“It is set for cream,” answered Mrs. Mansfield; “and the cream will be made into butter.”
Charles. How is butter made, pray?
Grandmamma. Come here, and I will show you. The milk is poured into these trays, which are not deep, but broad, so as to cover a large space. When it has stood some time, the cream or greasy part, which at first is mixed with the milk, rises to the top in the manner you now see. Then it is skimmed off with this ladle, and put into a pan by itself. This is done twice a-day; and when there is cream enough, it is churned into butter.
Charles. Is there any churn here, grandmamma? Sister Kate has got a plaything churn, but I never saw one fit for real use.
Mrs. Mansfield pointed to a large barrel fixed on a stand, with a winch handle to turn it, and told him that was the churn. Charles was surprised, and said it was not at all like his sister’s.
Grandmamma. Perhaps not. Sometimes they are made like a pail, with a long stick to pull up and down; but these I have give less trouble, and, I believe, are now common.
The Dairy.
London. Published by W. Darton Junʳ. Oct. 5, 1815.