The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-24
Augusta g New Enterprise.
AN EVENING AT THE CREAMERY.-HOW
THE FRESH CREAM is CONVERTED INTO
THE GOLDEN SQUARES.


The sun rarely shines upon loveller
stretch of country than that which borders
the Valley turnpike northward from
Staunton. At this season of the year the
prospect is inviting indeed. Rich fields OF
clover, where the pink and white blossoms
peep out from the background OF green
upland and meadow bedecked in Il wealth
of golden grain long rows of waving corn
tossing to and fro their emerald blades
cattle browsing in the knee deep pastures,
and homesteads dotted here and there III
clusters of deep shade, make up IL scene
of pastoral peace and plenty that does one
good TO look at.
No section of the State shows more OF
the evidences of this age OF Improvement.
The carefully cultivated field the sub
stantial board fences. neatly whitewashed ;
the tria aud inviting appearance 81 Inc
residences and harms tie number OF IN
proved mach ues and The abundant crops
that everywhere abound. htspeak The
cut..rprise and business tIuiit al TIE
|
taken "A new direction of late and promises
10 Weld IA god relurn AT IN" tisi nrir old
Willow Scout. just eight mites fi'in
Stauntou on the Valley pike. Mcssrs. Par
kins. Jordan & l'arkns have erected !.
fist class creamery, which is NOW in fnl
and successful uprral ion The building is
of concrete aud frame. ihirt, b, sixty feet.
with an engine house attaeh''d. 1t Is made
after the most approved plan. and is com
pletr il, every department. On the first
floor is II Large room III which The separa-
tor is located. together With iWn Elge
receiving tanks and il mammoth churn
| Adjoining this is The batter loom. and
next 10 that the packing room md Large
refrigerator. Al the othti emil of the
il,nr is HE room wirre the SKINNED
milk comes from the separator. whence
the Farmers get it. Bat to
BEGIN AT TIE BEGINNING.
When the rrIsur;rs reached the place,
one ev,..ii q last week. tit spacious area
III font was till.,! Will spring wagons.
CARL g, &c. il, which HE farmers had
brought IA he milk whilst rnlerlacing
| lie vehicles ere w!ierlsElrrnNs and men
and women with single buckets. who had
brought IN their stlgply direct from The
COW pens iii the iInnetll;tle ciuity.
Upon each vehicle was Il large patent
| tin c;ln. holding twenty gallo. and so
constructed that in The process of trans
portation there Mond b.. 10 ciiurnng of
| The m ilk, aud even. in case of ril UPSET ii
would he /, Gicrt 10 spill it. The farmer
drives up to the fir Mt door anil his c.lii
| is taken off by Il large crane: the milk is
| then inspected and the least iuIpurity of
| watering detected: il it is found all right
| the milk is tmptied into d large tin tub
which covers HE scales weighed and the
| through strainer and descends into the
| large receiving tank Oh the floor below.
| The empty Can is PLACED upon II truck.
carried to u dumb waiter at the end of the
| building and sent down below where it is
scalded with hot steam, rnsed with cold
spring water and is ready to receive the
skinned milk as it comes from the sepa-
rator.
| Meanwhile the superintendent is getting
| up the steam to commence the process OF
separation. The sX-horse power engine,
located in IA building to itself, just adjoin-
| ing the main structure, begins to puff and
put forth its best stroke. whilst the super
inten,lemt. standing at the separator,
makes known to the engineer, by system
of automatic bells, when the desired speed
is attained. A very high rate of speed is
necessary the spindle of the separator
making over 5000 revolutions per minute
when in full operation. When all is ready
a pipe is run from the receiving tank to
the separator through which the milk is
again strained, and drops into the small
top like machine that in its rapid revolu-
tions forces the cream out in one direction
and the milk i'll another. This ma
chine, a Del Lavel Separator, is of the latest
and most improved pattern, and is regarded
by experts as the best made. 1t is SO deli
cately adjusted thai it refuses to work
satisfactorily if every particle of it is not
perfectly clean and free from any foreign
substance. The milk enters the separator
and is whirled around so rapidly that the
larger, oily globules of cream rise TO the
top and are forced out through an opening
scarcely larger than a pin, but owing to
the heavy pressure the stream from This
opening is surprisingly strong. From the
other side of the separator a stream of
skinned milk four times as large issues
and is conveyed by tin trough and
empties into the farmers Cans.
| THE CREAM
Falls from the separator into tin reser-
voir, whence it is drawn into fresh tin
cans, 20 inches high, eight inches in diam
eter and holding four gallons. The cans
are then immersed to the brim in cold
running spring water, and allowed to get
perfectly COOL The next morning this
cream is empted into a 300 gallon tank,
| and properly tempered by means of hot
steam passing beneath the bottom of the
tank. When ready, it is conveyed by
pipes into the mammoth churn, of equal
size with the tank, and in from Is to 80
minutes, according to the quantity, is
transformed into the most beautiful gold.
en- butter. From the churn the butter is
taken into an adjoining room. properly
sailed and worked by a large revolving
butter worker: printed into pound and
half pound pads packed into cases with
ice and placed in the cooling room, which
adjoins the large refrigerator, where it
soon becomes as firm. and nutty and solid.
as butter can be.
From the time the milk is lifted from
the wagon, human hands do not touch it,
1t goes through all Of the different pro-
cesses by means of machinery. every piece
of which is a model of cleanliness. In
deed, every impurity of the milk is eradi-
Gated much more. thoroughly than could
possibly be done by the most careful
housewife. AS stated, the milk is strained
three times before it reaches the separa-
tor. After it passes through the separa-
tor residuum is left in the revolving
bowl which is simply astonishing. When
a hundred or so galans of milk have been
separated deposit of impure substances
blood, dirt, &c.,-remains that would fill