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N-VI. 



Defeription of a Churn not in general uje. 



THIS churn is at prefrnt made oblong, and 

 the daflies are three in number, with holes in 

 them. But I am of opinion, that if the churn 

 were a long fquare, from two to three feet 

 wide, and from four to five feet long, it would 

 anfwer the purpofe better, and at a much 

 fmaller expence — The dafhes to be flips of 

 board with holes in them about an inch in dia- 

 meter. The boards fhould be from four to i\x 

 inches broad, and the length proportioned to 

 the length of the churn. Thefe boards to be 

 fo fixed, as, in turning round, to move tvtry 

 part of the cream twice. To do this, the mid- 

 dle piece or axle-tree mud have eight fides, 

 and flots driven through them. Dafhes of 

 this fort would not carry the butter round with 

 them j but would leave it in the corners, fo 



that 



