impossible to cleans wood
en- pals SO perfectly that they vii;
not In'Nart some degree Of acidi;y to
the milk. Nothing receives Il tain:
more easily Ian Mll!> ol cream, an:
all bad "Inrs absorbed hy the mill
will be retained " the butter. !.
cool srlinS !ou<c is best to keel:
milk in, or a cool cellar (not toe
damp. having al! 0ccaycd vcycta,
blrs removed. Washing the walls
with lime will greatly aid in kcrriu4
it pure. Wash the vessels used IT,
warm water Gn>i'lc and ont, Their
scald with boiling water and place in
the sun. The churn, butter bowl aud
laolc should hc washed and sca|ded
with equal care. Sunshine and pure
air arc al that ought to stand ii, til.
rhurn between cl'urninT times. The
milk should be skinned as soon az
the cream has l,>cn. II left too long.
the surface will become watcry, while
underneath the cream is rapidly
yielding to tie corrosive acid in the
milk, and becomes 4 thin, watcry
substance, neither cream nor milk.
The best plan then is to give to The
pigs, a good plan is to save strip
pin=-sa pint from each cow
cooling it perfectly before putting III
cream jar; stir well each time new
is added.
In regard to working butte, there is
a great difference of opinion. ESpe
ricncc has taught me it should he
worked but once, and then gently. 1t
is composed Of minute slohulrs which
arc crushed by too much working
making the butter greasy. Am not
in favor of washin. butter, If it can
be avoided. Use pure salt, which if
perfectly white, will dissolve in cold
water, leaving 10 sediment; the
brine will be perfectly clear. having
no bitter taste. An ounce to q p"and
Of bntlcr is enough, as too much salt
destroys the delicate flavor Of good
butter.
If We use the grange privilege to
exchange views and practically test
them, we can learn much from one
another.
We farmers wives, as a general
rule, have to cook, wash woman, and
dairy maid, aud cannot devote az
much time to the milk as We Shouiu
to always have Il uniform quality If
butter when the murcury gets up in
the nineties. If VIC would win fame
rs good butter makers. VIC must new
er sell any but good buttcr.~Granye
Bulletin.
Horses verses Mulcs.-1t is now
becoming the general opinion of our
planters that the usefulness of the
mule on Louisiana lands has been
quite ovcrratcd, while their stcrility
constitutes an important lessening Of
their value, wherever a horse can
perform the same amount and quail
ty of labor. With the exception OF
our very stiff lands in the river par.
isles, the soil of our sugar farm
could be worked to more advantage
with horses, provided the desired
type of fam horse was available.
After comparison of the various
breeds of strong draught horses, it
has become the impression of a good
! many planters that the introduction
Of the French "Pcichcron' breed in
Louisiana would prove quite success
full, and among those so impressed NJ.
: Overton Cado, Of Lafayette parish,
, has engaged in the rearing of this
splendid stock.