ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 331 



Stores, but they can be procured from any of the leading dairy 

 supply houses. A float or glass thermometer is preferable to 

 the metal backed style, as they are much easier to keep clean. 



Scales. — A scale is very convenient for dairy purposes as 

 well as for other household work. They can be purchased from 

 hardware merchants or from the dairy supply houses. 



Parchment Paper. — Print butter should always be wrapped 

 in parchment paper of good quality, and it will add to the at- 

 tractiveness of the package if the name of the farm or dairy, 

 and the address of the proprietor, are neatly printed on each 

 wrapper. Many dairy buttermakers seem to forget that the mer- 

 chant who buys their butter m.ust resell it, and that the appear- 

 ance of the butter has much to do with a customer's decision in 

 buying. No one cares to buy a slovenly package of butter, 

 for it is fairly safe inference that if the outside of the butter 

 looks clean and attractive the inside will be all right, and vice 

 versa. 



To get the best results in farm dairy work — 



(1) Keep good cows, 



(2) Feed them liberally, 



(3) Keep them comfortable and clean when in the stable, 



(4) Skim a rich cream, 



(5) Keep the cream cool, 



(6) Churn at the temperature that will give a flaky granule 

 in the butter, 



(7) Use clean pure water for washing butter, not more 

 than three degrees colder or warmer than the butter- 

 milk, 



(8) Put the butter up in neat, clean, attractive packages. 



(9) Keep everything in and about the dairy clean and at- 

 tractive. 



