ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
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intimately blending the salt with the butter, so that it shall 
not be streaked or imperfectly mixed, any appearance of this 
being fatal to its fetching the top price. 
It should also be firmly packed, each lump being thrown 
into the cask with considerable force, and further packed firm 
with a rammer. This has the effect of uniting the entire 
body of butter into a solid mass, and forcing off the brine, 
both important matters in promoting the keeping qualities of 
this extremely delicate and easily injured article. Winter- 
made butter, especially where the cows are supplied with a 
large quantity of roots, is very difficult to obtain of superior 
quality ; yet w 7 e consider that it is not impossible to have 
sweet butter during the whole of that season ; and that with- 
out even once recognising the unpleasant taste of turnips. 
This can be accomplished by putting a very small pinch of 
saltpetre to each pan of milk ; strict cleanliness ; and above 
all, churning often ; skimming the milk after it has stood not 
longer than thirty-six hours. Granting that a little more 
butter might be made by letting it stand longer, that slight 
loss is amply compensated by superior quality and by the 
greater value of the milk, which being so sweet commands a 
higher price than if it had stood for twenty-four hours longer. 
However tedious the process of churning may sometimes be 
in very cold weather, it must not be unduly hastened by the 
addition of warm water, as that brings out the bitter turnip 
taste, besides destroying the colour and texture of the butter 
— making it, in fact, almost worthless. 
Great care is required to attain success in the manage- 
ment of a dairy ; but if there is one thing more than another 
necessary, that is attention to cleanliness. Unless this 
point is rigidly attended to it is vain to expect success. 
Entire failure may not be the result of its absence in whole 
or in part ; but the highest amount of profit, pleasure, 
and satisfaction which it is capable of yielding will fail to be 
realised. 
Analysis of Continental Journals. 
By W. Ernes, M.B.C.V.S., London. 
Annales de Medecine Veterinaire. 
HIPPOPHAGIA. 
In 1868 the number of solipedes consumed in Paris was 2421, 
consisting of horses, asses, and mules, yielding about 484,200 
