DAIRY MANAGEMENT 



BUTTER DAIRIES, 



Extract from the Report of B. P. Johnson, Chairman of the Award- 

 ing Committee on the Manufacture of Butter, made to the Annual 

 Meeting of the State Society : 



There were submitted to the Committe but two applications : the 

 one from George Vail, Esq., of Troy, and the other from Philip Van 

 Benschoten, of LaGrange, Dutchess county. The Committee suppose 

 that the applicants should present, with their application, a sample of 

 the butter manufactured — otherwise they would have no means of 

 judging of the superiority of the butler manufactured. 



In the case of Mr. Van Benschoten, no sample of the butter ha& 

 been presented to the Committee, and they cannot to him award the 

 premium, should he otherwise have been entitled to it. 



Mr. Vail has presented for examination a jar of butter which was 

 manufactured from his cows, and the Committee consider it an ar- 

 ticle of excellent quality, and worthy of a premium from the Society. 



Mr. Vail has had six cows, with which the experiment was made, 

 of the short-horn Durham breed. Three of the cows were put on 

 trial from the 27th of May to the 25th of June, inclusive. The other 

 three, from the 8th of July to the 6th of August, inclusive. The 

 produce of the six cows, in thirty days, was 262 lbs. 9 oz., — aver- 

 aging for each cow, 43 lbs. 12 oz. One of these cow's milk was 

 kept separate from the other, and the cream churned by itself ; and 

 the produce from this cow in butter, was 52 lbs. 9 oz. 



The covps of Mr. Vail were kept on pasture alone, and the Com- 

 mittee deem this to be the proper manner in which to make the ex- 

 periment. 



It will be observed, that the three cows last named, were tried at a 

 season of the year when the weather was unfavorably warm, and the 

 field as short as at any period of the year. 



Connecting the circumstances under which the experiment was 

 made, the Committee are of opinion that Mr. Vail is entitled to the 

 premium of the Society, and have accordingly awarded him a Silver 

 Medal. 



The Committee refer to the statement of Mr. Vail, which accom- 

 panies their Keport, as to the making and preserving of his butter. 



The quantity of butter which Mr. Van Benschoten manufactured 

 from five cows, was 227 lbs., — amounting to 45 lbs. and 6 oz. each. 

 Had Mr. Van Benschoten's butter been presented, and had its quali- 



