. Dairy farming. Dairying; Cattle. 188 DAIRY FARMING. when the cream is from cows far advanced in the stage of lactation and generally during the season when dry feeds are fed exclusively. Under these conditions the fat itself is hard, the fat globules small, and the amount of casein in the milk large. All these con- ditions combine to make churning difficult. If a cream separator is in use, the trouble may be partly removed by mixing the cream while still sweet with three or four times its volume of warm water Fig. 57. â The most widely used, and and running this mixture most satisfactory chu


. Dairy farming. Dairying; Cattle. 188 DAIRY FARMING. when the cream is from cows far advanced in the stage of lactation and generally during the season when dry feeds are fed exclusively. Under these conditions the fat itself is hard, the fat globules small, and the amount of casein in the milk large. All these con- ditions combine to make churning difficult. If a cream separator is in use, the trouble may be partly removed by mixing the cream while still sweet with three or four times its volume of warm water Fig. 57. â The most widely used, and and running this mixture most satisfactory churn for farm use. through the separator. This affects the flavor of the butter somewhat, but makes the churning easier by removing part of the casein. 177. Churns and Churning. For farm use nothing is better than the ordinary barrel churn without any inside fixtures. Large farm dairies can advanta- geously use a small-sized com- bined churn and worker. The cream should be strained into the churn through a wire or hair fig. 58. â Combined churn strainer to remove particles of ^^^ ^^"t^ '7^^^^' adapted for 'â use on the farm where large curd, which if not removed show amounts of butter are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eckles, C. H. (Clarence Henry), 1875-1933; Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938, joint author. New York, The Macmillan company


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