The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
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salt Ohrystals ON Baton
w. H. Wildman writes the Farmers
Review as follows: II some Of your
readers will state the cause and RENE
dy Of the trouble we are having with
u butter, the same will be highly ap-
%preciated. We separate the cream
from the milk by means Of a hand sep
arator, when the milk is at a temper
ature Of about IS degrees, making
about a 30 per cent cream. We churn
at about 60 degrees. and salt at the
rate of one ounce a pound. after wash
ing once. We work the butter a little
in the churn while it is in the granular
state, with the ladle. Then, after
about twenty minutes, we finish on a
butter worker, print into pounds, and
wrap in parchment paper squares.
After a couple Of days salt shows all
over the prints in grains OF fakes.
Prof. e. H. harrington, of the Wis
consin Agricultural College, answers
in the following letter:
To the Farmers Review: The ap-
p%earance of salt crystals on the surface
Of butter, as mentioned in the letter OF
your correspondent, Is not caused by
any part Of the manufacturing process.
Running the separator, ripening the
cream, churning or working the butter
do not cause the salt grains to appear
On the surface.
Some time ago I made a few expert
ments for the purpose Of finding out
just what was the AUS of crystals OF
salt appearing on the surface OF t
ter. l took two one-pound prints OF
butter; one of-them l placed in a large
covered jar. which had water on the
bottom, and thus saturated the atmos-
phere surrounding the brick of butter.
In the other jar I placed sulphuric acid
which would absorb all the moisture
around the print Of butter. l allowed
these to stand in the jars over night.
and the next morning I noticed that
the brick of butter which had been left
in the dry air was covered with these
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ter which had stood in the moist air
showed simply drops of brine on the
surface, no salt crystals whatever. I
then placed these same Jars in a
warmer room, and examined them aft
er tw%enty-four hours, with the same
results. This showed that the salt
crystals on the surface Of butter are
caused entirely by the butter being
kept in a very dry place, so that the
water evaporates out of the brine,
leaving q deposit Of salt in the shape
Of crystals. In the ordinary creamery
products this appearance of salt is no
ticed nor in the winter than in the
summer. because the refrigerators are
so much dryer in the winter. Your
correspondent can overcome this ap-
pearance of the salt very easily by
placing water in the room where the
butter, is kept, 10 that the atmosphere
will not become dry and evaporate the
moisture from the surface of the but
ter.-E. II. Harrington.
Ayrshire Bresdsrs' Meeting.
The Ayrshire Breeders Association
held it's 9th annual meeting at the
Crown Hotel, Providence. r. l.. on jan
uary 18th. 1902. The officers elected
were Geo. H. Yeaton. Dover, N. H..
president; Obadiah Brown, Providence,
R. l., vice president; James J. Hill, st.
Paul, Mimi, second vice president;
Thomas Turnbull, Jr., Allegheny, Pa,
third vice president; Etna J. Fletcher.
Greenfield. N. H., fourth vice presi-
dent; G. NJ. Winslow. Brandon. VT.
secretary and editor; N. s. Winsor.
Greenville. R. l., treasurer; Charles H.
Hayes, Portsmouth, N. H., executive
committee for three years; E. B. sher-
man. Harrisville, r. l., executive COM
mittee for three years. It was voted
to appropriate money from the treas
ury to pay the expense Of placing q
herd of Ayrshire cows in the breed
test at the worlds fair at st. Louis in
1903, and q committee was appointed to
take charge of the same. 1t was also
voted to offer special. premiums for
Ayrshire cows shown in the ring at
the worlds fair at st. Louis in 1903. A
committee was appointed to draft rules
for adopting an advanced registry for
Ayrshire COWS for milk and butter
which will be started April ]. 1902. It
was voted to continue the home dairy
tests for the next year on the same
plan @ Of last year. beginning April
/, 1902. The test Of last year had.
seventy-seven cows entered which are
being tested for q year beginning April
/, 1901, under the direction Of the state
experiment stations. It was voted that
It wal the earnest wish Of the Ayrshire
Breeders' Association that Congress
pass the Grout oleomargarine bill now
before it.-C. N. Winslow, secretary.
1ed Albamss.
From the Farmers' Review: Perhaps
many Of the "Farmen' Review read
ers saw an article to the effect that
red albumen fed in the hens morning
mash would stimulate them 70 such.
segg production Is was never before
imagined: IL fact. according to the ar
ticle writer's father and brother. the
hens would average about twenty-five
eggs each per month, Ill through the
winter. RED albumen was said to DO
icomparatiyely cheap. and was to bo