HANDLING OF BUTTER AFTER CHURNING. lOIJ 



that instead of applying the water with a hose or 

 dipper they may be soaked in a tank. 



The printer should be as cold or colder than the 

 butter because when the butter is colder than the 

 printer, the outside of the butter is warmed and 

 becomes sticky. This causes it to adhere to the 

 printing machine. When the butter is warmer than 

 the printer it hardens on the sides touching the ma- 

 chine and in this way retains a perfect mould. Ma- 

 chines used for printing butter, whether table print- 

 ers or hand moulders, should not dry out much be- 

 tween the times that they are used, as much drying 

 of the wood causes warping and cracking and this 

 makes a perfect mould impossible. When a printer 

 has dried out much it requires the expenditure of 

 considerable time to soak sufficiently. 



147. Condition of butter for moulding. Butter used 

 for moulding immediately from the churn should be 

 neither hard nor soft, but just firm. When butter 

 is a trifle soft place a piece of ice in the churn, close 

 the cover and allow it to stand for one or one and 

 one-half hours before moulding and it will then be 

 in proper condition for making good prints. When 

 butter is quite firm mould immediately after the 

 working is finished. If butter hardens too much 

 before printing losses are incurred through the ex- 

 pelling of water during packing. 



When butter is moulded or printed directly from 

 the churn it is necessary that great care be taken to 

 have it of the proper firmness; therefore, the tem- 

 peratures during churning and working must be 

 carefully adjusted. 



