The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-02
A VISIT TO THE JERSEYS.
At Experiment Ga.-Butter and Cheese
Making.


| promised in my article last week TO
Cell you Of my visit to the barn and dairy
at Experiment. which gave me so much
pleasure that / wish to impart it if possible
to the women of our Kingdom.
There is nothing more beautiful than
Jersey; as they turn and look at you with
their gentle eyes they remind You OF Il
gaelic There is something so humane III
the expression that one feels akin to the
noble creature
Mr. III. G.. Wing, the courteous gentleman
who has charge of the dairy department of
the farm. kindly explained the modus OPP
erandi of his department. They milk four
teen or fifteen cows, Jerseys and Hol-
stems When milking time comes the
COWS are called and each COW walks at
once TO its own stall. They know Mr.
Wings voice and are quiet and gentle I'M
der his hand. The milking process was
very interesting to me, as | had never seen
it done under any other circumstances than
q calf and little negro, tor white child
with a stick to every now and then HI
ut the poor little animal, and when 1t was
allowed To get to the cow and HAD nearly
butted its head off nudgng the mother
il was dragged off by main force III about
two minutes. dragging the cows teat out
half y ward long. till it looked as if it was
made of india rubber This had been my
idea of milking Il COW. but when | saw Il
gentleman quietly bring milking STOOL
20 in the stall and politely request the COW
TO stand 10 one side, take his seat and with
both hands cause two streams OF Gsiden
fluid to flow into the bucket beneath,
felt like the country fellow who went to
New York for the first time and when
crossing the ferry from Jersey City he
cav his s,rroupdings he could
only excIaim: well, this do beat all!
could appreciate that feeling when / saw
the milking OF Mr.. Wing. SO interested
was | that | had Il chair and went from
stall TO stall until the last COW was MIXED.
| was then latter the Weighing Of the mix,
il is moi measured but WeighCd) invited TO
the dairy to see the cream separated from
the milk, while at the barn the milk WAS
strained. two large cans with cheeSecloth
lied over them received each bucket OF
milk as taken from the COW; Ii Is then ready
Tor the dairy. | wish | could describe the
machine used for separating the milk ana
cream, but fear l cannot; Will try and give
you at least an idea: a large circular can
is fastened down to Il table ana the nacilll-
cry is turned by Il crank, the milk Is poured
nto the can. there Is a small tiutter machine
that revolvcS 10000 times Il minute and 1t
is this that does the separation, mo; L ma
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tend from the can on different sides, from
one flows the cream and from the other the
milk; after the crank had been turned Il
few minutes and the proper velocity attain
cd, the separation begins, and the milk
being the lighteSt pOurS out more freely.
When all the cream has been separated,
the milk is given to the pigs, and when
asked, i'll much surprise. why that WAS
done, ! was told that 1t was slammed milk
and not fit for use but ii looked 50 much
Il Ill tl,,t, sItH
at ; cents a pint, that it rather hurt me
to think of the pigs getting all that good
milk.
A, / was present at the evening milking
/ was promised "A sight OF the butter making
next day, and was called when all was
ready The dairy is Il two-story building.
the lower part being cementcd sides and
floor and Il pump III the center, the water
brought from a spring by means OF a by
draulic ram. The churn used was Il barrel
churn holding twenty gallons. Usually
from four to eight gallons are churned ut
time. The creaIfl (no milk was put i'll
and the temperature taken, which was Oh,
the churnng was then commenced. After
revolving a few moments there was Il small
stopper taken out to allow the gas or CON
dcnsed air to escape, as the cream SWels.
This was done several times, then the rCGu-
lar revolving of the barrel began. In Just
twelve minutes by my watch the milk be-
gan to break-we could hear it-and in
exactly fourteen minutes from the first
revolution of the churn the butter had
come We asked him how much butter
he would make from the cream, which
appeared to be about three gallons, and he
said five pounds, and had already
weighed his salt, one ounce to
the pound. | mention this TO
lcj you see how accurately everything is
done
When the churning was finished the tenn
pernture was again taken and was GA the
same as when bcgun-the churn was then
uncOrked and the milk drawn off: the
water from the pump passing through
rubber pipe was then turned on the butter,
il is not touched by hand, paddle or any
thing, this first water is then let off and
more flows in. and this is done until the
last water is as perfectly clear as the first
that is used. Now the butter is ready to dip
III and looks like grains of gold, every
grain seems to stand to itself, and not
one is lost, ii is dipped up in drainer and
placed on shaped wooden case and
rolled with Il long wooden roller, the hand
never once touches it,Alr. Wing rolled il ont
as you would pie crust. Sprinkled III the
salt, turned it over as you would dough, and
So on until all the salt is worked in and
the butter ready for the mods. which hold
one pound. The molds are first put into
hot water. (this is TO keep butter from
sticking) then into cold water the butter
is then put III, patted down. then n stamp
that has Experiment, Ga on Impressed
on. and the butter slipped out and laid
aside not once was the hand touched
to it.
So accurate is everything that when the
butter making was over the aronnt OF but
ter made was within fraction of an ounce
of what he said it would be.
A few words now on what | learned on
calves, milk, etc. / saw two little baby
calves that had just been killed, and, upon
inquiry found that they were only two days
old. They were male calves, not wanted.
and hence killed. The mother of one of
thesn Valves was a Holstein COW that look
ed almost as large as small elephant.
Her bag was the most immense one l ever
saw.
If calf is to be raised they are taken
from the cow at day and raised by hand.
TheysNill at once drink milk from bucket.