Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-12-02
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How CAN WHITE BITTER BE CoLoREp
YELLOW by an infusion of Jersey blood.
not into the butter, but into the breed.
Good jersey cream Yields butter Of a rich.
golden hue, pleasing TO tn, eye and accep,a-
bic to the palate. Gil;-edgc butter making
is fine art requiring minute attention 10
details
Butter j. colorcl yellow with an extract
Of saffron, or Of marigold, or Of turmeric. or
with the juice OF carrots. Anno,to is the
coloring matter mostly used. 1t Is the ned
pulp Of the seeds Of an evergreen tree found
in the west Indies. and in Brazil. When
pure il adds nothing to the taste or favor
and is as harmless as sugar hut it i so
almost universally aduiura;ed. often by
poisonous substances that it, use bring.
danger. OF 40 different specimens Of an
MOTTO which were analyEed. no, one was
found pure but each was found TO contain
red lead, yermilion, arsenic. mercury. or
some other poison.
When COW habtually Yields butter
white and salye,. there is good reason to
suspect fault. either in the food. or in the
care, or the milk NAV contain an undue
proportion Of caseine-a eheese-making
COW
Tennyson. IN one of his poems saws.
'';hrre is D,riHify in grass which the
dull do net see" there is a yellow in
graSS-not weeds-which white butter max
erS do not see. A want Of cleanliness in
some Of the detailed operations Of the dairy
has vastly more TO do with making butter
white than We wot Of Foul air in the milk
room, or over heating the cream. gives white
ness to butter.
WHICH l. THE BEST BREED or cows p
This stereoiyped question comes Offences,
from those having but a vague idea Of
what constitutes a breed. or what "maketh
them to differ" Quality, rather than SIZE.
should be consulted in the choice of breeds.
Which IS the best breed of cows is deter
mined by the circumstances of the farmer and
the object for which COWS are kept-oiher-
wise stated-the breed must be adapted to
the farm. not the farm TO the breed The
OK, elephantine IN bulk on the fat pastures
of Belgium,is stunted TO a steer on the FROSTY
hillsides Of Norway. Every attempt to put
large breed on poor pastures where the
feed is lean and seanty. the surface rough
and rocky, has proved an utter failure
With how many Of the cow-pastures half
of each is tangle of sweet fern. laurel.
lamb-kill, hardhach, brakes. briers. bushes.
bitter weeds and sour grasses, which nothing
save the pangs Of acute hunger can COM
pei ciriIized cow to eat-siarvaiion acres
which keep the cattle vo-acious as anacon-
das and lean as death. There is no more
piiable object. nor is there anything more
improbable, than half-starved COW labor
ing to supply herself with food on a shor,
pasture. OF on heritage not suited TO her
wants
OF all farm animals, a COW in milk re-
quires the least exercise. To discharge the
duty of making milk she must be at rest,
hence ii is, that they thrive so well under
the confinement Of sOiling.
There exists tangled muddle Of ideas
about this matter of breeds there is a vast
deal of knowing "what isn't So" Ii is a
matter of importance TO know which j.
the best breed and to reach the coveted OBJ
jective point theory and practice must be
reversed and stand, adaptation first, ther
breed, then feed, then good Judgment anc
well-directed care.
~ The rriter has Just cut himself Sc
rerely, and Il is feared, is famed for life.
To resume whether the animal be
Shorthorn, Hereford. Holstein, Ayrshire
Jersey, Galloway, Hungarian, Devon, Wes
Highlander. Brittany. Kerry .Zetland, or ma
tive. the best choice is the animal which car
bear our cold winters, subsist on our shor
pastures and thrive. To this end-thoss
who farm in small way will find it NOR,
profitable to raise their own cows. Home.
grown animals natuaiize and adapt them.
selves to the peculiar conditions Of theil
own locality, are usually stronger, more
enduring, and as a rule have more merit a,
mixers. than the far fetched"
Those having pastures so poor and worn
out that from 5 to acres furnish but g
miserable subsistence per COW. do well to
study the economy of the soiling system
The subject is worthy of the attention Of
those who keep COW for convenience and
not for profit. By this method many Gov
otherwise . bill Of cost. can be made Z
source Of income.