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Dairy Products. 



S. E. Holmes, who obtained first premium on best twenty pounds 

 of butter, submits the following statement : 



" My dairy consists of three cows. Jerseys and Grade Jerseys. 

 The quality of their milk is such, that six quarts will make a pound 

 of butter. I set the milk in a cool, dark place, from twenty-four 

 to thirty-six hours, when I skim it, putting it into a butter or cream 

 pot, stirring all together, when any new cream is added. I then 

 set the cream pot in an ice house, until I churn. I churn twice a 

 week. The churn I make use of, is ' Tyler's Butter Working 

 Churn.' I have the cream made warm, to the temperature of 64 

 degrees. If warmer than this, I put in ice ; if colder, I set the 

 cream pot into warm water. I use a thermometer to ascertain the 

 heat. After being churned, I work in about an ounce of salt to a 

 pound of butter, and set aside in a cool place, for twenty-four hours, 

 when I give it a final working, and put it into balls and pack it into 

 stone pots. I then keep the butter covered from air, and the pots 

 in a cool place." 



From the statements of competitors, for largest amount made in 

 three months, we gather the following : — B. C. Paine of Winslow, 

 from a Grade Durham cow, 11 years old, kept at pasture, and fed 

 during the dryest of the season with corn fodder, cut grass, and a 

 pint of meal per day, made in June, July and August, 186| pounds. 

 Last year made 284^ pounds, reserving 622 quarts of milk. In 

 June, 48 quarts made 6 pounds butter. In November, 36 quarts 

 made 6 pounds. 



Sold the calf for . . . . $9 00 



284i pounds butter, . . . 63 60 



622 quarts milk, . . . . 18 66 



Skim milk, worth for pigs, . . . 6 00 



Yield of the cow for the year, . . $97 26 



E M. Sawtelle of Sidney, from a Grade Hereford cow, (age not 

 given,) at pasture, and fed with mowed grass in the drouth, made 

 151| pounds. 



E. Holmes, from two full blood Jersey cows, kept at short pas- 

 ture, and for ten days in August, having a little corn fodder, made 

 in three months, 204| pounds butter. 



Samuel Guild of Augusta, from four cows, Grade Durham and 

 Hereford, at pasture and corn fodder, made 405 pounds butter. 



