DANISH BUTTER.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 143, 6 April 1877, Page 7

DANISH BUTTER.

The Biitiok (Joris-ul at Copenhagen refers in a recent, report to the remark-' able development of thu butter export trade of Denmark. It appears that ten years ago no butter was exported hence, and that of best quality could be bought, in the country for lOd per Ib. At the present, the yearly .export exeeedsl 00,000' barrels, and the retail price for the best kind has risen to 2s per lb. The Danish Preserved Butter Company, which about four -years ago took over the business of Mr Busck, now experts butter to all parts of the world, and has already paid dividends of between 20 and 30 .per. cent.

As their factory is one of the largest and. best conducted of the kind — the butter preserving, as there practised, forms a branch of industry as yet but little known in 'this country — possibly the. following details regarding the organisation and working of the establishment may "beof interest.

The operations of the factory succeed one another as follows : —

The casks of butter are first removed from the receiving chamber to one of the work-rooms adjoining, and there emptied ;of their contents — the butter, which is in balls, being.placed on a slab, scraped, and cut into slices Hrn. thick. These- slices ; a re then placed in a circular American kneader, and after after 2 to 3 per cent. ! of salt \has been added, are worked round the machine .some eight or- nine times. The fluted roller of the kneader is driven by steam at thespeed oi about 90 revolutions per minute, and when the three machines in the factory are all in use, some 50 tons of butter can be worked per week.

. As, the biittercotnes from -the : kneader it is placedon a table for theiionvenienco of movement mouated on.icastors, and it has then to be transferred to the tio-riirig machines. The lower portion or stan-d of the latter also consists of a table, in the centre of which maybe ; seen!a, rQunrhcavity, jus.t : iarge enough to hold one of the .tins. When a tin has been filled.. with a lump of butter,, th« :next 'Operation is to press it down tig'litly as possibU, and ..this .is,. effected by the up-and-dow ; n. movement of the plated hammer. . A .wheel turned by hand pets in ]hadti6ri..(immediately abdve the table) :a. spindle, on whioh there is a pinion, l and this.piinbri, 'working into a rack in the rammer, -causes the latter to "rise or. .fall -.(.and ia filing to -press downwards into the tin below it) r according as the handle is in" one direotioii'dr/ the other. - • ■ . ;

Tbe butter having bjpen— partly by means of the rammer, partly "by the help of a spatula— 'thus tightly pressed down, its surface is smoothed over, a.nd. a. small poTtion round theed^e where the lid is to be sddured on -removal,-; Thesolderino 1 process takes place in a different ifborri, where 1 'a 'second operation is gbin'g on, >viz., that of- plunging- newly-made •tins to ascertain -that they are perfectly water-tight. A small tunnel connects

the tinman's shop on the. other side <> f the courtyard : with the room in whiol the tins are tested, and in the first story there are situated a stoic-room, ajoiner's shop, and third work-rooni. It is to the latter that the tins are removed,- by means- of a hoisb, after being hermetically closed,,, and. the next step is. to wipe tliem carefully with, tow, colour them red, and label thorn. They are then ready for . ex.pqrf, and are packed in iron-hooped wooden cases, which are all oi the same' dimensions, though the tins packed in them vary in size and weight, the heaviest weighing 231 b, the lightest lib As to the price, this depends on the size of the tin ordered and quality, so-rcalled "selected table butter, " averaging- at Copenhagen, wholesale, from, ,1s 6d to 2s per 1b ; choicest quality, "is 3d to Is 6d ; and mild salted ditto, Is Id to Is 2d per lb.

As the keeping qualities of preserved butter depend very largely on the way in which, it is made and on its condition at the time of tinning-. Mr Busck is a\ refill to reject all doubtful lots, and will purchase only from dairymen who comply with the followingstipulations : — That the, cows shall not be fed on turnips ; that, the butter shall be made from perfectly sweet cream and according to certain prescribed rules, very little suit being added ; and finally, that, the kneading- machine employed shall be either the American one in use at the factory, oi 1 , in the case of a small dairy, a hand machine, made and furnished by the company. The dairy farmers further engage to deliver the produce weekly, and at a price fixed beforehand for the year. — British Trade Journal.