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through the whole mafs, and a good handful of fait 

 mud be fpread on the top of the firkin, after 

 which the head (hould be immediately put on. 



They purfue nearly the fame method in Suffolk 

 and Yorkfhire ; nor is the butter that is made in 

 thofe counties much inferior to that made in Cam- 

 bridgefhire; indeed it is often fold in London for 

 Cambridge butter. No people make more butter 

 from their cows than the Yorkfhire farmers do, 

 which I am perfuaded is owing to the care they 

 take of their cows in the winter; at that feafon 

 they houfe them all, feed them with good hay, and 

 never fufFer them to go out (except to water) but 

 when the weather is very ferenej and when their 

 cows calve, they give them comfortable malt mafhes 

 for two or three days after ; but thefe cows never 

 anfwer if they are removed to other counties, ex- 

 cept the fame care and attendance be given them, 

 and then none anfwer better. 



Land whereon cows feed very often a{fe<5ls the 

 butter. If wild garlick, charlock, or May weed, 

 be found in pafture grounds, cows fhould not feed 

 therein till after they have been mown, when fuch 

 pernicious plants will appear no more till the fol- 

 lowing fpring ; but thofe cows that give milk mufl 

 not partake of the hay made therefrom, as that will 

 alfo diffufe its bad qualities. 



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