THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



For private customers it is better to make 

 up butter in pound prints, which should be 

 placed on a flat board, or dish, and set on 

 ice to harden, and then be wrapped in dairy 

 paper. Keep in a dark, cold place until 

 shipped. 



In the summer our butter all goes to a sub- 

 urban town 12 miles nearer New York City, 

 so Sidney drives over twice a week. In the 

 winter we supply four families in the city, but 

 then there is no trouble about packing it with 

 the eggs, as the boxes we use are made to hold 

 either six or twelve dozen eggs two dozen in 

 each tray. The removal of one tray makes 

 room for four pounds of butter. 



It is impossible to really teach butter mak- 

 ing by description. The foregoing hints 

 should enable anyone possessed of gumption 

 to acquire the knowledge, which is only to be 

 collected from actual experience. The small 

 dash churn, and the method appropriate for 

 the family cow, should be the primary course, 

 and is detailed in "A Self-Supporting 



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