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tlie needle, and is of woolen yam. It displays much skill and taste, 

 and is a very beautiful article, and well worthy the premium of $3. 

 To A. J. Pine of Pittstown, Rens. co. for the best pair of knit 



Woolen Stockings, $1. 



REPORT ON BUTTER. 



■[Committee : — Messrs. B. P. Johnson, R. Deniston, E. Rhoadks, 

 HowELi. Gardner, and Jno. Dinn] 



The committee to whom was assigned the examination of Butter 

 submitted for premium, at the fair of the New-York State Agricul- 

 tural Society, most respectfully report: — 



That in pursuance of their appointment, they have examined the 

 various samples exhibited by eleven competitors, and it is to the com- 

 mittee, as it doubtless will be to the Society, a matter of great re- 

 gret, that in a State famed as is ours for the products of the dairy, 

 only this small number of competitors should have presented them- 

 selves with the products of the dairy. 



From the superior quality of much of the butter exhibited, the 

 committee have no reason to doubt that had our dairymen generally 

 exhibited their butter, an exhibition in point of quantity as well as 

 quality would have been seen, excelling anything of the kind ever 

 before exhibited in this country. 



Several ol' the samples presented were so nearly equal in quality 

 as to render decision difficult, though the committee finally unanimous- 

 ly united in awarding the premiums to the owners of the samples 

 hereafter noticed. 



Before giving their decision, the committee are of the opinion that 

 the manufacture of butter is of sufficient importance to justify some 

 general remarks on the subject. 



The dairy business in this State is extensive, employing a very 

 large capital and yielding a handsome revenue to the farmers, and is 

 constantly on the increase; and upon the perfection of the article 

 depends whether it shall secure a market as extensive as may be de- 

 manded, and prices such as to remunerate the farmer, and add to the 

 rapidly increasing w^ealth of our State. 



Without dwelling at length on the subject, the committee believe 

 that there are some things which are indispensable to the production 

 of a very choice article, and without which, whatever else may exist, 

 butter of the best quality cannot be made. We are more impressed 

 with the importance of these considerations, from an examination of 

 the statements accompanying the butter exhibited, which were fur- 

 nished us after the decision was made. 



We notice as absolutely necessary, neatness in every thing con- 

 nected with the dairy. The quality of the butter, its purity as well 

 as its flavor and character in market, depends upon this. The milk 

 must be kept at proper temperature while the cream is separating, 

 and the cream should be taken off and churned before its quality is 



