MANGATOKI BUTTER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

MANGATOKI BUTTER.

s'/; j' :; iOT-;A'%qGKESsiyE; MANAGEE. ;■ V ' - :";:|r-;SGMETHII!fG•: ABOUTf MOISTOTE.; > ■'.-''"■?.' Eachvsucceeding,'" dairying, season . finds the v .''.genial-')manager -of - : -the' 'Maiiga'toki■; Co-opera-: i i -, tive Dairy; Company (Mr. ;C. Cooper) with somo ■■■ new, scheme,matured.-in.connectioli 'with:.:iis v ; factory and'-tho'.'raanufacture'of dairy.produco, i ...' (says • tho.'.'"Hawera::Star.-') ■' For.' three, years: ~ :'■■ 'past,th'a-.company.,has % turned v out.pasteurised. ; ; ■'buttef > t;,and-'-- J last';';seasoh was''rewarded; '- by : t. eecurirJg'a'-higherfp'rice-.forfio'mo^of'their oiit- ■■': put thaniho High Commissioner's cable Quoted ' '": .as thV'ruling: rate 3. '-"Abaut a: , yo l ar;. i ago'.:Mr.,' ■ ".Cooper --adopted, a 'schemo.. of "analysing, each , .-. i.ehurning of';butter,-:so-:''a3; to iascertain;;. tho ! '■■.-! amount .of Vmoisture ..included.:- .These .-..opera-j'.tions-.were' quite successful, carried- < ...out under radverso, conditions-in'the factory ■• •'/. .bnHdings.'»Dumng-. the;", off ".'season; a. do-.. ■tached. milt-testing; and -analysing room has \ '.been erected,: which is -fitted' with-.every con- .-' ...:venieiico;-for laboratory, practice. For. milk- ;.;- testing-, purposes Mcelleht. ; fittings afe-arfanged -' ■.so as :to ensure, cleanliness, and a new !35- ; bottle .tester has :bcen-. installed.' The benches ; and-.walls within tho building :havo ; a -cover-. '-.- ing-'of eternit; a material "similar to asbes- :; tos. Therois;.probably no factory in: the Do- ;■ .minion with:-':a laboratory , ■ ;the chemists.-balanceVitijglass'.'case 'for ; weigh-. ;■: ;-ing purposes'being quite.as good.as the Gov-. .; "ernraent have at Moturoa,:which is used for i ',: .a;similar;purpose as-.tho.'oho-'at Mangatoki— ; ':" to-ascertain .'the' water ''content. : . ;. .; .':'' We want to control the manufacture so'as ; .'■"■'' to .have a uniform-quality,";; said Mr.,. Cooper. ■ ■'•■■ 'to; a reporter. ?. " There "are 'several; causes of. i :'.- variation ;ih tho butter, -andramong:'theso aro' , V" the wash : water, washing-of the ; churn, and tho , temporature,: oither of.whioh-would; affect' tho, water .content of tho..butter.",:,: '-• .;■.. ;. \ ,'■'• As a result of;oxporiinent3,';Mr;'Cobpor"jf6nnd ' -'. moisture as ' •its water content .would melt' on a .summer's ." -day,;..bat..the butter with;lo "per cent, incor- i ; porated; would; remain",firm. ;-.The latter'.'.was, '. : also far: mor'o [pliable in'cooler iveathcr. This ". ■was why ,the:lß;per cjont.-of.moisture:butter ■was a.far",better".articlotfor.-commerciarpur- i ■poses.';';;.:;'::'-;.;,: -A~.:y,'A':A'. : \ ■ . .;.:.' i ,-.;-.,■; "I '-am not'advocating,; putting -in .10 per 1 ,': 'cent./', continued,;Mr, : 'Copper,.; ,'-I; advopato ' '"■'.':Miper cent.' with pasteurised butter, as I havo < ■'found' the '.'keep 'bolter .-'than ,with i 'a'los3 amount. "Butter-'paSteufiscd should con- ' .: : tain 12 to.-l-i.'per :cent.; .and unpaGteurisod— I ;a r different altogether—should, contain : . about:'ll-;;or .12' for keeping qualities. ..But , the moisture. mußt; ,bevproperly ■ incorporated in ;the-butter, not;,the free; moisture butter v .that-shows.'weeping.; 'water...'can -be '-Been on tlie.outside ,'6f:,fhe butter that is-free , /moisture,. and' generally -there, is less' .watercontent in this kind' of butter.. Butter that ] : 'Containß;l6-.per cont.'-of.moisture, if the mois- ' . ture be:properly incorporatcd,'.w6uld']ook prac- : :':tically s dry; ,'.To '.look'-at -it through a - strong 1 r *glass the "outside 'would appear; to be covered J "-with ,a'kind:-of .fog;: The. tactpries"put water i ' in - the butter ,'in past .years 'so ios ■to ''get peo-. 1 v pie to'buy;it.-: If'the-'butter'contain insufii- J cient'moisture it>.-is;.very. difficult-l.to .spread. 1 ': in: tho.-winter. -.-'.That y. is;. why.: : the;,Denmark i .•'; pcciplo rnnde"Vthe'"-16 : per-ccnt: ; article; iif was : :more pliable in winter,; and-.,it was a' spr.ead- ' :; »ble butter 'in"the summef.".'■■-. - ..!