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peated at the end of 24 hours, after the salt has be- 

 come completely dissolved, when all the liquid 

 should be pressed out. 



7. That it should be packed (without any addition 

 of salt to make it weigh) in stone jars, or in wooden 

 firkins or tubs, such as will not impart to it any taint 

 or bad flavour, and in such manner as will totally 

 exclude the air. 



Butter made in this way will be of fine flavour ; 

 and, if put down and kept in the manner here rec- 

 ommended, its flavour will be preserved for an al- 

 most indefinite period, provided it is not exposed to 

 a temperature of over 70. Water, mixed either 

 with the milk, the cream, or the butter, and especial- 

 ly soft water, adds nothing to, but materially injures 

 the flavour. We have no doubt that the position 

 assumed by Mr. Weeks is correct, that milk skim- 

 med at three several times will give three qualities 

 of butter the cream taken off first being the richest 

 and most valuable. 



The common remark of our good dairy- women is, 

 " my butter is good enough ;" and many think so 

 who have no very sufficient reason for such an opin- 

 ion. But as the principal object in making butter is 

 gain, and as it will sell according to its intrinsic 

 value, every one should seek to improve its quality, 

 if not to please themselves, to please their custom- 

 ers, that they may realize a larger profit. 



DRILL HUSBANDRY, 



We have no doubt, will ultimately come Into vogue 

 among us we mean, in the culture of wheat and 

 other grains though for a long time its progress 

 will be slow. At the late Preston agricultural meet- 

 ing in England, the question proposed for discussion 

 was, " the comparative advantages of the drill and 

 broadcast systems of husbandry." Mr. Binns ably 

 advocated the drill system, and set forth its advan- 

 tages under the following heads. 



