Butter Making. 99 



DISCUSSIONS ON MR. FASSETT'S PAPER ON 

 BUTTER MAKING. 



AT MIDDLEBUBY. 



Mr. Douo-las lioped the farmers present would ask Mr. 

 Fassett questions, as he had infonuation Avhich coukl not l)e 

 pressed into the compass of a l^rief paper. 



Dr. Bond asked, what means couhl he used to reguhite 

 the temperature of the milk room. 



Mr. Fassett spoke of the expensive one of havhig- an iee 

 room adjoining, and taking the cool air from that room to 

 the milk room. 



Mr. Douo-las thousrht it made no difference about the tem- 

 perature of the air, ho long as that of the milk was right. 

 This idea of regulating the temperature of the milk room 

 was an old time prejudice, and, like many other prejudices, 

 stood in the way of protitahle improvement. It would 

 astonish any man, as it had the speaker, when the results of 

 slight improvements are tigured out ; the difference in value 

 on the product of twenty cows would amount, at least, to 

 two thousand dollars, between a dairy of average cows, and 

 some dairies of twenty cows that are actually kept in the 

 State. 



Mr Douglas thought the old small pans were the best 

 possible invention to injure the rpiality of the butter ; the 

 deep, large pans were much better to preserve it. 



