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revolve in a horizontal sense, and mix the butter thoroughly 
together. The butter then passes through an aperture close to 
the bottom of the tub into a trough placed to receive it. 
To my mind, however, the most effectual and economical 
machine for mixing, washing, and salting the butter is one on 
the plan of the now well-known American and Danish Butter- 
workers, which were described years ago in this Journal by 
Mr. Coleman and myself,* and which received the Prize offered 
for such an implement at the Bristol Meeting, t This machine 
(Fig. 8), was invented and patented by a firm of French butter- 
Fig. 8. — View of Messrs. GautMot and ChoUet's Butter -worlcing Table. 
merchants, Messrs. Gauthiot and Chollet, of Saumur, and it is 
manufactured at some works close to their butter-factory. The 
machine consists of a slightly conical circular table, mounted 
upon a strong wooden cruciform pediment. Each wing of the 
pediment carries one or two fixed rollers, on which the table 
travels when in operation. In the engraving (Fig. 8), it will 
be noticed that there are two of these rollers or castors at what 
may be termed the foot of the pediment, and one at the side 
which is in view. These are supplemented by two others at 
the head of the pediment, under the gearing, and by one at the 
♦ Second Series, vol. xi. p. 225, nnd vol. xiii. p. 83, 
t Supra, p. 147. 
