The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-22
lIhe Country Gcntlenlan.D

CThe Country GentIen1an.D
1t is we'll for every one who make
butter for market to become famiIia
with modern methods and appliances
and to secure as many of the latter It
possible. On small farms dairylng l
not especially prominent; it is commons
ly one of the many industries. Wo o
three COWS are kept to furnish milk ant
butter for the table. and the surplus
butter goes toward paying for groceries
The income does not warrant any out
lay for modern or expensive appliances.
The farmers wife reads Of thermome
tiers, creamerieS, separat"rS. cans 10
cold and deep setting: of Decent year
round butter of delectable flavor and eN
ouisite aroma: OF prime. glit-edge, :
No. butter made in Il barrel, ~retangulal
or heXagonal churn. while she can only
compass tin pans and Il dash churn. Sht
is more or less discouraged. and fans t
do her best. because she thinks she an
not compete with those having these
modern appliances. 1t will encourage
such to learn that some of the highest
and most reliable dairy authorities at
firm that prime. gilt-cdge butter can bi
made from pan-Setting and with Il daSl
churn. When it is knOWn that sHcl
butter has been made, possibility be
comes certainty.
One of two women who received prizes
for butter exhibits at the Columbian eX-
position. when interviewed as to he
methods said: Il made the prize butter
in the old-fashiOned way my mother
taught me. | set the milk i'll stone
crooks. SKINNED it when | thought the
cream had risen. and churned when |
thought the cream was ripe. l sailed
and worked the butter in the butter
bowl, packed and sent it to the fair. eX-
actly as | do for my customers. L am
very proud of my success. because 1t
proves that just as good butter can he
made in the old-fashioned way as witt
modern methods and machinery Anoth-
er priZe-winning woman said: Il Sc
the milk i'll pressed tin pans. on a table
in the cellar. The cellar had plastered
brick walls and Il cement bottom, and
was we'll ventilated. l skinned in >
hours and churned twice a week"
Note. all We women who are ~diScourag.
ed by your limitations. that h judges
of dairy exhibits at the Worlds Fair
at Chicago pronounced i'll favor of but
ter made with COMMON utensils. and un,
der conditions which nearly, if not AL
farmers wives can command. DO moi
understand me to recommend jogging
on in the old rutS: more butter can be
made from the same quantity of mill
with modern appliances. and with muci
less outlay of time II labor: bat nc
II for lack of these. as has been shown
is dcbarred from the best reSultS
Only in the recent past in country
stores has there been any attempt t.
discriminate in the quality of butter
Good. bad and Indifferent commanded ;
like price. What do YOU pay for but
ter today" l asked a personal frienC
who was the proprietor Of a country
store.
Ten cents Il pound" he replied iii
was in JULY.
But what do you give for a prime
articlc?'
Ten cents Il pound"
Am to understand that all butter
commands the same price,
"Exactly: every woman, YOU know
makes good butter. and would be NOR
tally offended if | paid any other woman
ii penny a pound more than paid her
Only yesterday Il woman brought il
some roll butter. with the remark
Here is some nice butter for YOU.
bought it, paid her the market price fol
good butter. and when | was certain
that She had left town and was we'll OF
her way home. | took it out into the
back yard and buried it. It was money
in my pocket. for she is one of my bes'
cuStomcr>.'
DO YOU suppose that if that woman,
husband had brought rotten. unsuitable
apples. inferior, understood potatoes, o
small onions. he would have received
the price for first class produce or woul,
have been the least offended because h
did not? When men take anything t.
market they know it will he rated &C
coriing to its quality: when women tak'
butter they expect. whether it is good
bad or Indifferent. to get the highes
price. ] believe that the coming wo
man. will not ask any business favorS
but will understand and be willing t,
abide by business laws. There is. to b,
sure. little encouragement to make zoo
butter to sell in country stores. wher
skill counts for naught; yet it is the onl.
market offered for quite a large elias
who live remote from railroads, and con
seGuently must depend largely upon lo
ca! markets.
\ few dealers in the larger towns IL
have varying prices for butter. ccort
ing to quality: may the day speedil,
come when all shall have the courage o
their convictions, In some isolated IT
raj districts. hucksters go through an,
gather butter. paying a fair price: bu
they are quite particular. and will nc
buy what III their Judgment is not
good article.
Let all butter-makerS familiariz
themselves with the best and latest dair
literature. be painstaking in details an,
secure modern, ii improved. appliance
when possible. If not. take heart:
good product will usually some tim,
somewhere. command Il good price.
SARAH T.. WILCOX.
Lax County. Ohio.
J. :. Leak, one of the best colore
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