Home labor saving devicesScott, Rhea C. (Rhea Clarke)
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Home labor saving devices
Scott, Rhea C. (Rhea Clarke)
Home economics; Woodwork
_Working the Butter._--Butter should then be worked well to distribute
the salt through it and to expel the excess water. Butter is salted to
improve the flavor, to serve the market purposes and to some degree to
act as a preservative. In working the butter, the pile of granules is
pressed flat with the lever, and the flattened mass of butter turned
over about 12 or 14 times until the edges of butter, when broken, have
a granular appearance similar to a broken half-baked potato. Too much
working destroys the grain and the edges when broken apart will have a
slightly stringy appearance, while too little working gives a streaked
or mottled butter.
_Printing and Wrapping the Butter._--The printer is removed from the
water as soon as the working has been completed and with both hands
it is pressed on the mass of butter until it is packed full. That
remaining over the edge is then cut off with a paddle and the print
pushed out on a sheet of parchment paper and neatly wrapped. The
printing and wrapping of butter cannot be emphasized too strongly, for
a good appearance is fundamental to obtaining good markets for the
butter. It is very much easier to get a good market for butter packed
neatly in parchment paper than it is for that wrapped in a cloth as is
the case in so many country homes. It is very important that a good
grade of parchment paper should be used for wrapping butter and this
can be bought from firms handling dairy supplies or it may be ordered
by mail. The brick-shaped mold is used because prints can be handled
with convenience and such prints are a standard on the market. A
mold of this kind can be purchased from local hardware stores or mail
order houses for from $1.50 to $5.00. The placing of the wrapped print
in a pasteboard box or carton not only protects the butter from the
finger prints but also from dust and dirt. These cartons may be bought
from any firm handling dairy supplies. Butter put up in this manner
is convenient to handle, attractive in appearance, and is also an
advertisement.
_Marketing the Butter._--The appearance of the package determines to
a large extent the selling price of butter and every effort should
be made to make it as neat, attractive, and convenient to handle as
possible. The ultimate end in the making of farm butter is to supply a
delicate food for the family and to obtain a profit from the surplus.
To do this, it is necessary to create a demand by giving satisfaction
to your customers. This can be done by putting up butter superior in
quality and attractive in appearance.
BUTTER WORKER
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