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It is hardly pofTible in the fummer to keep a 

 dairy-houfe too cool ; on which account none (hould 

 be (ituated far from a good fpring or current of 

 water. They fhould be neatly paved either with 

 red brick or fmooth hard ftone, and laid with a 

 proper defcent, fo that no water may lodge; this 

 pavement fhould be well wafhcd in the furnmer 

 every day; and all the utenfils belonging to the 

 dairy fhould be kept perfedly clean; nor fliould 

 we ever fuffer the churns to be fcalded in the dairy, 

 as the fleam that arifes from hot water will injure 

 the milk. Nor do I approve of cheefe being kept 

 therein, or rennet for making cheefe, or having a 

 cheefe-prefs fixed in a dairy, as the whey and curd 

 will diffufe their acidity throughout the room. 



The proper receptacles for milk are earthen 

 pans, or wooden vats or trundles, but none of thefe 

 Ihould be lined with lead, as that mineral certainly 

 contains a poifonous quality, and may in fome de- 

 gree affeft the milk; but if people are fo obftinate 

 as to perfift in ufing them, I advife that they never 

 forget to fcald them, fcrub them well with fait and 

 water, and to dry them thoroughly, before they 

 depofit the milk therein. Indeed all the utenfils 

 fhould be cleaned in like manner before they are 

 ufed; and if after this they in the leafl: degree fmell, 

 four, they nnufl: undergo a fecond fcrubbing before 



they are fit for ufe. 



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