Note 3 — Chapter XI · THE DAIRY RITUAL
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The only other detail in which the Toda procedure is peculiar3 is in the addition of buttermilk from a previous churning to the newly-drawn milk, the buttermilk or pep being put into the vessel before milking. This addition probably hastens the process of coagulation, but its chief interest is derived from the fact that it has become the nucleus of some of the most interesting features of the dairy ceremonial.