The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-30
AND HOUSEHOLD.
Right Temperature for Churnlng
Cream.

SEedE!s
George MacDonnald, of Akron, Ohio,
says: In the old country many dairymen
claim that BY churning the whole milk
more butter and butter Of better quality
can be made than by churning the cream
only. Experiments have proven, | be-
keve, that the claim is a valid one, but
1t involves so much extra labor to churn
the whole milk that this plan is not very
widely practised, even in Germany and
Scotland, where it has most advocates.
Butter good enough for the queen to
eat can be made from cream with proper
care. Half the bad butter comes from
the irregular agitation Of the cream at
ohurning and too high ortoo low a tenn
Perature. I have made a great deal OF
butter, and have found that at from
ffty-fve to sixty degrees I get the best
results. Below ffty-fve degrees the
labor of churning is greatly increased:
above sixty degrees the butter proves
more soft and spongy. Extremes IN
churniDs ought to be avoided; let the
motion be moderate and uniform-not
too quick and not too slow. Above all,
don't allow jerky churning. One word
more; stop churning when the butter
giobules come. If churned too long,
che butter will lie waxY and lose its fine
favor. Butter may also be spoiled from
overworking. Gather it together in a
wooden tray with a wooden ladlc. Turn
off the buttermilk and work with fresh
spring water, cash it around so that the
buttermi!k can run of. Salt with pure
clear fine salt, and set in Il cool place for
q few hours; then work over carefully a
second time.-New York. World.
To Remove Rust From Farm imp1e'
lnents,
One of the cheapest and most owen
lent agents for accomplishing this
purpose is kerosene oil. Spirits OF
t%urpentine is another very effective agent.
Another. pronounced by some the best
agent that has ever been discovered for
removing rust from p'ows, hoes, axes
and all kinds of farming tools, is oil of
vitrioi diluted with water in the proper
ton of one quart Of oil of vitriol to four
quarts of water. The oil of vitriol should
be poured carefully and slowly into the
water, then apply with a swab made of
rags and tied to the end Of a short stick.
After standing a short time, wash Oft
with water and apply again and continue
until the rust is removed. A cheap and
effective method of preventing tools
from rustiug is to keep constantly on
hand q bucket of thick whitewash, and
when the plows and harrows are brought
from the field clean every particle of dirt
from them, and apply q coating of the
limewash. This is the cheapest and
most convenient remedy known. An
other excellent preparation for prevent
ing rust is to melt an ounce OF resin IN
four ounces of linseed oil, and when hot
add to it one quart of kerosene, mixing
thoroughly. After removing all dirt
from the tools, apply the mixture with a
paint brush. Some farmers prefer a
mixture of %turpentine, lard, black lead
and camphor, mixed in the following
proportions: Dissolve one ounce of gum
camphor in a half pint of %turpentine.
Add to this four ounces of melted hogs
lard and an ounce Of pulverized black
lead, and stir until thoroughly mixed.
Clean the implement thoroughly, wipe
dry and apply the mixture with a wooden
rag, rubbing it on thoroughly so as to
reach every particle of surface, leaving
none exposed. boston Cultivator.