The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-22
THE CARE OF MILK.
An Article Written In the Interest
OyerwOrked Men and Women.

An Article Written In the Interest OF
Overworked Men and Women.
Some twelve years ago We COM
menced the manufacture OF butter, our
stock in trade consisting of a quantity
OF small pans. some racks to sit them
upon and a cellar which varied in tenn
perature during the summer season
from 48 to 50 degrees.
Every farmer knows the process Of
cellar work, from putting the milk
down in the early summer, and strain
ing it back in the pantry or milk-room.
according as the weather varied from
heat to cold; the preparatory picking
out Of bugs, flies, spiders and hosts Of
things that, with the best OF care, will
find their way into milk, set in open
vessels.
We don't do that way any more for
we have found a better one, We built
small, roughly-enclosed room and
partit.oned off space large enough to
hold Cooley creamer and our churn
besides a bench to stand pals on, and
still have room to do the work i'm. The
other part we use for ice.
Our creamer stands in this enclosure,
little better than a shed, the year
round, for we make nearly as much
butter in winter as in summer. The
creamer is large enough to hold the
milk of twenty cows, and as We seldom
keep more than ten, two of the cans
are removed, SO that we can, by putting
in a whole cake, save ice and labor.
In the Cooley system the cans for
holding the milk are enclosed in a
large box with sort OF cupboard
underneath it, ours being of the cabi-
net style. The cans are stationary.
This box will hold about three barrels
of water. After straining the milk
the water is brought by the addition Of
ice to temperature of from 40 to sc
degrees, though much lower temper.
AZURE is not Objectionable,
The milk is drawn from under the
cream by means of a faucet which,
with the end of the can containing q
small oblong piece of glass, projects
through the box into the cupboard
A clearly defined difference in shade
visible through the glass, shows wher
the milk is out and the cream is coming
No flies or other dirt gets into our milk
or cream. The water will be sweet
and last indefinitely, unless some luck
less wight spills milk into it, when il
will have to be drawn out and the DO,
cleaned, which will not be great jol
If the ice has been thoroughly cleansei
of sawdust.
We rinse our cans in cold water. The
milk being always sweet, it is seldom
necessary to scald or wash them will
hot water.
We used our creamer every day las
winter, and some of the time the wate
in the box was frozen to depth 0
eight inches. We did not have t.
use any ice from November to April
Sometimes in extremely cold weathe
the milk was frozen a little in the en-,
Of the faucet, but upon the insertion 9
nail would flow quite readily, and no
In a single instance was it frozen in tn
cans.
We have experienced no trouble il
making the butter come, contrary t.
all croaking on the subject OF ''chilles
cream, and have not been annoyed b.
those little flakes of dried cream whicl
are the bane OF winter dairying whel
open setting is the rule.
We do not submerge the cans, bu
keep thes water within about thre
inches of She can covers.-Mrs. c. 4
Chapman, in Philadelphia Press.