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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1 90 i 



Burpee's 



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How to Make Gilt-Edged Butter 



THE difference between first-class butter 

 and the unmentionable stuff which the 

 country storekeeper is too often compelled 

 to take "in trade" is only the matter of 

 observing a few simple precautions and 

 the purchase of a few inexpensive tools. 

 Absolute cleanliness is the first consideration 

 but one on which few care to be advised. 

 Keeping cream at the proper temperature 

 and ripening it just right is probably next 

 in importance. Where the amount of cream 

 is large enough to make daily churnings 

 practical it is simple enough but where few 

 cows are kept it becomes more serious. 



Under no circumstances would I be with- 

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 only two cows. One will not only richly 

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 principal as well in a short time. And 

 while using it you have the satisfaction of 

 knowing that you are getting all the cream 

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Where cream must be held for several 

 days to collect a sufficient amount for churn- 

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 held at a temperature of between 40- and 

 50 degrees; each succeeding mess should 

 not be added at once but cooled to the same 

 temperature first. When added the mixture 

 must be slowly but thoroughly stirred to 

 secure an even mixture. 



When a sufficient amount of cream for 

 a churning has been collected it should be 

 held at a temperature of about 70 degrees 

 for from twelve to twenty-four hours 

 to "ripen it" or, in other words, to allow 

 the lactic acid bacteria to develop. Just 

 how far this process should proceed is large- 

 ly a mater of experience and judgment. 

 The cream should have a mildly acid taste 

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 smell. The use of pure culture starters 

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When properly ripened the cream must be 

 immediately cooled to churning temperature 

 and churned. This temperature varies with- 

 in reasonable limits, running from about 

 58 degrees in the heat of summer to 68 degrees 

 in winter. It is also affected to a less degree by 

 the breed of cows and the advancement of 

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The form of churn is important ; avoid the 

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 as it suffices to bring the butter in a reasonable 

 time, the better the product. My personal 

 preference for a small dairy where the work 

 must be done by hand is an elliptical bodied 

 swinging churn which has absolutely no 

 "inside works" to be cleaned. It is also 

 the easiest to operate. My next choice 

 would be one of the revolving churns, either 



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