84 How to Make Creamery Butter on the Farm 



depending on how much gets in. If the milk is fla- 

 vored, the butter will be also. 



Dirt and barn odors which get into the milk at 

 milking time are one of the chief causes of poor butter ; 

 therefore do all you can to avoid them. 



Care of the Stable. 



In order to make the best butter you must start 

 with the stable itself. This should be kept as clean 

 as possible at all times, and particular care taken to 

 clean it and bed down the stalls half an hour or more 

 before milking time. If possible the bedding should 

 be sprinkled with water to lay the dust. It will not be 

 necessary to make it wet; just a slight sprinkling will 

 be sufficient. 



When cows are kept in crowded and unclean stables 

 with but little fresh air, sanitary milk cannot be ex- 

 pected. 



When kept under unsanitary conditions for any 

 length of time the animals become unhealthy, and even 

 where they themselves are not diseased, the milk as 

 soon as drawn absorbs the unclean atmosphere of the 

 stable, which readily spoils it for either domestic or 

 commercial purposes. 



The liquid and solid excrements of the stable are 

 teeming with various fermentive bodies. The air is 

 rilled with dust particles which contain ferment and 

 fermentable substances, and as soon as the milk is 

 drawn it is contaminated. 



In order to keep the stable in a wholesome condi- 

 tion, a liberal amount of bedding and absorbents 

 should be used. In localities where straw cannot be 

 obtained, sawdust, shavings, peat and other materials 



