222 



AMERICAN HUSBANDRY. 



the 12th of September, 

 was as follows : 



The amount of products 



20 calves, at $3 each 



400 lbs. butter, at 20 cents per lb. 



500 lbs. do,, at 28 " 



2750 lbs. cheese, at lOi " 



112 lbs. whey butter, at 12i " 

 2000 lbs. of pork, at 81 " 



Milk and cream for 18 persons 



Deduct value of hogs and extra feed 



80 

 140 

 288 75 



14 

 170 



30 



$722 75 



The quantity of butter to each cow was about 47 

 lbs., of cheese 187 1-2 lbs., and the profits of each, 

 without deducting expenses, $42 55. 



CHAPTER XV. 



BUTTER. 



Various Qualities.— Churning. — Working. — Washing. — Salt- 

 ing. — Dutch Butter.— Packing. — Churning Milk. — Process. — 

 Queries and Replies. 



Every dealer in butter knows that the most deci- 

 sive test which can be offered of the skill and neat- 

 ness of the housewife or the dairy-woman, is fur- 

 nished by the quality of the article offered by her 

 in the market. If it is firm, rich, marrowy, and of 

 proper consistence throughout ; free from all specks 

 and impurities ; perfectly divested of the milk, and 

 giving out that peculiar fragrance belonging to sweet 

 and" well-made butter, the seller may be set down as 

 one that understands her business, and the produce 



