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To Preserve or Cure Butter

Melt the butter in well glazed earthen pans, at a heat not exceeding 180° Fahr. in a water bath, and keep it heated, skimming it from time to time, until the butter becomes quite transparent, then pour off the clear into another vessel, and cool it as quickly as possible butter. After having mixed it till all its parts This operation is extremely simple and prac-

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