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although sometimes so thick upon the surface 

 as to be cut into squares with a knife, and 

 very richly flavoured when made into butter, 

 or when used with fruit, or in coffee, it is too 

 oily to be agreeable in tea. It is, indeed, 

 customary with many persons in various parts 

 of the country, to put the milk-pans into 

 vessels filled with warm water, which thus 

 occasions the creamy surface to rise. The 

 remaining milk, however, contains little else 

 than the loatery particles of its original com- 

 position, and thus loses in value for house 

 consumption, or the feeding of pigs, nearly 

 as much as it gains in the increase of cream. 

 Vessels made of zinc are also, it appears, 

 sometimes used ; and, in an article published 

 in the ' Quarterly Journal of Agriculture,' * 

 it is said that, " 4 gallons of milk " — as there 

 stated — " produced in 24 hours, 4f pints of 

 pure clotted cream, which, after churning 12 

 to 15 minutes, gave 40 ounces of butter. 

 Four gallons of milk, treated in the common 

 manner, with earthenware pans and standing 

 48 hours, produced 4 pints of thin cream, 

 which after churning from an hour to an 



* New Series, vol. iv. p. 422. 



