Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

To Put Up Butter for Winter

Work it well, and salt it rather more than for table use, and pack it in stone pans or jars, with a thin cloth on the top, and salt on it an inch thick, keep it in a cool place, and if it is sweet when made, it will keep good till spring. It should be tied up with paper to exclude the air.