Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-10
Fot The otford Democrat
The Farm Dairy.

Il tof ne Nklnfh htutNNNaA
The Farm Dairy.
There are bu, few part, Of Maine BET.
ter adapted 10 grazing and raising neat
stock than Oxford County. A good dAi.
~. a. one branch Of farming. ]. an i'm.
Pof,An, factor In furnishing family with
the nsee.Aries Of life. a. veil a. afford.
iag PseuaiAry profit. In order TO In
sure success. al brahches Of agriculture
mus, be properly attended 10. AID Il the
science Of mAking good butter aud cheese
/, no, strictly applied. each s',smP, will
snd In failure. All the difsrrn, grades
Ia the market vhish,he writer has soughi,
whether sold under The stamp Of "Be,,
Creamery" or the more .lluring title Of
"Gil,.sdss. have proved inferior TO ,h,,
furnished from the farm dairy Of Old Or
ford. EIofbiiani prices are demanded.
and no, unfrsqusnily The purchaser leArns
BY experience ,hA, the grocer. who wants
20 make the no-, he can cut Of bis in-
vt,,mss,, has sold him olsomArsaiine, OF
an article of lea. value. which IN ten days
becomes nearly worthless.
Thousands q consumer. in ,hi. STATE,
imsgire the bes, quality j. made in the
cooperative ss,Abli,hmsn,s. instead of
the small dairiss managed by Individual
farmer, hence large portion Of dairy
product. consumed here. are derived from
that source. n consumers knew. a. the
writer does. ,hA, better quality Of but.
ter can be bough, Ia M.ine than il gen-
erally ,old IN the Boston mAiksi. AL the
d.iiie. Of ,ha, State could no, hall supply
The demand. The uniform price paid BY
the ,Isds,mAn Coz good and bad, odsi.
no induesnsni for the tidy dAirywoman
10 make choice butter. while her slack
n,ishbor receives the same pay fo' a
-orihls,. article
The farmer Who wishes 20 succeed Ia
,hi, branch o. agriculture mus, select
cows whose milking qualities f,ihsm iof
the purpose. Where both butter and
cheese are made Ia the same establish.
meat. the Jerseys. crossed With some IA
voiiis breed. ATE preferable 20 The ,hoi-
osgh.brsd alons. The qaAnii,y q milk
s Increased ia one case AID made richer
In the other. a. essential improvement, 10
insure = good AID prchiAble dairy.
There seem, 10 article Of food % easily
tainted by 6lih. fs,iA A,mo,phsre and
nolious yaPofs from dseaysd substances.
a. milk Therefore from milking until
Il i, converted into butter and cheese. u
mus, be ksp, free from pOlla,ins inaa-
encss. which reader Il unh, for use. An
indispensable A., ia makins . superior
grade q butter consists ia extracting the
bai,srmilk. Thi. j. accomplished by
wofkins the butter uh,il the haid part j.
separated Thea add about one-half the
quantity q ,.lt hstdsd for table use. Let
Il ,iAhd ,weniy.fsur hours, work 1, over
again. un,il AL imPaii'is, Ge removed.
some ihlhk it better method 70 wash
tie butter Ia cold water, Others COAT.
dsn,ly .sser, this pfocsss i' no, % eject
"a a, The former Wksn the batter IL
~,ll prepared !, should be packed ia a
,,one j.f. o. ttkin. soaked Eve or ,iI
day, IN = s,fong brine.
September butter. made in ,hi, msn-
nsr. vill remain god until the follo-ing
August. While that made Without due
care and close attention 20 eleahlinss', is
unf;. even for prsssn, use.
II the dAiiymsn aud women would
learn the ~, q mAkins better, really en-
i.ilsd 20 the name q "slli-edse, aad
40, allow the ,radssnAn. as he A~ay'
dos,. 70 ,s, the Prioe. bu, dsmAnd fair
value themselves. skilled labor aad ei,r,
pain, would NEE, a., resard. Then
iAi, biareh Of business would prove lu-
erliise % the farmers of Maine.
FAENrE IRON OLD OXToEp.
PENuEoKE. Mass 1857.