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Buell : Thought a wrong impression had been cre¬ 
ated about the use of the thermometer. Thought good 
butter could not be made without the use of the thermom¬ 
eter. He would stick up for the thermometer, first and last. 
In winter we need it to know when to start our churn ; you 
all know how it is. He had made good butter at 85 and 
90°. When he knew how the mercury stood then he was 
all right to go ahead. He thought it a veiy impoitant 
aid in butter-making. 
Bingham : Said he wanted to make an explanation. 
He didn’t mean that we should do without the thermom¬ 
eter, but that we needed experience as well. 
Buell : Had seen butter made without working, just 
as good as that made by working. His rule was, as soon 
as the cream began to slush, thus denoting that the butter 
had come, he put into the churn a pail of watei. This 
helped the butter to gather quicker. As soon as the butter 
became fairly separated, and looked like granules of sugar, 
he quit churning. You spoil butter when you chum too 
much. Draw out in ordinary manner. He got the butter 
in lumps the right size, then drained the butter all it would 
drain. To a sixty-pound churning he then adds one pail of 
strong brine, turns it, and then puts in another lot of brine; 
and usually, if it is strong enough, you can pack the 
butter at once. He remembered one time that he thought 
he hadn’t salt enough in, and found the fresh aroma de¬ 
stroyed. He used Hanson’s coloring; others were good. 
Used Higgins’ salt, because it was more easily dissolved 
than Onondago. He had used another brand. Wanted 
a salt that was easily dissolved. You could see by his 
mode of making butter that it must dissolve easily. 
