The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
SPECIAL ADAPTABILITY OF JER-
SEY MILK FOR MAX
ING BUTTER.


Since the general introduction OF the
Jersey COW into the butter dairy tne
art of making butter has
greatly simpliied, and IS rendered
easier in all its stages. Not only mas
this change taken place, but the artlcle
itself has improved beyond comparison.
It would seem egotistical, in this en-
lightened age of dairy information,
reaping the benefits, as we are, of the
many years of intelligent thought and
skill devoted by men of brains and
Judgment to the development Of the
various races of cattle for dairy uses,
and whose successes are famed the
world over, to assert that good butter
cannot be made from other milk than
that of the Jersey.
Proficiency in butter-making, the
degree Of excellence attainable, de-
ponds very largely upon the care and
attention bestowed in the dairy room,
keeping the milk and cream, and the
tanner which the butter is manipu-
lated. A good butter maker, diligent
and careful at every turn, will produce
good butter from any good milk; while
one negligent and careless will fail, no
matter to what breed the COWS belong
that produce the milk; and in exact
proportion to the skill and brains en-
ployed will the quality of the manu-
featured product prove to be, governed
by the possibilities contained in the
milk.
By the term good milk" is meant
milk produced by liberal and proper
feeding-without regard to the breed
cleanliness in handling, atmospheric
influences and other surroundings at
their best. I say from such milk the
careful and intelligent butter maker
will make a reputable article of butter
invariably that will attract the eyeand
be pleasing to the taste; and while this
is true, and that good butter was made
and eaten by our grandmothers and
their mothers long before Jersey COWS
were known or thought of in this
try, it by no means follows that great
improvement and vastly finer prOduc-
ton is not possible from an improved
material better suited to the purpose.
The butter maker Of the present day
has that improved material in the form
of milk from the Jersey COW. Apply
ing the same methods and an equal
amount of care in the preparation Of
butter from Jersey milk as to that Of
other breeds, the degree of fneness
will be far higher and results much
more satisfactory and encouraging.
The cream itself deeply tirged with
orange hue, begins separating from the
milk almost the instant it is set st rest,
and long before the natural heat has
escaped, lie ewing the milk III a forlorn
blue condition, not at all inviting as a
beverage; when at a proper stagG for
churning, the same promp5itude is OBJ
served in the separation Of the butter
particles, which leaves the buttermik
altogether barren of the fats that cor
stitute value in the butter. Conditions
being favorable, the labor Of churning
is lessened, and the butter arrives in
the best possible form for handling
firm and dry-requiring only an
amount Of working sufficient to shape
it for market or the table. Aside from
it's superior qualities, lovely color, de
liciousness of flavor, an aroma peculiar
to itself, Jersey butter is much easier
to D than that made from other
kinds of milk; at every step Of the
process-from the warm milk freshly
drawn from the udder, in the care of
the cream, the churning, to the work
ing and packing of the Outter-the
strongest evidence is always present to
the special adaptability Of the Jersey
COW for butter making purposes, and
the conviction becomes firmly fixed in
the mind that the aims of the peOplgOf
the Island Of jersey, who for centuries
have devoted so much energy toward
producing the butter COW par eTceL-
Lence, have been royalty rewarded.
The foregoing testimony is not the
outgrowth of a one-sided experience,
Q is it a ~prejudiced view, but is the
conclusion arrived at aftera long r
tical familiarity with the butter-mak-
ing business, in which various breeds
of dairy animals have figured. The
differences, as noted, are so striking.
the superiority Of the Jersey so evi-
dent, that but one conclusion is possible,
and an honest, impartial trial Of her
resources cannot but be convincing,
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