Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-12
Daily krnnrhrr journal.
How FINE BITTER is MADE.
DAIRY THAT SUPPLIES DE1No>rco.

The average taste of the public in the
use of butter is being rapidly educated Ia
use only of the prime article. Consumers
demand better butter now than ever he
fore, and are willing TO pay an extra price
for it. II every dairyman would deter
mine 10 make reputation for producing
only iirst-class butter. a more certain and
reinunerative market could be secured for
such products than for the uncertain man
uiactures that crowd the city marts. In
connection with this important and inter
esting topic the Utica Herald gives an ac-
count OF a famous Oneida county, \. y.
dairy that i worthy OF notice:
Among the choice manufacturing estab-
hshments of dairy products in this cOun-
tyis the Messrs. Osgood's Verona cream
cry. 1t is situated in the town of Verona.
not far from the Vernon line. The build
ing is small. but turns ont an article of
which any maker might feel proud. Ey-
erythine in and around it is as clean and
sweet ~ the strictcst care can make it.
Only fifty cows contribute their milk. "a
large number of them being either pure
blood or grade Alderneys. The milk it.
self IS handled with great nicely. No inn
purities are allowed To come near it. ~
soon - received il is set in large shallow
watts, from four TO six inches deep, around
which a stream of cold water is circulat-
ing. Each vat. of which there are four
has light covering of cotton cloth
stretched ON frame, and so arranged by
weights as to be easily raised and lowered.
The milk is allowed to set for thirtv-siX
hours before skimming.
An oscillating churn is used. which is
run by horse power. When the butter
has come the milk is drawn off, and the
butter rinsed in the chum three times with
iceswater. If it is to be sailed, il is done
IN the churn at the rate of one ounce To
the pound. The salt is thus thoroughly
dissolved and never remains 10 make the
butter streaky. much of il passing away
with the water. Churning is done in the
forenoon. and after. the butter has been
salted 1t is taken from the churn and put
into whte-ash tub, without being worked.
This tub sets in a large ice box. and here
it remains until the following day. when
the butter is taken out, worked and
packed
The working consists simply in placing
the butter on bench and pressing it ont
flat with lever. This is done three or
''"i Athi ttttii lHDt lit per sun tlllll3
the work takes large sponge covered
with piece of thin muslin and soak, the
moisture off from the surface of the butter.
This very soon removes all traces Of water,
and the butter is then ready for packing.
Two styles of packages are used. One
Is II square Eastwood box fastened towcth-
er with tin nails. and holding six pounds.
For this style they receive five cents per
pound above the highest quotation Tor
Western creamery butter. Another stlle
is one-ponnd box, for which there i. a
machine stamper that presses The butter
into the proper shape and gives il q hand
some monogram with V. {. worked to-
gether. For this stsle of package they
receive ten cents per pound above the
highest quotation for Western creamery!
One hundred pounds per week are sent to
Dclmonico, in New York. who takes it en-
tirely fresh-that is unsalted The rest of
the make, about 2jo per week, goes to a
iirst-class retail grocery house in New \ DIRK
city, -
Here, then. is an establishment which is
obtaining an extreme fancy price for its
product. The only extra cost in making
such an article consists in The little extra
time consumed in putting il up. in the
nominal cost of the boxes. and in the care
and neatness which are exercised in all the
processes. The result. h0wcyer. IS wor-
thy OF all the care bestowed, and shows
what can be accomplished by those who
are willing TO take the necessary pains.
Absolute cleanliness is Indispensable in
the manufacture Of all first-cla,, dairy
products, and the maker who insists upon
it in his creamery, factory. or dairy. will
surely reap his reward in the enhanced
value of his goods