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giving the cheefe a very bad tafte and frnell, it a£ls generally as 

 yeaft upon it in the cuiing, and blows up the clicele full of 

 fmall holes : this will alfo happen, though in a Jefs degree, by 

 allovi'ing the cheefe to lye too long on one fide. Tbere are a 

 number of modes, after the cheefes are cured, of polilhing them 

 for market ; but thefo are rather a hurt, than any advantage 5 all 

 that is necellary, befides turning, is to give them a rubbing, now 

 and then, with a hard coarfe cloth, particularly after harved, 

 when they will tend to breed mites. So fond are fonie of the 

 colour of cheefes on the outfide, that I have feen numbers of 

 Englifli cheefes, fet off for market, by painting them wirh Spanifh 

 brown and lintfeed oil. There are a number of parifhes round 

 Dunlop, that make cheefes equally good, and in far greater quan- 

 tity ; and indeed, from a good part of Ayrfhire, when once the 

 cheefes are carried to a diftance, they are known by the name of 

 Dunlop cheefes. In this part of the country, however, there is 

 not much butter made, and confequently, the people are not (o 

 well acquainted with the manufacturing of that article. If any 

 of your Correfpondents, would give their information, concern- 

 ing the beft mode of managing and curing of butter, both from 

 milk and cream, it would be efteemed obliging, by fome of 

 your readers. If thefe few hints are agreeable, you may hear 

 from me afterwards. And in the mean time, wiibing every fuc- 

 cefs to your ufeful Work, I am, Sir, yours, 



Amicus. 

 Dalryy 3. Jufte 1803. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMEr's MAGAZINE. 



On the Cultivation of Mojfes. 

 Sir, 



In the February Number of your Magsr-^ine, I obfcrve a 

 query concerning the culture of modes, by a gentleman, wlio 

 ifubfcribes himfelf Novice Junior. The improvement of Mofs, 

 without the aid of lime, is a fubjeCl which has, of late, occupied 

 a confiderable part of my attention. I would not, however, have 

 taken it upon me to anfwer the query of Novice Junior, had it 

 not occurred, that others, of greater obfervation and experience, 

 might, from the fame feelings, be induced to withhold their more 

 valuable information. 



In this part of the country, confiderable tracts of peat mofs, 

 have lately been brought into cultivation. The general method 

 of improvement has been by liming, which, with the forming in- 

 to ridges, is often attended with an expence of eight or ten pounds 

 an acre. Burning of the mofs, has been fuccefsfully tried by 

 feveral perfons, although it is much decried by the favourers of 



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