A FEW HINTS HOW TO MAKE GOOD BUTTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 123, 1 April 1879, Page 2

A FEW HINTS HOW TO MAKE GOOD BUTTER.

[BY J, H. MONEAD,] I have no doubt several poisons will exclaim " why, to make butter is an easy matter!" as a townsman said the other day—" "Why don't you settlers make some butter and cheese in your spare time 1" That " spare time," which we all know is rather scarce with the settlers, is just what ruins the butter. Butter, to bo good, must be one and all in the mind of the dairyman, commencing at the milking, and ending at the sending off. A settler that will turn out good butter must first of get a special room, or two for dairy purposes. As a rule too little is spent in the necessary outbuildings. I need not go into particulars about this important point, jis I believe we have yet to wait a good while before there is any fear of " overfeeding" the cows on certain (to the butter) injurious aliments, such as oil-cake, mash, vetch, rape-seed, cake, turnip leaves, not to speak of the offal from sugar factories, which, in spite of the £IO,OOO, is not likely to be plentiful as yet. I take it then for granted, that the cow's feed consists in English grasses, or hay made from them. I will here take the opportunity strongly to recommend the settlers to make a little hay for winter use. It will greatly increase the yield of milk, and grazing capacity of the land; but look out that tho haymaking is done carefully—that the result bo not " straw" instead of haytake care to keep it dry that it shall not get mouldy. A small quantity given at best in the stockyard or in a half open shed, where the cows can get shelter, will well reward the trouble,

The same is especially applicable to calf' rearing,

I will only en passant, point to the possibility that where the cows are obliged to have resource to the bush for feed the butter may get a bitter taste from some of the leaves, however good they may be foi; fattening bullocks. In the sweet English grasses that seem to thrive so well here, no excuse can be found not to turn out a first-class butter.

Where butter-making shall thrive well, I consider it a necessity not to let the calf suck.

In the stockyard already the most " painful cleanliness" must be observed. If possible, the stockyard must be well gravelled (or better, paved with timber), and roofed in all together, The milkman must carefully wash his hands and the tits of the cow before starting milking. The bucket is washed with the other utensils, whereof later, I must remind the milli man that a kind and patient treatment the cow has a great influence on the yieSar of milk. ? That by not milking' • clean" out to the /> last drop, not only the best of the milk is -f' left, but the cow will gradually lose the milk. Where there are many cows, so that the milk is. left any length of time in thelargo bucket, thishad better be provided with a lid and a strainer. If the yard is muddy, care should be taken that no " splashing" get into the ■ milk. • •' " Try as much as possible to have the' same hours for milking morning and evening./ , ' Remember always to have a bucket of clean water, and a clean rag handy by tho bail. ' ' [To k Continued.]

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