[ 311 1 



with the cream, immediately attaches to itfelf the 

 alcaline Jalty which is the bond of union, as we 

 may call it, that holds together the oleaginous and 

 aqueous particles, and leaves them eafily feparabl« 

 from each other. 



It may perhaps be objeded to this mode of prac- 

 tice, that the acid mixing with the cream would 

 render the butter unpalatable ; but this on expe- 

 rience I do not find to be the cafe; and indeed I 

 Ihould not myfelf have fufpeded it; as the butter 

 is ufually well wafhed in two or three changes of 

 clean water, by which the whole of the acid is car- 

 ried off; or if fome few particles remain, they are 

 Jo few as not to be perceived by the tafte, and per- 

 haps have rather a defirable effecfl than otherwife, 

 by ading as an antifcptic, and preventing the 

 gutter from becoming rancid fo foon as it other- 

 wife would do. 



Whether it may be beneath the dignity of your 

 inftitution to pay any regard to a communication 

 of fo trifling a nature, 1 will not prefunne to de- 

 termine. But I apprehend you will agree with me, 

 that by a flrid: attention to the minutiae of rural 

 oeconomics, the farmer will be the better enabled 

 to pay his rent, and to live comfortably. By the 

 jtccumulation oi pence ^ the pound is acquired. And 



\ have 



