. Farm echoes [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. 94 FARM ECHOES. by putting hay or grass in at the other end. When such a labor-saving machine is constructed, and when pipes are laid from country dairies directly to the city resi- dences of families who prefer to be thus supplied with milk, without the aid of railroads or milkmen, then there will be a decided panic in the butter and milk markets. It would be something new for riadame, in her city home a hundred miles away, to ask by telephone for so many pounds of butter, or so many quarts of milk from any cow she might be pleased to selec
. Farm echoes [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. 94 FARM ECHOES. by putting hay or grass in at the other end. When such a labor-saving machine is constructed, and when pipes are laid from country dairies directly to the city resi- dences of families who prefer to be thus supplied with milk, without the aid of railroads or milkmen, then there will be a decided panic in the butter and milk markets. It would be something new for riadame, in her city home a hundred miles away, to ask by telephone for so many pounds of butter, or so many quarts of milk from any cow she might be pleased to select, and have it on her table within a few minutes. Visionary as this may seem, substitute '*a few hours" for *'& few minutes," and my fiction becomes a fact, for a telephone con- nects my farm with the Western Union Telegraph office in the vil- lage, and orders from distant cities, for any of the products of my dairy can thus be immediately executed —by rails, however, not by pipes. The cream is not churned until it has been strained through holes smaller than an ordinary-sized pin would make. Owing to its richness and solidity, it is necessary to force it through. This is done by a pump with double "plungers," the strainer can, at the bottom of which the strainers are attached, being first placed on another can. The butter is thus made all of one con- sistency. To avoid the unnecessary handling of the butter, it is. CKEAM 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 Starr, F. Ratchford (Frederick Ratchford), 1821-1889. New York : Orange Judd
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