The daily gazette., 1879-07-24
SECOND EDITION
n. n-cks County Creamery.

Some farmers living in the vicinity Of
Ouakertown, Bucks county, are tired Oh
sending milk to Philadelphia. Absence
OF springs has initiated against butter
making. Thus large quantity OF mix
has been sent from that locality. In
December last movement was inaugu-
rated To organize q butter faeaory.
stock was subscribed at s. per cow,each
dairyman being entitled to subscribe 10
sha,es equalling in NUMBER 'ne a'ooL Jo"s "s
kept by him, The amount OF STOCK T ..
subscribed Is 800 shares, or $l,oW, dno ano
buildings and fixtures WIZ COST So'VV'
Size Of buildings, 40x5O feet Inc lce-
house, 20x35 feet, is under inc saine
roof. Floors are cemented. Inc nc,
eeiving-room, 10x20 feet, is approached
bv 4 drive way. All the milk received
win be weighed and receipted ior. Inc
receiying-room has scale Win seven
teams. and the milk of seven parties can
be weighed all at the same time.
The plan adopted for the raising OF
The cream is known as the j. Ii. Marquis
svstem, In adopting this system the as
socia tion believes it to be the best OF the
many examined. The milk is conduct
cd through pipes from the recelving-room
into the pans placed in position in the
nilk-room. The size Of this room is 2ox
80 feet. In order to understand the
MARQUIS system it Is necessary to explain
the construction of the pans. The pans
are made of tin and encased in wood.
Size of pans--l0 feet long feet wide,
and 1S inches deep. Each pan has a
rounded bottom, and is divided into two
compartments. A four-inch pipe passes
through each division of the pan at
depth that will bring it Immediately un-
der the cream. d,
The nine Is also extended to all the
other pans, and is connected with large
ice-water tank capable OF holding Two
hundred and thirty-nine gallons. Inns
tank is to be kept filled with Ice ana
water. A steam pump forces the Ice
wster through the pipe, and after pass
ing through all the line Of piping con-
pected with the milk pans, is forced back
again into the tank. Cream by this sys-
tenn Is made to rise in four hours. When
the cream is risen the milk is run OIL by
means of cocks at the bottom OF the
pans and the cream is left in the pan
One man Ii expected TO have charge o
2,OO0 pounds of milk. The milk rul
of IL pumped into tank, and the farm
or next morning takes back his proper
ton OF milk, to be used in fatteninl
pork. The same disposition is made
the buttermilk.
The churning-roorn, size 1Ox2O feet, /
located west OF the milk-room and
next the engine-room. Two churn
have been purchased of Burrers patent
The dasher of this churn remain
stationary, and the churn makes tn
revolutions. The capacity of thes
churns is 200 pounds of butter per day
The size of the refrigerator is l0x2O fee
In this room the butter is worked an
stored. The room is arched and a SUI
ply of ice Is kept overhead. The butts
after being churned is placed on tab
and salted. After standing awhile it
worked by means of lever and the
moulded into one-pound squares, al
stamped with the monogram of u
creamery. 1t will be shipped in cooler
and it is expected to reach New Yo
and Philadelphia markets in as got
condition as when it left the refrigeratC