Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . as one drives along country roads; but in their place maybe found the bright faces of the women-folks, who rejoice over the revolu-tion of modern dairying. Here is an example of this radical change in the system of making butter:Northern Vermont has always been a region of large butter production
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . as one drives along country roads; but in their place maybe found the bright faces of the women-folks, who rejoice over the revolu-tion of modern dairying. Here is an example of this radical change in the system of making butter:Northern Vermont has always been a region of large butter production. , in Franklin County, is the natural business centre. During the mid-dle of the century the country-made butter came to this town to market everyTuesday from miles around. The average weekly supply was 30 to 40 was very varied in quality, was sampled and classified with much laborand expense, placed in three grades — prime, fair, and poor — and forwardedto the Boston market, two hundred miles distant. During twenty-five yearsending in 1875, 65,000,000 lbs., valued at $ 20,00,0, passed through this littletown. All of this was dairy butter made upon a thousand or two differentfarms, in as many churns. In 1881, the first creamery was built in this. 256 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX1 CENTURY county. Now, the Franklin County Creamery Company, located at St. Albans,has fifty-odd skimming stations distributed through this and adjoining coun-ties. To them is carried the milk from 30,000 cows or more, and the separatedcream is sent by rail to the central factory, where from ten to twelve tonsof butter are made every day. A single churning room for the whole county !All of this butter is of standard quality, and sold on its reputation upon ordersfrom distant points received in advance of its manufacture. The price isrelatively higher than the average for the product of the same farms fiftyyears ago. In one respect dairy labor is the same as a hundred years ago.
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