66 Butter — Experiments, SfC, 
This may be made self-feeding, by setting a funnel-shaped box 
■within, the small end reaching down to within half an inch of 
the bottom. The size or capacity may be varied according to the 
number of fowls kept. The foregoing is calculated for about one 
hundred fowls. 
BUTTER.— EXPERIMENTS, &c. 
BY C. N. BEMENT. 
[Written for the January No. of the Genesee Farmer.] 
Butter is one of the staple productions of our State, and every 
hint that serves to improve its quality or increase its quantity 
must be useful. According to the returns of the late census in 
1845, the amount of butter made in the same year was 79,501,- 
733 lbs., which at 12^ cts. per lb., and which is a fair average 
price, yields $9,937,716— only $2,114,877 less than the produce 
of the wheat crop of that year. This amount might be greatly 
increased, if more attention was paid to the manufacture, and a 
better article sent to market. As it now comes, not more than 
one half of the quantity is fit for the table, and some of it entirely 
unfit for any culinary purpose whatever. This should not be. 
There are various methods of making butter, and there is cer- 
tainly a vast difference in its quality. One cause of this difference 
may be ascribed to the herbage or food upon which the cows are 
fed, the breed of cows, or the season; but more generally in the 
management. Every one imagines their method best, and are too 
wise to learn. 
Being very fond of good butter ourselves, many experiments 
were tried while residing on the farm, and the following rules 
were finally settled on: 
First: Cleanliness must be strictly observed in everything ap- 
pertaining thereto, firom the milking of the cow to the packing of 
the butter. All the utensils must be sweet and free from any taint 
or smell. 
