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Thofe who ufe a pump-churn mufl endeavour to 

 keep a regular ftroke, nor fhould they admit any 

 perfon to affift them, except they keep nearly the 

 fame ftroke ; for if they churn more flovvly, the 

 butter will in the winter ^o/^^^/r, as it is called; and 

 if the ftroke be more quick and violent in the fum- 

 mer, it will caufe a fermentation, by which means 

 the butter will imbibe a very difagreeable flavour. 



Where people keep many cows, a barrel-churn 

 is to be preferred ; but if this be not kept very 

 clean, the bad cffeds will be difcovered in the but- 

 ter; nor muft we forget to ftiift the fituation of the 

 churn when we ufe it, I mean as the feafons alter, 

 fo as to fix it in a warm place in winter, and where 

 there is a free air in fummer. 



In many parts of this kingdom they colour their 

 butter in winter, but this adds nothing to its good- 

 nefs ; and it rarely happens that the farmers in or 

 near Epping ufe any colour; but when they do, it 

 is very innocent. They procure fome found carrots, 

 whofe juice they exprefs through a fieve, and mix 

 with the cream when it enters the churn, which 

 makes it appear like May butter; nor do they at 

 any time ufe much fait, though a little is abfo- 

 lutely neceflary. 



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