1007. 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
5 
A POUND OF BUTTER. 
Pakt IV. 
We left the 41 pounds of separator 
cream in the barrel churn at a tempera¬ 
ture of 60 degrees. While Mr. Ackerman 
turned the churn his wife prepared for the 
butter. About 20 minutes were required 
for churning. Mrs. Ackerman pronounced 
it a little over-churned, for the churn 
should have been stopped when the little 
granules which form from the cream were 
about the size of buckshot. She used 
more cold water to separate the butter¬ 
milk and harden the butter. It might 
seem like an easy task to a watcher to 
handle and print the mass of soft gold 
which the churn now contained, but I saw 
more and more how, back of each quick 
and sure touch were years of practice and 
observation. 
The first operation was to let off the 
buttermilk. Opening a plug at the bottom 
of the churn permitted it to flow out into 
a pail. The small amount of fat which 
ran out with it was skimmed and put 
back into the churn. Then Mrs. Acker¬ 
man started to wash out the buttermilk 
which would not run off in this way. 
Cold water was poured into the churn 
which was then rocked back and forth 
with a peculiar jerking motion which 
tumbled the mass of butter about and 
soaked the water all through it. This was 
repeated several times the water running 
from each rinsing a little clearer than be¬ 
fore and the mass of butter becoming drier. 
The weather was cold outside and tjic 
room to the dairy had been left open too 
long, so that the temperature was lower 
than it should have been, still by skillful 
handling Mrs. Ackerman finally got the 
butter to a condition clean and dry enough 
to suit her. Some of tliesc exact con¬ 
ditions could have been decided by chem¬ 
ical tests, but long experience will enable 
a fust-class butter maker to decide accu¬ 
rately by touch, taste or smell. Probably 
one starting to do these things by chemi¬ 
cal test would in time get so that he 
would depend largely upon the eve. 
'flic butter was now dry and open in 
the churn and it w r as time to add the 
salt. It was intended to add 1 ’/ ounce 
of salt to the pound of butter. Mrs. 
Ackerman glanced at the mass of butter 
and said it would make 26 pounds, so 
about 40 ounces of salt were used. The 
butter actually made 26 pound prints with 
nearly half a pound over! The salt was 
scattered into the churn dropping it over 
the butter. First a small quantity would 
be dropped in and then the churn was 
rocked back and forth with a motion that 
threw the butter from side to side. Then 
more salt was added and the rocking 
operation repeated. At the end the salt 
was evidently mixed all through the mass 
while the butter was in better condition 
than if the salt had been stirred in with 
a spoon or a ladle. When the salt was 
thoroughly mixed the work of the churn 
was ended and the butter was ready to 
work and print. 
The only object of working butter is to 
squeeze out the remaining buttermilk and 
finish mixing the salt. The butter worker 
used works on the principle of a (luted 
roller under which the fiat slab of butter 
is run back and forth thus squeezing out 
the moisture and working in the salt. Be¬ 
fore starting to take the butter out of 
the churn Mrs. Ackerman thoroughly, 
soaked the wooden worker, paddle and 
printer with boiling water. I he object of 
this is to sterilize the wood, as the hot 
water will destroy germs, and to (ill the 
wood with water so that it will not absorb 
fat when handling the butter. Yet, of 
course it would never do to put the butter 
directly upon this hot wood, so ii is soaked 
with cold water until it is as low in tem¬ 
perature or lowei than the butter. When 
all this was done Mrs. Ackerman began 
taking the butter from the churn. She 
used a ladle or skimmer for this purpose 
taking part of the butter at a time, flat¬ 
tening it out on the worker and running 
it hack and forth under the fluted wheel 
six or eight times. She could tell by its 
appearance just when it was worked 
enough; this is a part of the business 
where experience must decide. As I have 
said the dairy room was colder that day 
than it should have been and extra judg¬ 
ment was required on that account. 
As soon as the working was satisfactory 
pieces of parchment paper were laid on a 
clean table and printing began. For this 
a small wooden box with a movable top 
which could be pressed down by a screw 
was used. This box was pushed down 
upon the mass of butter until it was 
crowded full. The bottom was scraped 
off evenly and the full box placed on one 
of the pieces of parchment paper. Then 
by pressing with the screw and making 
a quick movement the box or printer was 
taken off, leaving a block of butter with 
a neat print at the top. The paper was 
then wrapped neatly around the block of 
•butter and it was ready to be sold and 
eaten—the pure fat with no dirt or filth 
mixed through it. Some questions have 
been asked about the barn and cattle 
which will be answered next week. 
_ H. w. c. 
Breeding Interests have been ill a standstill 
(ln> pnsl. year. The prospect now looks Del 
lor, and the Congressional stlr-up will In the 
end do good. What we need most. Is trade 
relations with those nations who need and 
use* onr cheaper grade of meals; we are not 
suffering now on our better grades, they al¬ 
ways lake care of themselves, but our mis- 
Ills are In need and much more so since I he 
Investigation. j. w. martin. 
Gotham, VV'Is. 
.| A \ir W e Give This Roll Seat Kockcr 
WUn VDIT'IT' 
l» fully ex- mV r > r > 
plained In 
our big catalog' showing 1000 Other 
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tracts,Grocery Sundries, 
Tea, QolTee, linking Pow¬ 
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Products,etc.direct, from 
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sample cake of soap, for 
test. Tells how the house¬ 
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throughout wii.iionteost. 
CROFTS OX. REED 
BUY SEEDS FROM 
THE GROWER 
Very few seeds reach the gardener with¬ 
out. passing through three or four hands. 
This adds to their cost, without improving 
their quality. Wo raiso a largo part of 
tho seeds wo soil and know all about 
them -wo know they are fresh and good. 
COST LESS. When you lmy our homo 
grown seeds you pay only one profit and 
that a small one. 
BETTER QUALITY. By keeping a 
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fluidity of our seeds up to a high stand¬ 
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OUR SPECIALTIES. Improved 
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JOSEPH HARRIS CO. 
Moroton Farm, COLDWATER, N. Y. 
WALLACE INVINCIBLE 
ENGINE POWER SPRAYER 
One of our sixteen styles. We build the 
largest line of Power Sprayers in tho 
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Champaign, III. 
HEAVY WIRE FENCE 
Write BOND STKICl, PONT OO.. Adrian, Midi. 
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Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body 
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Over 75.000 
labor-saving, 
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at wholosalo pricos 
tho following goods 
In small (junutltlos 
as well as largo: 
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19 CHATHAM Bqu.kio:. K.Ubll.h.il IMIII. NKW YOIU CITY 
The Oldest l>liiiI Onl<-r House in Ainerleit 
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any repair work or bulld- 
n ITi 
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ANTI-RUST FENCE 
Wo mall anmpln* ’for 
tasting and dcllvor good. 
I'KKK of charge any¬ 
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FOSTORIA, OHIO. 
FENCE Made 
Murio of High Carbon bOllotl wlro. Wo 
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Wo pay all frolKht. Catalog hIiowh M7 
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Box L’tKI. WINCHESTER, INDIANA 
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You needn’t bo afraid If you 
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hff- 
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r —A wlro faura ii«©da 
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W. Pay 
Fr.lght 
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IT 
BEFORE YOU 
BUY 
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ifzli 
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