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it will not bear the fearch, the fador has a 

 clue to the farmer ; if, on its arrival in Lon- 

 don, it do not anfwer the mark, it is returnee} 

 upon the fearcher. 



After what has been faid in the RURAL 

 ECONOMY OF NORFOLK on the fubjeft of 

 PUTTER-MAKING, there is nothing in the 

 pra&ice of this Diftridr. which entitles it to 

 minute description. There are, neverthelcfs, 

 a few particulars which may merit notice. 



CleanlinefS) the ban's of good management, is 

 well attended to in mod dairies perhaps top 

 clofely in fome. Formerly, the milk was fet 

 wholly in deep wooden bowls, almoft fcmi- 

 globular : a worfe form could not be wel 

 devifed. Now, it is fet principally in leads 

 provincially, ?' lead-bowls" made in tha 

 ufual broad flat (hallow form ; a form much 

 Better calculated for raifjng the cream *. 



O 3 Thefe 



* In fome countries milk-leads are fkimmcd with a 

 Ikimming-difli. Here, the milk is let off through 4 

 hole in the center, leaving the cream in the lead. The 

 pipe through which the milk efcapes is fitted with a tall 

 wooden ftopper. Previous to drawing the ftopper, a 

 lo.jfc wide leaden pipe, feven or eight inches long, is put 

 over it. The bafe of this pipe is notched, or otherwife 

 made uneven, fo as to admit the niilkto fteal away be- 

 neath it, without endangering the efcape of the cream ; 

 which (the pipe being removed) is afterwards let down 

 through the fame aperture. 



