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Thefe leads are fcalded as often as they are 

 ufed ; and, : in common practice, are fcoured 

 about once a month. But this has been 

 found, in the practice of one whofe cleanli- 

 nefs cannot be doubted, to be injurious to 

 the butter churned next after the fcouring of 

 the leads. The effect is not immediately ap- 

 parent ; but the butter will not keep ; pre- 

 iently turning rancid. She therefore fcours 

 her leads only once a year ; about Mayday ; 

 and then with fine fea-fand ; not with/^//; 

 the common material ufed ;n fcouring lead 

 bowls *. 



The barrel.churn is now chiefly in ufe. An 

 improvement has lately been made in its 

 form. Formerly the flaves were nearly 

 1 flraight ; now they are bent j the churn 

 being made coniiderably bulging. By this 

 means a churn large enough to churn a fir- 

 kin (56 Ib.) at once, may be ufed to churn 



three 



* I mention this circumft,ance, as many " grc-afe fir- 

 kins" may be made through the means here noticed ; 

 and, if the evil effeft be caufed by a folution of the par- 

 ticles of lead loofencd by the icouring, the butter, if 

 eaten in a recent ftate, may be of flill worfe confq* 

 Alienee. 



