WINTER BUTTER-MAKING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1821, 8 March 1884, Page 4

WINTER B U TTER-M A KING.

TRESH butter always bears a high price, because it is scaiceinthe winter, when but little butter is made, ami as the <le mand is the same as in the summer, those vi ho wish to have it fresh ami of the best quality are willing to piy more for it. This fact (=iays our Amerieui eontem porary, The Dairy) has led some dan ymen to turn their attention entirely to winter dairying. The cows aie diy in the summer, and begin to come in in the cool weather in the f.ill, just about this season, when f<\ll giass is plentiful and good, and when the calves cm bu weaned and out of the way before the col i weather arrives. The summer work is devoted to growing crops for wintoi ieeding, and is not interfered with 1>) the milking and care of the dairy. It is thus a sort of special business, for which arrangements hiive to be made previously, and which requires special management. But there are several reasons why it is convenient and profitable. The woik of the farm is divided more equally ; it is not a system of killing overwoik in the summer and of too much leisure in the winter, but one in which every day brings its moderate and seasonable" labours, and in which work is never unduly or severely pressing. Moreover, it avoids all those difficulties which make butter-making in the summer risky, and saves the expense of ice, which is so necessary in summer dairying. As an offset against the«e advantages, there are some responsibilities attached to i f . These aic chiefly mattcis which require attention rather than woik ; for instance, the hay must be gathered with unusual care ; it must be cut early, cured in the best manner, and saved caiefully. Fodder crops must be grown and piepared. Roots must be provided. A warm, well-arranged stable must be furnished. A convenient dairy with means for keeping up a regulat temperature must be procured, and all other needed accessoi iesfortlieinaUingand packing of an excellent quality of butt»r. A few years ago winter dairying was not possible, beciuse the necessary dairy appliances for taking care of the milk and for 1 aiding the cream were not in existence. But now, thanks to the inventive genius and skill of dairymen, we have the most effective nppaiatus for keeping milk at an equable temperature, either by setting in deep cans submerged under water, or in shallow cans kept in glazed closed closets, either of which methods may be used in oidmaiy faun kitchen^, in clean, airy cellais, or in aitificially warmed dairy houses. It it. the cieameij and factory systems of da'iying winch have shown tli.it it is easily possible to make as good butter in the winter as in the most favourable portions of the Bummer, and pihntp individuals have found it easy to imitate theii methods. — N. B. Agrirultuiist

The German translation of Tennyson's " Enoch Aitlen," by Di Rob"it WoM tnuller, lias been biouglit out by the Hambuig publibheis ni twenty- Join tli edition. Comtb Bahk\nd, a former tutor of the Comte de Chaiuboid, who died leeeutly, has left his splendid lihiaij, which is valued at two million fianes, to the Pio vincial Museum of Bohemia. Thk Piesulent of the Assi/e Couit, questioning lady witness — " Your aye, madam!" The l.idy (in a low \oiie) — "Twenty-two." Ptesnlent— " Tluitv,two yon say, madam?" The lady (quickly) — " No, sir, twenty-seven." — L.i Clan on. Prokkssou Wood, the natmalist, says the cockroach has 3000 teeth. It would seem that the value ot this infoimation to science scarcely compensates for tlie obvious objections to winch the opcia tion of counting a cockioach's teeth is open. Two doctors were disputing by tlie bedside of a patient. I tell you the liver is deceased," said one. "Nonsense ; nothing of the kind. It is the spleen." " Very well ; we shall see at the post moitetn who is in the right. ' (4ieat sensation on the pai t ot the patient, whom in the heat ot the aigument, they had forgotten. Thk Moimon Church now emhiaecs a president, 12 apostles, 08 patuatchs. 38S~> sentinels, 3133 high piiests. 11,000 choir 3, 1500 bishops, and 4000 deacon*. In Arizona there is a membei ship ot •22<J2 , Idaho, twice as rrany, and mibsionai les are at woiU all over Em ope and the United States. Thk Hist two volumes of L->rd Lytton's life is in the hands ot the pnblishei. They are disuled into eiuht books, and embrace the pcnod from 1803 to JS32. The following is their sequence -.—Book 1. childhood ; 2, scliool ; 3, college ; 4, Wanderjahr ; ,';, single lite ; 0 unprofessional authoi ship ; 7, mitnmony and professional authoi ship ; 8, continuance of literary and commencement of Parlianientry life. Mammoth EyrvrFS —It seems likely to be forgotten that Gieat Butam by no means possesses a monopoly in great land owners. As a matter of fact, theie are many estates on the Continent which are as large as any in these islands, and of the inamoth landed posses 'ions which are being piled together 111 the United States we spoke only recently. In Germany there are 22 estates which are as large as any in England, the hrgest being those in Hanover and Westphalia, belonging to the Due d Aienbeig. In AustiiaHungary, the possessions of Piince Schwartzenberg cover 120Geuran sqiuie miles. Piince Liechtenstein possesses 104 square miles. Piince Estei ha-jy 80, and Count Sehonborn GO ; and theieaie many estates in Austria-Hungniy as lirge as Count Schonborn's. All the indications at present, however, point to America as the future land of enormous estates ; and such as yet is the cheapness of land in the States that a million acres there is a hundred thousand heie. — Laud. In Mrs Bui ton's " Inner Life of Syiia" •we find the following pleasing picture of harem life : — "The moment we ainved and aie announced the whole family will run to meet us at the boundary gate which separates them from the outer world. They will kiss us, and take our hands, and with all the delight of children, lead us to the divan, and sit around us. One will fly for sheibet, another for sweets ; thi3 for colfee, and that for narghilehs. They aie so pleased with a tiifle ; for example, to-daj they are quite delighted because we are diessed Jike them, and they consider that we have adopted their fashion out of compliment to them. They find everything chnnninf, and are saying how sweet we look in their clothes. If we are habited in our own clothes they would be equally happy, because they would examine eveiy article, would want to know wheieit was bought, what it cost, how it was put on, and if they would find it in the ' sook ' (bizaar). Their greatest happiness is to pull your hair dow n to see ho'v it is done, and to play with your hat. If you come in tiding habit, they think you ate dressed like a man. A lady's cloth riding under garments are an awful mystery to them, and they think how happy we aie to dresg like a man, and follow our husband like comiades, while nobody says anything against us on that account They envy us our knowledge and independence, and they deplore the wav they are kept, and they not being able to know or do anything. They say we must Btay all the evening with them, and aie overjoyed at healing that we accept. They will prepare music and dancing, and send round and gather their friends Do you hear the tom-toms in the garden ? That means that the Sitt (Lady) Leila invites all the harems on her visiting list to a ' small and ©arly.' In about an hour a hundred women of the iidimca will diop in, all dressed like ourselves, more or less magnificently. There will be perpetual nibbling of fruit, sweets, and nuts, a similar sipping of coffee and sherbet, amid the bubbling of fountains and fifty or more narghilehs. The flinging, music, and dancing will be performed by the guests, who will throw in a good deal of talent. It will be quite modest, and not require checking like professional