314 A LIFE'S WORK IN IRELAND. 



In the second skimming you get all the butter the milk 

 can possibly yield ; the difference is, the cream from sour 

 milk does injure the first skimming, and the best butter. 



There are few who do not keep four cows, these can 

 till a box of 2-i lbs., 12 rolls of two lbs. Those who 

 cannot till a 2 4 -lb. box, should join with a neighbour, 

 and get some rolls from him. Three or four neighbours 

 had better join in sending their boxes at the same time. 

 The charge for carriage is the same for one box as for 

 two. So it does not answer to send less than two boxes. 

 They should be sent in one name with private marks or 

 numbers, to show to whom each belongs. The charge for 

 carriage to London from Cork for two boxes is just a half- 

 penny per lb. They may go either by Dublin or Milford. 

 Dublin is the best for two boxes, Milford the cheapest 

 for larger lots. It will go by Dublin every evening at 8 

 p.m., and be delivered in London early the next morn- 

 ing hut one ; butter that goes on Monday evening will 

 be delivered on Wednesday morning. It must be sent 

 for sale to a Butter Factor at the Central Market. I 

 can tell you the names of honest factors who will send 

 back the market price at once. Their charge for selling 

 is another halfpenny per lb. So that the cost of selling 

 in London is one penny per lb., all included. Three 

 boxes hold as much as one firkin, and the boxes cost 

 about the same to make — they ought to cost less. It 

 may be well to add that a thermometer, which can be 

 bought for 2s., is very useful for judging if, in winter, 

 the cream is warm enough to churn. 58 degrees is the 

 right heat for butter to come in proper time. 



Any more information you want you can get from 

 me or from Mr. Law, and also you can learn the price 

 we get ourselves each week. 



