Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
HOusemOthers' Exchange.

The second letter in our SYmDOSium of
practical butter making is 50 admirable
throughout that our readers cannot fail
to enjoy it with me:
AS this is the cold season. | shall
write accordingly; by the time summer
comes our Illinois friend will have
learned a great deal. and if she has any
trouble she thinks l can tighten then !
await her call,
The milk is to be strained into large
shallow pans. If in a protected place no
covering is necessary. If, however. the
milk pans must be kept on Il porch have
number of cloths made of thin white
goods cut into squares and hemmed.
These, when Wet and Wrung out. can be
stretched tightly over the pan, keeping
out the dust Milk must not he tightly
covered while animal heat is present
Put a board upon the pans over the
cloth They can thus be set upon one
another. econ0mizing space After
tWentY-f0T hours almost all the cream
can be taken off, using a fat tin skim
mer. Leave for several hours for cream
To rise again Have a stone jar holding,
we will say. four gallons. Put az the
Skimmings into this, stirring to the bot
tom of the jar each time. Keep this
where it will be cold but not where it
will freeze, of course. CHhis applies to
the pans also.) If now you wish to
churn on Thursday, for example do not
put III any cream after the "Wednesday
morning churnng. If the weather be
very cold. put into the Jar containing
four gallons of creaml One-half tcacup of
DuttCrmilk. This is for a starter.
which | often find necessary in very cold
weather. Now take the jar into the
kitchen and set it in some large vessel.
usually use a dishpan. as | have a very
deep one. Drop a dairy thermometer
into the cream, and. being armed with d
long butter paddle, pour into the outer
vessel rs much hot water as ii will hold,
beginning ut once to stir the cream gen
tly. but thoroughly and constantly. FIX.
anime the thermometer frequently, ana
when ii registers 60 degrees lift the jar
out Of it's bath and. having covered close
~, wrap it up warmly IAN old clean quilt
is good and keep it in a warm place,
but not too near the fire.
Il am going to try this winter an eX-
pertinent of turning my cream in a hay
stove after | have got il to the proper
temperature. The main difficulty lies in
keeping il at 81 degrees. by Thursday
morning the cream should be ready. In
summer do not scale the churu just he
fore churning, but | do in winter, let
ting it air before putting in the cream
but not letting il become cold again. Try
the cream to see if il is still at - de-
greeS. repeating the bath, if necessary.
to raise the temperatures May | here
recommend the barrel churn for those
who chum FIVE gallons or less; | prefer
il greatly on account Of It's simplicity
and also because il il easier 10 take up
and wash the butter Whom the butter
has come in even grains about the size
Of wheat and shows clear and yellow
on the surface of the milk draw off all
the buttprmilk using a wire straincr to
catch any grains that may slip out. Now
pour in about two gallons of cold water
tgs
i'm moderate weather.. Put un the iii Of
the churn again and turn gently three
or four times. Remove the top and stir
very gently with paddle. Draw off this
water and pour ON another, repeating
this till the water is clear. Leave the
last water i'm and lift oat the beautiful
yellow grains with The paddle into %
large bowl or porcelain-lued pan Silt
in fine salt, mixing gently throughout ;Nc
grains, using two teaspoon to the pound
of butter. lIan aud all can be weighed,
allowing for the pam.
If proper attention has been paid 1o
temper, furc the butter can uuN be-
worked into homogeneous mass. being
most cagru never IN slide H.e Iadulr
over The burror. a~ that breaks the -sIII..
hut only pressing firmly aH tHf- time.
Butter mU-t He worked as little a~ pos
SihIe .u GOT the water ont Print al once
before il gets tao hard. If. however.
it is impossible 10 print a. once and tbe
butter hrc1We~ a~ hard aS tho UFoFerhlal
brick. ST. it viii d0 iu winter. Pea mo give
"a word Of advice. Partly hii bucket
with weak salt water temperiug II IT, 90
degrees Break eff Jumps Of ihe butter
about the ~iz- Of your f,' and drop
them into the water. putting q plate Ia
to haIi them DOWN In % short time the
butter viii print beautifuliT.-M Mrs = ".
a. Nashville. Tenn tia Re, IIs.f.. III.