THE NEW METHOD OF BUTTER-MAKING.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 2

THE NEW METHOD OF BUTTER-MAKING.

(Melbourne Lender.) SEVERAL correspondents testify in favor of the now method of making butter by burying the cre;im, Mr T. Hortin, of Belton, South Australia, writes :—": — " When I first saw the new method of butter-mak-ing mentioned in your paper I thought I would try it, and I did, so with success. I put it in the ground for 24 hours to the depth of 7 inches in a cloth. Like Mr Henderson, whom you mentioned last week, after taking from the ground T put water to it, but I put the water to make it come to butter as it was very hard, and he said it hud to be stirred for- a few niinutea; but it went back to cream. S*o 1 tried it again, and did not put any water thin time, but kept stirring it about the dish for three or four minutes. I then had as good butter as anyone could wish {o eat. I

have tried it to see which way I could get the most butter. I put one day's cream from the cows in the ground, and got 2|lb, an i the next day's cream I made by hand, ani got2A]b ; so by putting it in the ground, I got £lb a day more. I have sent it from Belton to Renmark to try if it would keep, and it kept better than the other I sent with it. I think I have tried it well, and am pleased with it, because it will be the best in the hot weather, as it in rather hard to work in the winter months. I know it is the best thing that has ever come out for the farmers in the north. I shall make my butter this way in the summer, and will Jet ypu know how I got on with it in the hot weather. The buttermilk all goes out of it." Mr J. Moore, of Clover Hill Farm, Lochaber, writes :— ''l notice in your latest issue that a Mr James Henderson, of New Zealand, has tried the new method of butter-making,but did not find it a success I have tried it and will tell. you how it turned out with me. I took enough cream to make 51b of butter, put it into a strong calico bag, and placed it in a hole in the ground and covered it over with about 6 inches of earth for 24 hours. I then took it up and found it to be in one solid lump. I put it into a large bowl and worked the buttermilk out, and in about 10 or 15 minutes I had beautiful fresh butter. Some of my neighbours have tried the new method and are quite satisfied with the result.