FARMER'S ASSISTANT. 73 



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DAIRY. The business of the dairy requires close atten- 

 tion. The milkings, in order to be most profitable, should 

 be three times a day ; the first at daylight ; the second at 

 noon ; and, the latter at twilight. This will very considera- 

 bly increase the quantity of milk given in a day from any 

 number of Cows. 



In order to ascertain which Cow's milk is the best, as 

 yielding the most cream, let the milk of each be put by 

 itself, and their products of butter will then determine the 

 point. The quantity of milk afforded by each should also 

 be taken into consideration. 



Sec further, BUTTER, CHEESE, CHURN, Cows, CREAM, 

 NEAT-CATTLE. 



Dr. Anderson recommends wooden vessels, as being the 

 most wholesome for holding milk ; but that, if tin pans be 

 used, they should be washed, every time they are emptied, 

 with warm water in which a little salt has been dissolved, 

 and should be kept clean by scouring ; and, to prevent 

 acidity in wooden vessels, they should in like manner be 

 scoured and cleansed with hot water. Leaden vessels he 

 condemns, as is mentioned under BUTTER. 



The dairy requires two appartments; a clean cool room 

 in the cellar for the milk, and a dark room above ground 

 for drying and keeping the cheese. Many Farmers, how- 

 ever, confine their attention to making butter alone ; and in 

 that case a good cool cellar is the essential requisite. Let 

 the milk be set on the ground ; tor it is the coolest part of 

 the cellar in Summer, and the warmest in Winter. 



If milk be kept in tin pans, and set within earthen ones, 

 of a texture so porous, that the water in them will gradually 

 exude, it will impart a great degree of coolness to the 

 inilk. The water in the earthen pans should surround those 

 holding the milk. If the outer pan were made of stiff 

 leather, it would answer the same purpose. 



DEW. c An experiment (says Mr. Livingston) has 

 been made to ascertain the difference between dew- 

 water and rain-water, by puting an equal quantity of each 

 in different vessels, and seting them in the sun to dry 

 away: The result was, that the sediment or settlings of 

 the dew-water were greater in quantity, blacker, and rich- 

 er, than those of the rain-water.* 



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