420 FARMING FOR LADIES. [oHAr. xxi. 



We have not seen it at work, but it evi- 

 dently cannot be conveniently managed by a 

 woman ; nor, from what we have heard of it, 

 can we speak of it with favour. 



If any faith can be placed in the represent- 

 ation of the seller of an article, a metallic 

 churn has been invented by manufacturers at 

 Lewes, which, " if a brisk, regular, and con- 

 tinuous motion be kept up," promises to en- 

 sure the butter " coming" in ten or twelve 

 minutes, at all seasons of the year ! whereas, 

 in summer, it usually takes an hour, and in 

 winter an hour and a half We however, 

 entertaining strong doubts of such extraordi- 

 nary efficacy, applied to a friend who uses it, 

 and who says, that the operation can be actu- 

 ally performed, with very little trouble, in half 

 an hour to three-quarters, according to the 

 temperature of the weather. It is formed en- 

 tirely of block-tin, of various sizes, the small- 

 est containing about a couple of gallons of 

 cream ; and, as it acts upon half that quan- 

 tity, may make half a dozen pounds of butter 

 at a time. It should be immersed, in sum- 

 mer, in the accompanying pan of cold, and in 

 winter of warm water ; and may be had — as 



