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additional expense. What a pity, then, it is, that those 

 to whose care the preparing of this article is entrusted 

 cannot bethink themselves to bestow these slight at- 

 tentions. They should take into consideration the 

 comfort of thousands of decent householders, who are 

 both able and willing to pay for a wholesome article, 

 but who have no alternative, but either to use the but- 

 ter that is offered for sale, or to want it altogether. 

 There is another consideration which ought to have 

 its own weight, namely, the honor of their country ; 

 and none, however humble, should think themselves 

 too insignificant to contribute to this. It is the many 

 that make a whole ; and, if we always throw our in- 

 fluence on the right side, we have the satisfaction at 

 least of having done what we can to create the happi- 

 ness of our fellow-creatures. 



We approve of the above mode of making butter. 

 An idea has prevailed to some extent that it was inju- 

 rious to wash butter after churning ; and it is contended 

 that the goodness is thus washed out ; but we are sat- 

 isfied by experience that washing in water assists to 

 expel the buttermilk and prepare the butter for the tub. 

 The hand should never touch the butter — provided 

 the dairy-woman can cleanse her hands well without 

 it — for every particle of butter that is melted by any 

 means serves to injure the mass. Small wooden spades 

 should invariably be used for working over the but- 

 ter. — - Ed. 



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By placing wheels perfectly upright, we have the 

 plainest rule for making the axle ; we have the least 

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