Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-04
hints ON BUTTER. MAKING
We Must Improve This Product as
We'll ~ Othrfs - Aud There u
Room Tor improvement

LOGAN, Uiah, Dec IS l6Bd.
Ed2or DossTct NcUa
Tho present condition Of affairs IN
the West leads one TO think that Utah
is doomed to rely entirely on her agri.
cultural resources. Yet Il my belief
that farming Is as profitable a business
auy oue could go into today, n con.
Quoted on the right principle. Our
advantages over those Of the Easleru
states are very great, yet We arc far be-.
hind them Ia our systum OF ngticui.
tulc. The question vs. What eau be
done TO bring the farming Of Utah up
to the ttaudaidg stopping to think Tor
a moment, Have we sin 10 agricul.
tufnl journal In Utan? Have We a
Newspaper that has an agricultural
editor? Ia fact, have We anything
with the exception Of the Experiment
Station that IL doing anything ior the
iurtherauee VI our syttvm Of sgricul.
tur?
Tue manufacture Of butter Il one Of
aud 10 ,xceuIcI Ia monoy value ny
only few oi the larser manufacturing
iutvrgtia. While W. have made great
fifilCs Ia other directions Un the farm,
tuVurnskiug Htill continues 10 bg
conducted almost entirely ny unskiilod
labor or ut least by y r'ons who have
had 90 ep,cial faining Tor tue work,
aud who have little Or no knowledge OF
D
cp'cH Involved In i,g care nod Ban.
fgcmunt Ia consequence Of this
large pf0, ortlou OF the butter Of Utah
i siill made iu practically thu tame
manner that 10 was one huudfcI years
rgr. Ihtco.iourths Of the farmers Of
Utah contribute a0tluihiug 90 tue but.
tcr supply. The wide distribution OF
lnbUr II largely matter OF NECESSITY,
glowing out oi the pcfish4blv
nature Of mix which pruvcnts
IT. being shipped long di1tlnres 10
central factories, rs N the CtHn with
most law material IN mot mAnuiaC
iurcd articles. ~ 10 nevertheless
great Disadvantage 10 tho dairy in.
iustfyi as II has not only prevented
the employment Ottkllltd labor but
has given tho impression, especially
among farmers, tusg little kuuwlril q
orexprricncc Is inquired u make but.
ter The result Oian thts g. thAt there
~ no uniformity IN the method prac.
ucsd Or Ia the quality tho product.
y partial remedy may be- found In
an C&iCusi5n VI tue factory system Ia
Hll counties where tufic!rnt milk eau
be obtained o. warrant the outlsy.
This would undoubtedly work grua
Improvement lea tho yield aud quality
OF butter. But there are many sections
where cove are lut numerous enough
10 support a croamcty, and 10 such
improvements Ouly cOmo through q
bcitrr MATCHMAKING Of the nature OF
milk aud Of the effects which different
methods OF treatment have upon II.
will cnicav0r 10 present IN "a trio!
manner some VI the more important
fact now known concerning tue con.
stitution OF milk, aul 10 trace tue In
ilurpce OF SONS Of the different con.
stituentS upon the separation o. cream.
MIA when fresh u q thin emulsion
OF butter fat In wAtery solution Il
albuminOus matter, milk sugar aud
mineral matter Undrrtue microscope
u appears q DO clear liquid ia which
Is suspended an immonsu number OF
small "a! gl0bulcs that afH more or les
collected into groups. Thcsr glDlulos
vary considerably Ia 6iZs. tho smallest
being about one tcu-ihUusandth 81 An
Inch IN diameter anu thu largest about
one tWo.thoutnudth Of an inch. The
average diameter IN cows milk "
about ono tlvt.thuusaulth " nu inch.
Twenty-Five TAT gl0nuIts, placed eide
by side Ia contact with each other,
would span distance just about equal
70 the thickness OF sheet OF wTltinR
paper, Tue s.za " the globulrs varies
considerably with different cows and
with different brrodp. ltisa character.
isle OF the lat glObults VI Jcrsry AMI
Guernsey milk ~ be large and quite
uniform ~ size; VI the AyIshiTes u be-
guile small auI variable; while the
hols,eiu glJhulua nfe small bur quite
Uniform iu liz. The numucro gl Uules
IN given volume OF milk yRTiu. great.
ly according To their sizu aud to the per
cent Of Tat; the average number wuulI
he about . O0O, 900, 200, 900 In QUE quart.
MIX containing large glOtulrH VIII
cream more rapidly anu efficiently
than milk with small globults. Uni.
iofmlty In the siz1 OF globules IL also
40 gl0bules Of the same Hize
VIII reach the surface in aO3ut tue
same time.
The average composition OF milk Il
approximately ss fOilOws!
Per cent