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How to scald a churn. To scald a churn 

 use a hose to conduct the steam into the churn, 

 having the churn nearly closed, giving an op- 

 portunity for the steam to escape sufficiently 

 so that it will not burst the churn. We once 



ruined by pressure of 

 Too long exposure to 

 the churn so as to open 

 cially if the churn is 

 this risk need not be 

 churn can be sweetened 



had a churn 



confined steam. 



steam shrinks 



the joints, espe- 



oak or ash, but 



taken as the 



without being 



exposed long 



enough to injure it. Care is 



needed here as in every other 



place. 



Use care with a new churn. 

 Often a new churn is injured 

 by not loosening the nuts on 

 the stay rods as the churn 

 swells from the water used 

 in cleaning it. This should 

 be closely watched for a few 

 weeks. I have seen hard- 

 wood churns ruined in this 

 way. They are usually made of thinner lum- 

 ber than is used in soft-wood churns, and it will 

 spring out of shape more easily. Neglect to 

 keep the churn clean is the cause of much poor 

 butter. The butter may not show any serious 



