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the likelieft crops, which may be applied to each 

 refpe&ive foil : but the good houfewife, the fedulous 

 dairy-woman, who daily furnifhes us with two of 

 the chief fuppor'ts and luxuries of life, has been left 

 to grope out her way, through this age of improve- 

 ment, with the little flock of knowledge which, in 

 early life, Hie imbibed from her mother. I wifh, 

 therefore, that the members of your Society would 

 now and then bellow a little of their attention on 

 thefe good women, who fo much want and fo highly 

 deferve it. 



It is not within the compafs of a letter, that in- 

 ftrucYions can be fully given for making cheefe and 

 butter ; yet, as detached obfervations on thofe fub- 

 jedts may fometimes have their ufe, I fend you a 

 recipe for making rennet for curdling cheefe. 



Take the abomafa, commonly called the veils or 

 pokes of calves, killed before they have fed on ve- 

 getables, and wafh them in clean water, fait them 

 well, and lay them in fait for two months; then, 

 with the fait about them, hang them up in a coarfe 

 bag in the chimney (not too near the fire) for ten 

 months. In the fpring following, when the cow- 

 flip is in full bloom, gather a quantity thereof, and 

 pick the petals from the calixes, and boil them in a 

 fufrlcient quantity of water for a quarter of an hour, 



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