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ounces of salt to five pounds of butter ; work it well again, and it is 

 ready for use. 



(Signed.) JOHN L'HOMMEDIEU, Jr. 



South Middletouj Orange County j JV. F., JVov. 20th, 1844. 



R. PLUMMER'S METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE. 



When the milk is perfectly cool, I add a small quantity of annatto, 

 so as to give the milk a yellowish cast ; then put in the rennet, and 

 as soon as it has had its full effect, then work with the hands until 

 the whey separates itself from the curd, and then scald with hot whey 

 to a proper consistency, and then salt with pure salt. It should be 

 worked down with the hands until all the whey is out, before put- 

 ting it into the press ; and then it should remain in the press at least 

 forty-eight hours, so as to make the cheese perfectly solid. In all the 

 process of manufacturing, it should not be hurried, but carefully at- 

 tended to ; almost all the bad cheese is from negligence in making. 

 The rennet should not be used until at least one year old, and then it 

 should be perfectly sweet. Many dairies of cheese have been spoiled 

 from using new and bad rennet ; it gives to the cheese a very bad fla- 

 vor, which would be avoided by using old and sweet rennet. The 

 cheese should be bandaged on the outer edge, and the outer surface 

 should be slightly colored and kept well dressed imtil ready for mar- 

 ket. Very respectfully, 



R. PLUMMER. 



JYew-York, Jan. Ist, 1845. 



SMITH'S CORN SHELLER. 



' This machine consists of a horizontal toothed cylinder six feet long, 

 and one foot two inches in diameter. The ears of corn in the opera-r 

 tion are confined to a part of the upper and rising side of this cylin- 

 der, by means of a cast iron concave extending the whole length of 

 the machine, and being shoveled or let in the machine at one end, 

 they are driven through, and the cobs discharged at the opposite end, 

 while the grain falls below, being admitted on either side of the cyl- 

 inder. The operation is governed by elevating or depressing the dis- 

 charge end, which causes the machine to operate more or less upon 

 them ; thus securing to the operator the power of finishing his work.- 

 This machine is capable of shelling three hundred bushels of ears 

 per hour. 



F. N. SMITH. 

 JYew-York, Oct, 1844. ' , 



