Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-05-31
GILT EDGED BUTTER.
Avisit to Buchanan County Creamery.


creamery system, has, within the last
two or three years, arisen to be an i'm
portant interest in our county, and is
rapidly attaining proportions that will
give it a place among our leading items
of production and agricultural wealth.
Many portions of our county are adj
mirably adapted for dairying purposes,
and the fact which has been demonstrate
ed within the past five years, that but
ter can be made at the west which will
successfully compete in the market
with the products of eastern dairics, has
stimulated many of our farmers to en-
ter upon its manufacture upon systc-
matte methods, and with aids and appli-
ances calculated to make it successful
and profitable.
Among the farmers who have thus
branched out in new direction, is our
friend and subscriber, Chas. Ii. Scoville,
of Fremont.township, and it was with
much pleasure that we accepted last
Friday, an invitation to visit his cream
cry and inspect his methods, In com
pany with c. W. Taylor, we started at
seasonable hour in the morning, and,
though we lost the way, and strayed
away up into that region of abstract,
finance and inchoate candidates for
Congress, Buffalo township, we were
amply compensated for the loss of time
by the beauty of the scenery, and the
promise on every hand of a bountiful
harvest We arrived at our destination
about noon, and found number Of 9TH
er visitors already on the ground, with
the same purpose Of examining Mr..
Scoville's facilities for butter making,
among them Bro. Ram of the Manches-
ter Press, Mr.. Adams, Of Manchester,
Messrs. Seidell and Hildreth and ladies'.
of Winthrop, Mrs. Mallory Of the Win
throp Creamery, an intelligent and well
posted dairy woman, Mr.. Ryer, one Of
the inventors of the creamery pan in
use by Mr.. Scoville and others Alto
gether, it was jolly crowd, and it en-
joyed the open-hearted hospitality Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Scoville hugely, especially
when summoned to the dinner table,
and, with appetite sharpened by the
ride over the breezy prairies, it attacked
the bountiful fare provided
Mr. Scoville has erected a new and
substantial building about l6 by "A feet
for his butter making operations. Be
side it is we'll of cold water, in which
is pump operated by wind mill, thus
furnishing constant supply Of cold
water, which is led into the building,
and by pipes distributed wherever want
ed. The ground floor Of the building is
divided into two rooms, the smaller of
which is occupied by the churn, which
is operated by horse power, and the
other implements used in working and
packing the butter. In the larger room
in the rear, which is paved with cement,
are located ten of Smith, Ryer 4 Clark's
Creamery Pans. The principle Of these
pans, which are said to have given bet
ter results than any other invention Of
the sort, is shallow setting, self skim
ming and top cooling The top is so ar
ranged that it will hold water, stream
of which is constantly fed into it, and
from thence passes down the double
sides and bottom of the pan, and so
away When by Ethis means tempera-
ture of 60 dogs. is maintained for "A
hours, all the cream will have risen, and,
within 36 hours, it will be ready to skim,
which is done by simply drawing the
milk off from under the cream after
which the latter is removed in the same
manner All this is very expeditiously
done. We saw a pan containing, prob
ably, 500 pounds of milk, skinned the
cream removed, and the pan scalded,
ready for another filing, in the space Of
81 minutes. This process, and by the
use of these pans, it is claimed will
give 5 to 10 per cent. more butter than
the average of any other mode, while
the cream comes to the churn in sweet
err, purer condition.
Mr.. Scoville sets about 1850 pounds
of milk daily. He milks % cows Of his
own, the balance of the milk, about S75
pounds, being brought in by patrons;
the total daily supply being about 1850
pounds. The average production OF
butter at this Creamery from each 100
pounds of milk, is from to A pounds.
OF it's quality we can speak intelligent
ly for we have tried it. For freshness
and flavor it is unexccllcd anywhere.
The house in New York to which Mr..
Scoville consigns all his butter, quotes
it as the real gilt edged article and it
goes into the market in competition
with the best New York State creamery
butter. and maintains its standing with
out difficulty, commanding the topmost
price in the market. This we happen
to know from perusal of the letters of
the firm.
Mr.. Scoville is cxemplifying the max
um that whatever is worth doing at all
is worth doing we'll and if there is any
profit in the creamery business, we will
trust him to demonstrate it. Our visit
to his place was very enjoyable and we
came away with new ideas of the re-
sources of our county
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