The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
FARMERS GILT EDGE BUTTER CHURN.

According TO promise made at
Hillsboro TO some Of the Alliance
brethren, I will now explain how 80
make and operate the FARMERS GILT
EDGE BUTTER CHURN.
Make a water tight box, of taste
less wood, % inches long, 8 inches
wide and 8 inches deep, inside meas
ure make a lid same size az bottom,
and ft it las nearby water tight as pos
sible, with a square hole 3xs inches
in the centre of lid, with a rabbet
one fourth inch deep and back, same
as for window glass get a glass right
size, and putty it in, very carefully.
Get a strip of common sheeting
one and one half inches wide. Cut
two pieces "a inches long and 2pieces
10 inches long. Fold them three
thick, which will make the strip half
inch wide, run a row Of stitching
along the middle of each. This
makes the packing under the lid.
Wet the packing, lay it all around on
the top edge of the box, lay the lid
on and see that it will be water-tight
when the lid is keyed down. This
completes the box.
Get 2 pieces of hard wood 6 inches
long, 8 inches wide and 1 inch thick,
fasten them in the center, one on
each side of the outside of the box.
Four ~ inch screws in each will
fasten them securely. Find the exact
center, both in height and length,
and bore a 1-inoh hole at the center
through the hard wood for the shaft
or journal the hole can be square if
desired. Make a piece 6 inches long
suitable to turn in a proper box or
nick cut in the horse. Make another
piece about 8 inches long for the
other side, round next the ohurn to
run in notch in the horse. Leave
about 4 inches, 2 inches square, to be
outside the horse; make a tenant
%x2 inches and fit a crank11 inches
long on this tenant. Your ohurn
now ought to hang on this shaft on
the horse or stand about balanced.
Get four pieces of hard wood Sx3x1,
ms. mortise a hole ~ ms. from one
end, %x1% with screws fasten these
4 pieces on the outside, 3 inches from
the end, near each corner. In fasten-
ing them, put the lid on and allow
the top of the mortises on one side TO
be N inches above the lid, on the
other one inch. Make keys %x1Z
at one and Xxi strong at the
other. Drive these keys in the NOR
tises to key the lid, and it your pack
ing is right you will have a perfectly
water tight box. Bore a half or
three quarter hole in the bottom one
inch from the inside of one of the
ends and put a peg in it, preferably
at the end that the crank points to.
This completes the ohurn. You
may make a horse or stand to suit
yourself.
TO CHURN.
Have the cream to say 60 degrees
in summer and 60 degrees in winter.
Fill the ohurn half full, key the lid
down turn slowly five revolutions
hold the ohurn bottom up and draw
the peg to let the air out. Do this
every 5 to 10 revolutions until no
more air will come out, then every
five minutes until the butter is
gathered
The rule is to turn from 40 to so
per minute. But the
speed may be such as will suit your
strength or inclination. l would adj
wise not more than 60 per minute at
any time,
You will notice on the glass the
as the changes come, also
by the sound of the splashing cream
When the butter breaks, or begins
TO come, reduce the speed. When
little hair like streaks of butter are
seen on the glass the butter will be
gathered in a lump. You will churn
in from 10 to go minuSes, controlled
by unacoounta bic condi 5ions
Some times very rioh oIean will
get so thick it 0ill 0ot fall from end
to end of the churn when revolved.
cold weuEhep IsoTr sOma hot usEar
in through the hole in the bottom.
In warm weather pour Did water in.
Some times it may be necessary TO
use water cold or hot to make the
butter gather. One hundred and
nina Ehinos NAV hannan To