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York State Agricultural Society^ as a small testimony of his devotion 

 to the best interests of the Society, and the agricultural cause of the 

 State. 



GEORGE VAIL. 

 Troy.) January 14, 1845. 



The undersigned assisted in making the butter, and in milking the 

 cows above described, and hereby certify that the statement present- 

 ed herewith is substantially correct. 



HESTER ANN TRAVIS, 

 JACOB TRAVIS, Jr. 

 Lansingburghj January 9, 1845. 



STATEMENT OF PHILIP VAN BENSCHOTEN. 



I avail myself of the opportunity of stating to you the amount of 

 butter made from my cows during 30 days. From May 22d5 to June 

 21st, from five cows, 227 lbs. butter, of good quality, which com- 

 manded the highest price in New- York at that time. They were 

 kept in ordinary pasture, entirely without grain, and milked twice a 

 day. 



And six cows, the past season, yielded me 1237^ lbs. of butter^ 

 which amounted to $187.11. Six calves amounted to $19.75. 

 Eight pigs amounted to $55.83. The eight pigs were fed on ten 

 bushels of corn beside the milk from the cows. The six cows were 

 fed in the spring, when on hay, 20 bushels of bran, at 18 cts. per 

 bushel. The rest of the season they had nothing but ordinary pasture. 



20 bushels bran, .. $3.60. Butter, $187.11 



10 bushels corn, . . 5 . 00. Calves, 19 . 75 



Pork, 55.83 



$8.60 — 



$262.69 

 8.60 



Profits from six cows, $254 . 09 



BUTTER— STATE FAIR, 



Statement of J. Martin, of Ulster county, relative to his mode of 



manufacture of the butter presented by him at the State Fair, at 



Poughkeepsie, and to whom was awarded the first premium of the 



State Agricultural Society. 



The making of this butter was commenced the 6th and ended the 

 12th of the present month ; 11 cows were milked at the time. They 

 ran out to pasture during the summer, and in the winter were kept in 

 the yard, and fed hay and straw. The milk was taken from the cows 



