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If tlie public wish for superior butter, (and who does not ?) 

 they must be willing to make a greater discrimination than 

 heretofore, between the prices of what they seek for, and that 

 which is positively bad. So long as an inferior article brings 

 about the same price as that which is extra, people must expect 

 that they will sometimes be unable to find what they want in 

 the market. TVe hear of a man who has received forty cents 

 per pound for all of his butter the present season, at a well- 

 known public house in Boston. His herd of cows consists 

 partly of the Jersey stock. May there be more such batter 

 makers and more such customers. 



L. W. Russell, Chairman. 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN. 



From the Report on Milch Coivs. 



In regard to the manufacture of butter, all good dairymen 

 will admit that perfect cleanliness in all things relating to the 

 milk in all stages is highly important. 



One step towards securing this result is to have a proper 

 stall for feeding and milking, and in which the cow will sleep in 

 the colder months. We have never seen one just what it should 

 be, and are not prepared to go fully into the details in regard 

 to the construction. We may say, however, that the floor 

 should be so laid that the planks shall be in a position transverse 

 to the stall. They may be laid at a gentle slope, so as to convey 

 the urine into a receptacle prepared for the purpose. Upon 

 this a platform should be raised six inches in height, upon 

 which the cow is to feed and lie. The width of the stall for a 

 large cow, say three feet, enough to give room to milk and no 

 more — not enough to allow her to stand quartering. The 

 length of the platform a trifle less than the trunk, for a large 

 cow, say five feet. 



The feeding manger may be so arranged that she cannot get 

 far enough forward to allow the droppings to fall upon the plat- 

 form. The manger to be so arranged that the animal will rest 

 with comfort at night. It is essential that she should be tied 

 inside the manger, \tith her head over it, care being taken that 

 it be made low enough on the side next her (say fourteen 



