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I have followed the above process for the last twenty years, 

 and think as highly of it now as ever; some, I know, disap- 

 prove the washing, which I consider very important, as I dislike 

 the taste of the buttei-milk more than brine, if any is allowed 

 to remain in after it is worked. It is through the influence of 

 customers that I am induced to offer this specimen for exami- 

 nation. 



Statement of William Marshall. 



I offer for inspection 50 lbs. of cheese, as a specimen of 1,050 

 lbs. made from the milk of eight cows, in seventy days, com- 

 mencing with June 17th and ending August 25th. 



Immediately after the evening milking, the milk is strained 

 into a tub, and rennet is added in the proportion of half a tea- 

 cupful to 12 gallons of milk. In about thirty minutes the curd 

 is formed, when it is broken up, separated from the whey, and 

 left to drain until morning. It is then sliced, the morning's 

 milk is strained upon it, and the process of the evening repeated. 

 After draining four hours it is ground, and salted with five 

 ounces of salt to fifteen pounds of cheese. The cheese is pressed 

 twenty-four hours, afterwards cased in cotton cloth, and 

 removed to a dark room, where it is turned and rubbed daily. 



Statement of William R. Pvtnam. 



I offer for your consideration the following statement of my 

 cows, which I enter for the premium offered for the greatest 

 produce of milk. 



On the 1st of January, 1856, my dairy consisted of nine 

 cows ; most of them are such as are usually called natives : in 

 some of them are to be seen marks of the foreign breeds. Of 

 their origin or pedigree I have no means of knowing ; of their 

 value I can state what I paid for each, as they have been pur- 

 chased at different times : — 



SERVED TO CALP. 



No. 1, 146 00, . . . July 2, 1855 Nov. 15, 1856 



2, 45 00, . . . Jan. 19, 1856 Apr. 10, 1857 



3, 30 00, . . . Dec. 13, 1855 Nov. 25, 1856 



4, 16 00, . . -. May 10, 1855 



5, 23 '00, . . . Jan. 20, 1856 



