BUTTER-MAKING. 



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churn, to soak in the water; it is better it should not do so, 

 save in hot weather, when the water, if cold enough, will harden 

 it more or less. The last water is drawn off through the sieve, 

 the churn oscillated a few times, and the granules of butter 

 will have gathered themselves into a mass which is ready for the 

 butter-worker. 



FIG. 36. THE BUTTER WORKER. 



Working the Butter. 



The object of " working" the butter is to consolidate it into a 

 compact and close-grained mass, and to press out the super- 



