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MELAS ADAMs' STATEMENT. 



To the N. Y. State Ag. Society. — Messrs. : I herewith present for 

 premiums two samples of butter, and would make the following state- 

 ment, in compliance with the requirements of the society. 



The butter was made during the last week in June. 



Number of cows kept, 21. 



Mode of Keeping. 



On fresh upland pasture, and no other feed ; the cows supplied with 

 water from a well, and have free access to salt at all times, which is 

 kept in a trough under cover. 



Treatment of the Milk and Cream before Churning. 



The milk strained into tin pans, and placed on rack shelves, in a cool, 

 shady, well ventilated room, above ground ; the milk skimmed in forty- 

 eight hours after being milked, and before it was in the least changed ; 

 the cream was put into stone jars and placed on the bottom of the 

 cellar, which is flagged with stone, and there remained till next morn- 

 ing, when it was churned. 



Mode of churning. 



In summer, in the common dash churn ; in winter, we prefer work- 

 ing the cream into short cake. 



Method of freeing the Milk from the Butter. 

 The butter, on being taken from the churn, is worked with a ladle 

 till we get out all the milk we conveniently can, before salting ; it is 

 then salted and mixed as uniformly as may be, and placed in a cool 

 cellar till next morning, when the operation of working is perforrSaed, 

 and this is done by the help of a machine similar to one described in 

 the Cultivator, vol. 10th, page 15 ] . We use no water in freeing the 

 milk from our butter, except in extreme hot weather ; none applied to 

 the specimens here presented. 



Kind and quantity of Salt used. 



Onondaga ground salt, one pound to twenty pounds butter, in ordi- 

 nary cases, but if the butter comes rather soft, we cannot get out so much 

 of the milk before salting, therefore more i$ required. 



No substance or ingredient used in the manufacture or preservation 

 of our butter, except salt. 



Martinshurgh, Lewis county^ Sept. 10, 1845. 



SANFORD M. FOSTER. 



The number of cows kept, eight. 



Mode of keeping — -In pasture in summer, with living water accessible 

 at all times, and plenty of salt ; in winter, keep them stabled throughout 

 the inclement season ; feed tlaem on corn stalks, roots and hay. 



Treatment of milk and cream before churning. — -Strain the milk in 

 tin pans, placed on racks, in an airy room above ground, for the cream 

 to rise ; when sufficiently risen, separate the cream from the milk, put 

 it into stone jars, well prepared before churning. 



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