444 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. xxil. 



not allow the minutest spot to be unoccupied; 

 for, if any vacuum be left, the confined air 

 contained in it will occasion the surround- 

 ing portion of the butter to become rancid. 

 Another layer, either of the materials men- 

 tioned, or of honey, should then be put over 

 the butter, and the top covered over with 

 double oil-skin, to exclude the air. If salt or 

 pickle be used, a linen cloth should be placed 

 between it and the butter ; but with honey it 

 is unnecessary. It should, however, be re- 

 marked, that if the cows be soiled in the 

 house, instead of being grass-fed, each jar 

 should have a little more salt, or about an 

 ounce or two more of the materials. 



When the hutter is used fresh for home con- 

 sumption, it is very commonly put, during 

 warm weather, into pans of cold water, to 

 keep it cool and firm, and is, in the same 

 view, not unfrequently brought to the break- 

 fast-table in a glass bason. The better mode 

 is, however, to use only a porous, unglazed, 

 earthen bason, which should be immersed in 

 cold water, and if allowed to stand in it 

 during the night, it will imbibe so much of 

 the liquid as to render the inside of the 



