The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-29
The Dairy.


Weight per gallon of milk is varied slightly
by its richness-that is, the greater percent
age of cream the less its weight. 4 fair av
erage standard is 2.15 pounds per quart, or
about pounds 81 ounces per gallon. BY
some the legal standard adopted is So
pounds.
There is no cure for COW that sucks her
self except 10 slit the tongue for an inch and
n half at the end and middle. If this is OBJ
iected 10, the animal should be fattened and
killed, which will no doubt be more disa-
greeable remedy to both the COW and the
owner than the other.
ANY cow can be MIXED dry in few weeks
by irregular milking, sometimes at intervals
of twenty-fOur hours and sometimes six.
Separation from her usual company, a
change TO new location, a strange mixer
and scOlding voices are sources of irritation
that more or less impair the milking quail
tiles of COW.
bride to prevent a COW from sucking
herself is made as follows: \ head stall is
fitted with buckle and strap or a ring on
each side; stout surcingle is fitted in the
same way. \ tough rod of hickory or white
oak is fastened on each side of the cow from
the belt to the bride; this makes it impos-
sible for the COW TO reach the teats, while it
does not interfere with her feeding.
In selecting a good mixer writer SAYS:
The udder should be large and capaeious; it
need not be fieshy. 1t should be broad and
reach well forward. \ large development of
the forepart of the bag is a more certain in
dication of quality than the back part. The
teats should be set wide apart, and be of
good size for handling. Teats which are
small next to the udder denote small tubes
inside the bag, which, of course, is unfavOr-
able TO quantity.
\ complete and quick separation of the
buttermilk from butter is imperative to Sc
cure the best article. First, il should be
churned without the beating process that
compacts it in mass but rather using a
churn that by conclusion brings the butter
in granular form, a. this facilitates rapid sep
aratiOn of the buttermilk Draw off the
milk, and wash the butter with cold brine
the brine disSolves the buttermilk and the
loose, granular condition of the butter per-
mitS its rapid escape and most thorough re-
moval OF the b"'termilk is accomplished, OBJ
waiting excessive working with the ladlc,
preserving the grain and producing batter
that will keep long time.
1t is said that new method of washing
butter has been patented in Germany. As
soon as gathered IN the churn in particles of
about a tenth of an inch in SIZE it is trans
ferred TO a centrifugal machine, whose drum
l. pierced with holes and lined with a linen
sack, that is finally taken out with the but
ter. As soon as the machine is put i'm rapid
motion the buttermilk begins to escape; a
spray of water thrown into the churn washes
out all the foreign matters adherihg to the
butter This wash is kept up till the wash
water comes away clean and the revolution
is then continued till the last drop of water
is removed, as clothes are dried in a centri-
fugal wringer. The dry butter is then taken
out, nodded and packed. 1t is claimed that
the product thus so quickly freed from all
impurities without any working or knead-
ing, has finer flavor, aroma and grain, and
far better keeping qualities than when pre-
pared for market in the ordinary way.