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lity, is to take a medium heat between the 

 two degrees. In summer, the early part of 

 the morning should be chosen ; and, in the 

 winter, the forenoon. 



A thermometer should be kept in every 

 dairy to regulate the heat ; yet we believe 

 the fact to be, that not in one dairy out of 

 ten is there such an instrument to be found. 

 We, indeed, not long ago, having expressed 

 our surprise to an experienced dairy-wife at 

 her want of it, and pointed out the advantage 

 of its use, received for answer — "that it 

 might be all mighty fine, but, for her part, 

 she found her thumb-ometer answer every 

 purpose." On this, there can be little doubt 

 that practice and attention will go far to 

 supply the want of scientific information, but 

 can never arrive to that perfection which may 

 be reached when guided by the accurate prin- 

 ciples of science. 



After an hour, or more, of churning, small 

 globules of butter begin to appear, which, 

 being gathered together by the working of the 

 machine, a lump of solid butter is formed. 

 This, on its being taken from the churn. 



