DAIRYING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1146, 28 February 1884, Page 3

DAIRYING.

The absolute necessity of cleanliness in every department of dairying cannot be too frequently brought before the attention of those engaged in the business, for the lack of it is the weak point in the conduct of many colonial dairies. The Danes have a world-wide reputation for excellence in dairy products, and the following extract from a Home paper will show how this matter is situ piously atiended to in Denmark .—" Whatever method of butter-making is adopted, excessive cleanliness in every particular is all but universal in Denmark. The wooden implements and machines are most.carefully cleaned after use, generally by first rinsing in cold water, then by successive scrubbing with hot water, and finally by rinsing copiously with cold water again. Further, one of the most elementary practices known to every Danish dairywoman, is, that no matter how clean a wooden implement may be, even if it is only a spoon, yet before it is allowed to touch the butter it must first be well rinbed in scalding water, and afterwards in .cold water. This preparation prevents the butter sticking to the wood, and renders the various opeiations ei«y, neat and clean, thus avoiding any undue p:il ing at'out of the butter, to the injury of its ' grain'—that precious quality which, when once destroyed can never be repaired or replaced. In flni weather, the churns f>nd milk cans of all descriptions are dried in the open air, but in wet weather they are dried under cover, but out of doors if possible. On the other hand, the ' butter-working utensils' are generally left to diy in the butter cellar. It should be remarked that the washing or cleansing is done in this cellar, where the milk is s-t for cream, and the butter is stored in kegs ready to be sent to market. No taint of any kind is allowed to came to this sanctuary, which, like the cbeeseroom, is always under lock and key, and r. ceivea the personal supervision of the head dairy, maid, who is, except on very large farms, and frequently even then, the farmer's wife or daughter.