. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. Agriculture. MILK AND ITS CARE. 191 The best coloring used in butter is made from annotto, a vegetable product, and is entirely harmless. There can be no objection to color- ing butter, as it deceives no one and pleases the eye of the consumer. Butter without artificial coloring is almost unsalable in most markets durinof the winter months. The colorine-matter is added to the cream before churnine- The coloring-matter is dissolved in an oil which unites with the fat of the butter and does not color the buttermilk. II. Kinds of Churns. A l
. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. Agriculture. MILK AND ITS CARE. 191 The best coloring used in butter is made from annotto, a vegetable product, and is entirely harmless. There can be no objection to color- ing butter, as it deceives no one and pleases the eye of the consumer. Butter without artificial coloring is almost unsalable in most markets durinof the winter months. The colorine-matter is added to the cream before churnine- The coloring-matter is dissolved in an oil which unites with the fat of the butter and does not color the buttermilk. II. Kinds of Churns. A large number of churns have been invented, but none is better suited for the small dairy than the common barrel churn (Fig. 47). Churns with dashes, or other means of agitating the cream violently, are objectionable, on account of loss in churnincr and effect upon the quality of butter. Within recent years a new type of churn, called " com- 1 . 1 1 , 1 M I-'IC. 47.—BARREL CHURN. bmed churn and worker. Adapted for farm use. has been put on the market. These churns are now used almost exclusively in large butter factories, and in many dairies. As the name indicates, this machine churns the cream, and later works the butter in the same 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 Jackson, Caroline Ruth, 1871- [from old catalog]; Daugherty, Millie (Crum) "Mrs. L. S. Daugherty," 1859- joint author. [from old catalog]. New York, O. Judd company
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