WALDO COUNTY SOCIETY. 851 



"]My dairy consists of three cows and one heifer. After the 20th 

 of July, from the 20th of May to the 20th of September, we made 

 two hundred and ninety-six pounds of butter, and two hundred and 

 fifty-two pounds of cheese. I set the milk in a dairy room, which 

 has a draught of air from the cellar, until the cream rises, when I 

 skim and churn this alone. I work out all the butter milk, then 

 salt it with pure ground salt, then put it away for use." 



Jason Hills. 



" Cheese. I set the milk in pans at night, in the morning the 

 milk is strained into a cheese tub, and the night milk added, then 

 the rennet. I dip the curd carefully into a cheese basket, cutting 

 it occasionally with a knife, letting it drain until it is quite dry, 

 then put it in the cellar, where it remains till I have made two or 

 three curds, when I chop them dry and mix them together, adding 

 salt to the taste, then press two or three' days. " 



Jason Hills. 



Miscellaneous. 



The Committee on bread remark, that there were two lots of very 

 superior flour ground by R. Moore, at the new and improved grist 

 mill of Capt. David Howe, Lincolnville, which attracted general 

 attention. One lot was from Canada wheat, the other from Java, 

 raised this year by Jason Hills of Lincolnville. On account of 

 the superiority of Mr. Howe's mill, and the quality of the wheat, 

 this flour was equal to the best western grades. 



The Committee on Meritorious Articles award to Alonzo Bryant 

 of Montville, a premium on a model for winnowing machine. The 

 Committee consider this a great improvement for separating dificr- 

 ent kinds of grain and also for separating wild seeds from grain. 



Crops and Statements. 



The paucity and meagreness of the returns from this Society are 

 no where more apparent than in those relating to crops. Erom the 



