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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February ify 
Live Stockand Dairy 
FARM BUTTER. 
How I Make It and How I Sell It. 
Part I. 
Buttermaking on the Farm, by the 
farmer or head of the house, judging 
from comments made by tile Mope Farm 
man and others, appears to be a new 
“wrinkle.” Is it an unwritten law that 
the kitchen is the place and the wife the 
buttermaker? A harnessmaker by trade, 
owing to failing eyesight, I left trade and 
town and moved to the Tarm I am now 
living on, when I was on the shady side 
of 30. In town I worked at my trade and 
my wife at hers (that of housekeeping). 
No, she never helped at harnessmaking; 
on the contrary in those times when 
.children were small and somewhat numer- 
,ous, hired help high-priced and hard to 
■get. there were days when work piled up 
jin the house rapidly and on coming from 
the shop in the evening I was at once 
pressed into service. Since we are on the 
farm, wife still continues at her trade, 
while I have changed to farming, and 
buttermaking I look upon as belonging to 
the farmer’s profession. 
Tools and Essentials. —As it seems 
such an unusual thing to you and others, 
to hear of a man who makes butter in¬ 
stead of letting his wife do it, you will 
probably want to hear how he does it. 
It is generally conceded that good butter 
cannot be made from impure, tainted, un¬ 
wholesome milk, hence the man who 
makes his own butter and has a reputa¬ 
tion to establish and maintain for his 
product, will be sure that the milk (the 
foundation) for butter is clean, pure, from 
healthy cows properly fed and nourished. 
I have no separator or butterworker, nor 
the many other “new-fangled” contrap¬ 
tions the average dairy writer so delights 
to dwell and enlarge upon. An old fogy? 
Well, not exactly, for I believe that sepa¬ 
rators and many of those new inventions 
are almost essential when one desires to 
make gilt-edge butter. But separator and 
other dairy utensils cost a whole lot of 
money, a commodity usually very scarce 
on a farm where you are paying off the 
mortgage. Not being able to get all those 
Cooling Tank.— My ice or milk-cooling 
tank is not a thing of beauty; it has, how¬ 
ever, the advantage of being cheap, and 
answers my purpose as well as a lumdred- 
dollar affair. I bought a store box of 
suitable dimensions for 15 cents; this I 
put down cellar, and put about 12 inches 
deep of sawdust on the bottom of it. I 
put into this box a large barrel, costing 
50 cents, top of which I cut off, leaving 
barrel just high enough for my cans to 
set into. Sawdust is packed solid all 
around, in a space of about eight inches. 
A hose attached to force pump outdoors 
carries cold water to this barrel. To 
change the water we let run into cellar 
drain, that empties outdoors away from 
the house. Throwing chunks of ice into 
the cold water I can keep my milk and 
cream in it sweet almost indefinitely, and 
very cheaply. 
Churning. — I churn three times a week. 
After skimming milk I strain cream 
through cloth strainer into the cream can, 
mixing cream every time I pour fresh 
cream in with the old (this can I always 
keep submerged in ice water). In the 
[evening I start to ripen cream for next 
day’s churning. Cream is now perfectly 
sweet, and ice cold. I warm it to a tem- 
'perature of about 70 degrees. Buttermilk 
saved from last churning, about one gal¬ 
lon to every five of cream, is now added 
as a starter 1 . During the evening and 
the following morning I stir this cream 
several times, keeping it about the same 
temperature as above stated. When ready 
to churn I reduce temperature to about 
00 degrees. At this time I find the cream 
thick, not lumpy or like liver, it has a 
consistency of thick paint, very smooth 
and velvety, a little acid, but not yet sour. 
Lifting the lid off the can emits an aroma 
at once unusualF pleasant, which perme¬ 
ates the whole room, a nutty sweet odor, 
I am simply unable properly to describe 
it. The minute it enters my nostrils I am 
sure of butter my customers will appreci¬ 
ate. Pouring cream into churn I add a 
little butter color (pleasing your custom¬ 
er’s eye is quite as important as to tickle 
his palate) and about a half hour’s churn¬ 
ing will bring butter in granular state 
from under which I draw off buttermilk 
(saving enough for a starter for next 
churning). j. H. bollinger. 
Ohio. 
SLOANS 
^LINIMENT 
CURES [ 5 0c. and $1 .OO. l 
Swine Disease 
s^Hog Cholera 
Send for Circular with Directions. 
Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 Albany St.,Boston,Mass. 
KENTUCKY JACK FARM. 
A fine lot of big Black well-bred 
KENTUCKY JACKS, also Im¬ 
ported Sl’ANISH JACKS, 
selected by me personally from 
the very best breeds of Jacks in 
Spain. We furnish a certificate 
of pedigree with each Imported 
Jack. Come and see me or write 
for prices. I can please you. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Ky. 
KENTUCKY JACKS 
AND STALLIONS. 
One hundred head of 
Jacks, Jennets, Saddle, Trotting 
and Pacing Stallions and some nice 
Poland China Hogs, We won more 
premiums on Jacks than all other 
breeders combined at Ky. State Fair 
1905. Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
Branch barn for jacks, Marlon, Kansas. 
Shetland Ponies 
tine 
—50 head from $90 up. 
Black 42-inch team, beati- 
'lu vi on min 
UjUERNSEY BULL CALVES from two to ten 
months old; line individually and best of breed¬ 
ing. AV. A. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
All ages and sexes, son of Lord 
Premier, No. 50001, the $1,500 Boar, at head of herd. 
Send for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Conn. 
niTROC-JERSEY PIGS and BRED SOWS. All 
stock eligible to registry. Write for prices. Ad¬ 
dress A. B. WOODHULL, Wading River, N. Y. 
Berkshire Pigs, Shropshire Ewes, Collie Females, W. 
Holland Turkeys. Buff Orpington Cockerels, B.Rocks. 
liens ami Cokrls. All Mtock strictly pure. W. A. Luthers, Lack, Pa 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. 
F. J. SCH WARTZ, East Pharsalia, N. Y. 
leg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money If not satisfactory. Reg 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
H'alf. Hamilton A-Co.. Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
R EGist'd Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire. Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
\ anti Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
Collie Dogs and a variety of 
Poultry. Come see my 
stock and make your own 
_ ,,. , . selections. Send 2c statnn 
Fancy ol Eureka 130891 for New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, l’enna 
—Shorthorn Cattle and 
Tunis Sheep. W. I. 
WOOD, Williamsport, O. 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
From Registered and Record Stock. ALFALFA 
SOIL from lots that have raised alfalfa for the past 
five years. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius. New York. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them, lib to select from. Animals of both sexes 
at.d all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves, 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Nesbanie. N. J 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manof 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices oa 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
Star Farm Holsteins. 
$20,000 in Registered Holstein Cows 
Service bulls, heifers and calves to be sold within 
the next 30 days. Unprecedented sale. Unprece¬ 
dented prices. The Chance of a Lifetime. 
Illustrated Circulars Sent Free. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Dept. D. Cortland, N. Y. 
IT’S A FACT 
That we now have more young cows of milking age 
than we can possibly stable this coming Winter. 
They are bred to such bulls as DeKol 2d's Butter 
Boy 3d, Beryl Wayne’s Paul DeKol, and the imported 
bull Karel Bos 1st, PRIZE and CHAMPION at the 
New York State Fair. We will make a reduction in 
price in all lines. This is an opportunity you should 
not overlook. Send for further particulars and folder. 
THE STEVENS HERD. Established 1876. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON. 
Brookside Stock Farm, Lacona, N. Y. 
CL Kac ji 
2 Sows bred to farrow in March, price.$35 
5 Gilts bred to farrow In March, price. ... 25 
1 Herd Boar. 2 years old. 25 
1/ Months Boar. 15 
Pigs 5 months old, price. $l6tol2 
CUMBERLAND FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
BEDlfCUIDE COVUC a few good ones 
DCniVOmm: dUYVOi cheap from my im¬ 
ported boar and well bred (lams. R. F. SHANNON, 
907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
ENG. BERKSHIRE SWINE 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
All of the Very Highest Quality. 
If you desire the best to be had at a reasonable price, write us 
at once, stating just what you want. We guarantee perfect 
satisfaction to every customer who trusts us with an order. 
E. H. KNAPP & SON, - FABIUS, N. Y. 
plunge can into cold water. I use the dasher 
opportunities and privileges at hand, and 
am enabled to make butter the year 
around, that may be would not, judged 
by one of those expert scientific judges, 
score as many points as separator butter 
would, but going to the consumer with it, 
it scores 100 points and that is sufficient] 
for me. The utensils 1 use may he summed 
up as follows: Milk pails, deep setting 
cans, 20 inches deep, eight inches diameter, 
holding about five gallons; a cream can, 
a barrel churn, a thermometer, a good 
root brush, plenty of cloth strainers and a 
large bowl and ladle. 
Care of Milk. —I strain into those five- 
gallon cans above referred to, and at once 
plunge can into cold water I use the dasher 
from a dasher churn to facilitate cooling 
and aerating milk by plunging it up and 
down those long cans several times ; 
when milk is cold I put on the lid of the 
can, hermetically sealing It and submerge 
in ice water. After 12 hours I skim by 
drawing the milk from under the cream, 
and I tell you that milk is pretty blue, and 
little if any cream left in it. When the 
weather is cold with plenty snow and ice 
for cooling material, this system of cream¬ 
ing is almost perfect. In warm weather 
1 found it faulty; however, I have over¬ 
come the difficulty cheaply and effectively. 
In the town where I do my marketing, 
not over 20 rods from the road on my way 
going home is an artificial ice plant; here 
I can buy from 200 to 300 pounds of odd 
chunks and pieces of ice for 25 cents. 
This ice is not salable from the wagons, 
owing to the fact that folks want square 
pieces to fit their refrigerators, hence I can 
get it so cheaply. 
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