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^* Take of fiigar one part, of nitre one part, ancf 

 of the bell Spanifli great fait, (or of Dodor 

 Swediaur*s bed fait,* which is ftill better than 

 the former, being cleaner) two parts. Beat 

 the whole into a fine powder, mix them well 

 together, and put them by for ufe. 



Of this compofition one ounce fhould be put 

 to every fixteen ounces of butter^f mix this fait 



thoroughly 



* Dr. SNtcdiaiir qarrieson a manufadure of Talt at Preftonpans neat- 

 Edinburgh, after the Dutch method j this the Dutch fell by the name 

 of fait upon fait ; it is equally ftrong with the beft Spanifh fait, and 

 much freer from impurities of every fort, and the Docflor fells it at a 

 moderate price. Were this fait fufficiently known to be brought into 

 general ufe for curing fiih, butter, beef, pork, bacon, hams, tongues, 

 and other articles of provifion, it would much promote the profperity 

 bf this country, as thefe could be as well cured by it as with foreign 

 fait, and at a much fmaller expence. 



■ f It is of great confequence that even' procefs, which requires much 

 thought or nicety, Ihould be baniihed, if poffible, from all branches 

 of manufadlure. On this principle, as fome difficulty might arife in. 

 proportioning the quantity of fait to unequal weights of buttei', I 

 fhould advife that every perfon who means to adopt this pra<5^ice at 

 large fhould begin M'ith providing hirafclf with a fteelyard fo con- 

 flruifkd as that fixteen ounces in the one fcale is exa(ftly balanced by one 

 m the other. And that he may be at no lofs to provide himfelf with 

 this fimple apparatus, the following dire<f^ion3 may be attended to: 



Let him provide two fcales of equal weight ; one of them fhould be 

 of wood, and fiat for the butter, no matter what form or materiais 

 the other is of j let him then take a flip of deal two inches broad, half 



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