Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
MRs. ARTHUR CHILD MAKES
-. BEST COUNTRY BUTTER

Mrs. Arthur Child who lives sis
miles northwest OF Manchester. won
the first prize OF $40 in the country
butter contest Of the Kansas State
Dairy association at the agricultural
college. There were 81 entries In
the contest. from all parts OF Kan
sas. Frank Borlska Of Lincoln,
Neb., one Of the greatest butter ex-
psrts In this country, scored the
butter and he said II was the best
exhibit Of country butter he had
ever seen. Mrs. Child's butter scor-
ed 90 out OF q possible 100 points
20 that her butter was as nearly
perfect as butter can be. A writer
for the Weekly Kansas City Star
has written an article OF interest to
Dickinson county people.
Mrs. Child lived in town all her
life until six years ago, when she
was married to Mr.. Child and went
to live on his farm OF 24o acres.
She is the daughter OF the Rev. j.
w. Keiser, a retired minister OF
Wichita. She rad never lived on a
farm or had any experience In farm
work or butter making until she
went to the farm. What she knows
about butter making she learned
first by careful reading and study
OF the subject and from practical
application of what she read to her
everyday work on the farm.
Mrs. Child read that there was
to be a butter contest at the col
lege, and as her butter was famed
in Dickinson county she decided to
try for the prize. She put up five
pounds of butter in roll and sent
It to o. e. Reed, professor OF dairy
husbandry at the college.
The butter was judged for flavor,
texture, color, salt and package, and
found almost perfect. But the
Judges believed Mrs. Child used
little too much artificial coloring.
Mrs. Child laughed when she was
told that the judges took some
points off her butter on account OF
it's high color.
That's funny" she said. THE
fact is l did not use any coloring
at all in that butter. My cows were
pasturing on the green wheat and
that high color was the natural
color green wheat imparts to the
butter. There are times in the
year, when my cows are on dry feed
when / use a little artificial color,
a dandelion color. reckon II had
been there to have told the judges
that, l would have got a score of
100 on my butter"
Mrs. Child has four pure bred
Jerseys and one which is one-half
Jersey. From those five cows she
makes an average of 2S pounds of
butter week. She sells 1t to fam
lilies in Manchester and when she
has any left over the hotel in that
town takes It.
SIN the first place." said Mrs.
Child, "it is important to milk ale
ways at the same hour morning and
night and never miss milking. When
the cows are accustomed to be
MIXED at a certain hour their milk
will be just right and perfect ut
that hour for taking away and will
give the best results.
y ..AnOther important thing is @to
always have your hands clean and
the cows teats clean and, above all
TO have every utensil that is touch
ed by the milk, cream or butter,
clean. That is the
most important Of all. never even
touch rag to one of my utensils.
Some farm women laugh at me for !,
this But ] say that no matter how
clean a rag or cloth is 1t is never
clean, there are always germs on
It. And those germs will get into
the cream or butter.
IL cleanse with scalding water
always, as scalding hot as fire will 7
make 1t. And then let the utensils
drain dry. That kills every germ
and washes away every particle of
dirt.
''As soon as I have finished milk
ing / run the milk through the sep
arator. The cream l put in a stone
Jar, never in tin. place this jar
On the back of the stove where 1t
will warm gently and l stir it every
few hours till it sours just right.
Now l can't tell you just how to
know when it has soured to just
the right flavor. tell that by my