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109. quires Come care to keep it entirely free even 

 BUTTER. from ranknefs. 



A quantity of cream, though ever fojudi- 

 cioufly taken off the milk, will, when put in- 

 to a veflel, and fuffered to (land fome time, 

 let fall a greater or fmaller quantity of milk. 



It has been difcovered that this milk, or 

 dregs of the cream, which fubfides at the 

 bottom of the veflel, becomes rancid much 

 fooner than the cream itfelf; and that, being 

 fuffered to remain at the bottom of the veflel, 

 it prefently communicates its rancidity to the 

 cream : and further, that if it be permitted 

 to mix again with the cream in the churn, 

 the butter takes that marbled half-cheefe- 

 like appearance under which we too frequently 

 fee it. 



Therefore, a judicious dairy-woman never 

 fuffers thefe dregs to remain any length of 

 time under the cream. She has two means 

 of preventing it; namely, repeatedly flirring 

 them together to prevent them from fubfi- 

 ding too frequently ; and, when a proper 

 quantity is fubfided, pouring off the cream 

 into a freih veflel, leaving the dregs behind. 

 In fummer, a good dairy-woman ftirs her 

 cream-jar every time (generally fpeaking) flic 



goes 



